Egluntyne Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 Your house is absolutely gorgeous Lesley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 Kate - I didn't know you hadn't seen it since we moved the furniture in! - time you came to see us again then! It's been a while, hasn't it. Last time we came down, we watched Ollie the lamb being born . We'll have to come and see you again sometime soon - and you've not been here for ages either . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted December 30, 2007 Author Share Posted December 30, 2007 June 1st then - that's when little Ollie was born! We sold our house and moved all our furniture in on July 18th. I'm in the process of painting all the woodwork to white from the orangey/brown as it is so dark with all the wood floors as well - and I will finish tiling over the existing tiles in the kitchen...... soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 Lesley,that is so gorgeous, I am green with jealousy! Our kitchen tiles look very similar! What is the name of the paint you used on you door - I love it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted December 30, 2007 Author Share Posted December 30, 2007 It's one of the Dulux mixed ones - I can't remember its name though - Snowy might tell you! I do know though.... that the best place to buy the paint is Jewsons as they mix all the colours - just the same as B&Q/Homebase etc. but they use trade paint which covers better I always buy trade paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted December 30, 2007 Author Share Posted December 30, 2007 Which tiles look similar?? the ones I'm using ( ) or the ones I'm covering up even though they're new? ( ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted December 30, 2007 Author Share Posted December 30, 2007 What is the name of the paint you used on you door - I love it Found the swatch - it is Dulux Woodland Pearl 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 Which tiles look similar?? the ones I'm using ( ) or the ones I'm covering up even though they're new? ( ) The bigger ones............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted December 30, 2007 Author Share Posted December 30, 2007 - they're the ones I'm covering - too much brown for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 (edited) -maybe they are not the same as mine - mine are deep terracottas,greens & stone Edited December 30, 2007 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 Thats just her show home (it has to be) her real ones much worse (I wish) its gorgeous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen & co. Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 They are lovely photos You have a very welcoming home. karen x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 It is a beautiful house Lesley - but it is your taste in decorating it that really makes it stand out. You have a real eye for interior design (when it's finished can you come and tell me what to do with mine?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules. Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 Wow Lesley- your house is beautiful. .....And I believed all the Omleteers on here who said they never dust or hoover often It made me feel better about my slovenly house work, but you were all telling porkies to me My house is sooo tiny it can be cleaned all thruogh in a couple of hours. That's why we don't have any cluttter- we have just no room for it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 My house is sooo tiny it can be cleaned all thruogh in a couple of hours. That's why we don't have any cluttter- we have just no room for it! Same here, Jules. Our house is marginally bigger than the chicken's Cube . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 Well now you are all on the messy house thread, I will sneak some pics of my place on here: This is where I go on the forum, the stool was rescued from the local tip, given a stencil and varnish. I made the curtains, and the stone plinth on the left that has a speaker on it is one of a pair I made from an industrial cardboard tube This is my bathroom, the bath end, I did the tiling myself, and made the curtains, the chair needs a few more coats of paint, and my blow up seagull is just out of shot. The cushion on the chair has a shoal of fish on it. The wallpaper was a pound a roll and the loo end. I made the cabinet out of some leftover old tongue and groove. The old laundry basket needs another coat of paint too! the bed end of the bedroom, I have a chaise at the bottom of the bed, and the room has two front windows, it is nice and big. The 'comforter' was £2.50 from a car boot sale and is feather, it was washed several times Sorry, I appear to have Lesleys camera shake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 Ooooh lovely photos! What a smashing house you have . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 Claire what a gorgeous house! It's lovely to see a house where such care and attention to detail has been taken, rather than everything bought ready done. It's the handmade touches that really make it! I love it! In our old house I did much more refurbishing than I've done with this one. Our bathroom was stencilled and when you sat on the loo and shut the door, there was a little mousehole painted on the skirting behind the door with a mouse peeping out! Kids loved it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 I love the cabinet you made claire - you are very handy! Lesley - your house is nothing what i expected for a farmhouse its very pristine. me and hubby have seen a few farmhouses in our time and I was expecting 70's style big patterned wallpaper, stacks of newspapers, animals in the kitchen etc etc not a cow pat in sight!!! lovely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 Claire what a gorgeous house! It's lovely to see a house where such care and attention to detail has been taken, rather than everything bought ready done. It's the handmade touches that really make it! I love it! In our old house I did much more refurbishing than I've done with this one. Our bathroom was stencilled and when you sat on the loo and shut the door, there was a little mousehole painted on the skirting behind the door with a mouse peeping out! Kids loved it It is an homage to 'cheap' I forgot to mention the dark scatter cushions on the bed are a jumper that I bought for 50p in a charity shop I can't help being thrifty sometimes Snowy the mousehole on the skirting sounds lovely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 Fabulous. How clever you are. I've only just realised that you are called Claire. I've always thought of you as Charlotte! Where do the steps near the loo lead to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riane Posted December 31, 2007 Share Posted December 31, 2007 (edited) i would love some viewers house been on market since july.... Edited January 1, 2008 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted December 31, 2007 Author Share Posted December 31, 2007 I know how you feel Maria - it took us 15 months to sell our house - and that was after we'd moved in to the farm! Good Luck - Jan will see a change as people recover from Christmas and New Year. Chelsea - our house was new build and the previous owners had only lived in it for 3 months (thankfully ) They had lived in a caravan on this plot for 20 years and it took them 18 years to get planning permission. The utility room floor is always covered in straw and hay though! Whoever borrowed my camera shake can keep it - although it does come in handy for disguising all the book titles in an office - thereby providing fewer clues! Claire, your house is lovely - I love to see all the rescued items with a new lease of life Our bedside tables came from France - we arrived at our gite and they had the village fair, so we went straight out to have a look. One of the first stalls we came to before the fair proper was selling bric-a-brac............ and I loaded Carl up with two tables for 30 Euros!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riane Posted December 31, 2007 Share Posted December 31, 2007 Lesley can I just ask.... our house was new build and the previous owners had only lived in it for 3 months (thankfully ) They had lived in a caravan on this plot for 20 years and it took them 18 years to get planning permission. That sounds like a bit of a tale to me..why would you live in a van for 18 years waiting to build your home and then when you finally do only live in it for 3 months sorry just curious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted December 31, 2007 Share Posted December 31, 2007 No point putting this in the messy house thread - you'd guess me, and anyway I have tidied it up now But here is my kitchen - I moan about it because I don't have a utility room and all the mud gets walked straight in through the back door. But it is a lovely size. And it's a bit of a hotch potch of designs as it's evolved over the years! The tidy end: The utility (messy) end: The bit in between, opposite the window, and my huge fridge and freezer: Have a good rummage, but tidy up after yourselves - that is the new year rule in here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
