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

[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 

[Giles]

And the F&B paint is really thin, so the decorator needs to paint more coats to get the same depth of colour….

[Steffen]

Thats a quite common theme with hardware store paint here, absolute pain in the arse if you have to do it yourself and even a bigger pain if you have to pay somebody by the hour to paint it for you.

I personally like to use paint by the company "Keim" because they do silicate paint which i prefer over acrylic paint because its more natural and the colors are way brighter and react better with light, the blue wall on my outfit pics sometimes is a Le Courbousier (very famous swiss Bauhaus architect) Color by Keim.

[Giles]

I use Keim on the exterior of our house when we originally painted it…..

[Chap]

@Giles:

And the F&B paint is really thin, so the decorator needs to paint more coats to get the same depth of colour….

Hmmm, have no experience with Little Green which seems to be not that widespread on the continent but our complete interior is painted with F&B, two coats and we are very happy with the results.

[Giles]

And today, I got all of the lighting installed….

(Henry the vacuum cleaner is on top of the wall units because I'm cleaning all the crap that accumulates up there….)

[UnTucked]

Maddy: "I want to cook there… but, it's too much pressure", lol!

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[hajduk]

Really impressive! Beautiful lightning!

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[Appfaff]

Love seeing everything really come to life!

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[organisys]

Henry FTW.

Lighting is subtle and well executed!

[louisbosco]

is that the new extension or the old kitchen? gosh it looks so unrecognisable from when i'm there!! good work! it's finally coming together..

[Giles]

That's the new kitchen, but half the units are from the old one….

[ROman]

It's really coming along quite nicely.

[louisbosco]

@Giles:

That's the new kitchen, but half the units are from the old one….

ahh right yes. i realised after i saw the roof. i initially thought it was the old kitchen and was trying to figure out where the windows went…

[Steffen]

Does the Fridge (?) in the front get a Kitchen Front too ? If that is the Fridge isn´t that a bit small ?

[Giles]

That is the booze fridge (because it will front onto the kitchen dining area), and yes it gets a front… Main fridge/freezer is the last tall cabinet on the left.....