Tuesday, September 02, 2008

Main bedroom, before and after

This is my first post from our new house. We moved our things in over the weekend, and got internet access sorted out this morning. It is a lovely house to live in - so bright and spacious, and so quiet! All we can hear in the mornings is birdsong, which makes a huge change from the roar of traffic in our rental.

The decoration is still in progress, but we are slowly getting through it, and some of the rooms are pretty much finished. Here are some pics of the main bedroom, which still needs some minor work but is now fit to live in. I painted one wall and the bedroom door in Resene Lifesaver paint, and the other walls and wardrobe doors in Resene Alaska. (And in case you're wondering, I am putting the exact names of the paint here so I have it for future reference, in case we need to buy more in future for any touch-ups that become necessary. This blog is like a big Filofax!)

Before:



After:


Once again it looks like our curtains are expecting a flood, but it's not my fault this time! These ones were transferred with our things from Ireland, and are only temporary until we can get something that actually fits the windows. But at least they're in a decent colour, and they keep the room warmer at night. The first two nights, we just had the net curtains - brrrr!

4 comments:

Skry said...

It wasn't just cold, there was also the problem with the fact that people could see you at night as soon as you turned the lights on. Chances are no one was looking, as we're in a pretty private area, but you never know...

Curtains and a good heavy lining are definitely high on the agenda of things to get before next summer, but for now I think we'll just have to make do with what we have - flood-retardant curtains and thin netting!

Anonymous said...

Did you get the central heating in yet? It looks lovely. I'm so glad you guys have now got away from the psycho landlady!!!! :-D

Jenny said...

The psycho landlady still has our $990 bond, so I won't breathe easy until we have that back, but yes at least we're out from under her thumb!

We haven't installed any heating in the new place yet, because we don't really have the money now after putting in new carpets. But it is spring here and the weather is warming up a lot, so we should be able to get by on our portable electric heaters until we have saved up enough for a heat pump.

laura said...

maybeort curtains are the new capri pants for windows :)