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

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      Steffen
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      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.

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      • GilesG
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        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….

        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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          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  😃

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

            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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              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.

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

                "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                • ChapC
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                  @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.

                  God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere. Willie Nelson

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                  • GilesG
                    Giles
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                    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….)

                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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

                      Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk

                      In search of:
                      IHV-04, med.
                      IHSH-185, large
                      IHSH-186, large (khaki, and green)

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                      • hajdukH
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                        Really impressive! Beautiful lightning!

                        Envoyé de mon iPhone en utilisant Tapatalk

                        "Ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have" James Baldwin.

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                        • AppfaffA
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                          Love seeing everything really come to life!

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                          • organisysO
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                            Henry FTW.

                            Lighting is subtle and well executed!

                            Pride of Japan :-)

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                            • louisboscoL
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                              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..

                              "Loyalty is a two way street. If i'm asking for it from you, then you're getting it from me."

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

                                "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                  ROman
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                                  It's really coming along quite nicely.

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                                    @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…

                                    "Loyalty is a two way street. If i'm asking for it from you, then you're getting it from me."

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

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                                      • GilesG
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                                        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.....

                                        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                          Tiling may happen tomorrow, so P and I have just laid out the tiles for the cooker splashback for Les….

                                          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                            Les cranks up the volume…...To ensure we had no cut tiles horizontally and have the grout joints not be too wide, we added a couple of infill pieces to the cooker hood (these will get filled and painted.... 🙂 🙂 🙂

                                            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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