10 things to love this week

Sorry for being so rubbish at updating the blog. I promise to write more but as the rennovation of our house stalls due to finances and work committments, it is hard to find the time to update on the blog without having something personal to talk about!

10 things to ♥︎ this week.

♥︎ Spring is in the air and flowers are making us happy again…

♥︎  Sarah Burton’s Alexander McQueen has returned to it’s London home for London Fashion Week and it has reminded everyone that London is the centre of the universe..

♥︎ Not that I smoke now but surely I can find some reason to have this lovely thing in my life?  Paperclips, hair pins, ring holder…

Neon ashtray £19 – Zara Home

♥︎ Davis Cup tennis is back in March and this time we’re the ones to beat…

♥︎ Once every 3 years Farrow & Ball introduce new colours to their range and it’s that time again…

F&B Peignoir No.286

♥︎ This darling of a mirror at Anthropologie…

Bird mirror £168 – Anthropologie

♥︎ The new Crossrail train line that will go through and under London will be called the Elizabeth Line (and it’s purple cos she’s royalty)

♥︎ It’s been announced that Dennis Quaid is joining Season 2 of Fortitude later in the year..shame I don’t have Sky TV…

♥︎ This lace and pleated crepe dress is back in stock…!

Self Portrait Guipure Lace and pleated crepe dress £255 – Net-a-Porter

♥︎ Next month MotoGP starts the first race of the new season in Qatar and that means my husband will be a happy soul every sunday afternoon…

xx

 

 

Painting Project : Front Door

It’s been a long six months since we last had work done (our bathroom here).  It took considerable amounts of money and so much of my energy to plan and co-ordinate the project that we’ve taken a rest for awhile.  The winter months have kept us inside but now our attention again turns to the house.  Yesterday was such a lovely day that I was inspired to get down to the DIY shop and get supplies for our next project:  our front door.

Having thought about it for the past few weeks (see my front door post here) we decided to go ahead this weekend.  I didn’t give my husband much notice and we were both out there on a chilly afternoon sanding down the paint instead of watching football or Moonraker so he wasn’t all that chuffed!

We inherited a front door that is a mid-blue colour, sort of the colour of chelsea football club (after sanding it looks more like a faded cornflower blue).  It has large toughened glass panels, some chipped paint, quite a few holes, a kick plate and a mix of satin chrome and polished chrome brassware.

After sanding the paint back and wiping it down I have masked off the brassware:

I bought some dark tone undercoat/primer from the DIY shop as I’m going for a dark colour as a top coat:

Because our doors have Satin Chrome locks (which I think look more like satin nickel) I need to source a new letterbox and door bell as the old ones are polished chrome.

Satin Chrome Banham lock

I went to SDS in Wandsworth, close to my home, and bought a letterbox and door bell push in satin nickel:

SDS letter plate in satin chrome

 

With one layer of undercoat on I painted the first coat of dark eggshell:

And here is the result of 3 hours freezing work this morning…first coat finished!!

 

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Paint

Undercoat: Dark Tones primer/undercoat – Farrow & Ball

Paint: Off Black Exterior Eggshell – Farrow & Ball

(i did try and find a cheaper alternative but for shades of black there wasn’t any other choice at B&Q or Homebase).

What do you think?

Don’t look too closely as you’ll see my amateur attempt!

x