Giles and Paula Add a Room Onto the Side of The House

[Giles]

I cleaned up the beautiful brass hinges that came attached to my bargain door:

Whilst Chim my Albanian mate, skimmed some walls….

[bryaneidins70]

Wow an elevator too. 

[Giles]

[Giles]

And the Portland Stone flags for the floor turned up.  Unfortunately, a couple of slabs had suffered in transit…...But I erred on the side of caution when I ordered it (I hope), so we should be OK...

[Steffen]

You are a wise man Giles if every piece woulve survived i´d would´ve probably been a first in the history of human kind.

The Portland Stone is a really beautiful Piece of Nature, that shure will look great in the new kitchen.

[neph93]

I’ve found that +10% of what you think you need of everything is a good rule of thumb.

[Giles]

I ordered "exactly" what I need for the cornice, and I'm 2 lengths short….. ???

[Giles]

A piece of wood goes into the hole…...

[Matty123]

@Giles:

A piece of wood goes into the hole…...

Sex ed by Giles Padmore.

[Giles]

So, I am back from New York, and things have moved on:

At the top of the new stairs, we had a large void that was really annoying me as it was wasted space.  Les had the brilliant idea of making it into a cupboard for all our crockery etc for the new dining room, which is through a doorway to the left of this pic  It has, of course, been christened Les's Cupboard….

The kitchen units have been undercoated and Les is using bucket loads of filler to make good the old units…..

Granite worktops arrive tomorrow…..

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[neph93]

@Giles:

Granite worktops arrive tomorrow…..

Granite worktops are fit. Looking forward to seeing them.

[Seul]

Cup-a-Les would've been better…

[Steffen]

What Brand is your Range Cooker Giles ?

[Giles]

It's this:

http://www.rangemaster.co.uk/products/falcon-range-cookers/falcon-deluxe/1092-deluxe-dual-fuel

We had one for 14 years in the "old" kitchen and loved it.

[Giles]

Waiting for the worktops….

[Giles]

Crappy pics.  Boys came super-late due to malfunctioning vehicle (it was a heap of shit)…...

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[Steffen]

What colour is the kitchen gonna be if its done ? I thought you´d go for a lighter color on the Stone with the white sink and the lightish flooring.

I really dig the size of the kitchen, if I ever get myself a house mine has to be that size too.

[Giles]

I have a complete antipathy to light coloured granite work surfaces - it's a personal thing.

Main units and woodwork:
https://www.littlegreene.com/serpentine-233

Island unit
https://www.littlegreene.com/grey-moss-234

Walls and ceiling:
https://www.littlegreene.com/fescue-231

Plasterwork
https://www.littlegreene.com/slaked-lime

Decorators really love Little Greene paints (they hate Farrow and Ball).  I have a trade account with Little Greene, so get decent prices and next day delivery….

[Steffen]

Ok, the Color Concept makes sense with the dark worktop and the light floor, really looking forward to see it finished.

I have no expierience with either one of them, we have tons of own Color manufacturers here but slowly F&B startes to crawl in, they just have an insanly good markting and smartly went around the whole Manufacturer sells to Painter who then either paints it or sells it to the customer thingy we have going on here and just opend showrooms where you can buy the color yourself. They skipped all the between sales which leads to customers calling the painters and asking them to paint the colors they alreay have which they don´t like at all because in germany thats a huge way for them to make money