My home renovation - floors

The entrance and bath tubs (inside & outside) 

have been coated in a very pale grey pastellone

with all these right-angles the off white paintwork

seems to have endless hues.

Looking from the entrance into the 

kitchen

The kitchen and terrace pastellone 

floors are a pale putty-beige

The same putty-beige colour covers the 

built-in kitchen work surface

The putty-beige pastellone flooring 

carries on up the stairs to the bed loft

Bed loft

bed loft

Leccese stone peep-hole/air vent

Lower bathroom in Pale grey pastellone

The kitchen terrace

The putty-beige flooring picks up again from the

living room through the bedroom into the main

bathroom

main bedroom

main bathroom

Clay masks

I spent a number of hours this week

happily crafting these clay masks.

I might make more and hang them 

on a wall in my new home.

My home renovation - ever closer

On stripping away the top layer of old 

paintwork from the vaulted ceiling in the 

bedroom, we were left with remnants of 

many different colours from early 20th and 

late 19th century. The effect was very 

interesting. However with the colours 

being tones of brick, pink, claret and cream, 

I decided to fade the effect with a wash off

off-white.

I love this corner of the living room with all its 

angles curves and varying levels

The Mapelastic in the tubs will ensure

that no moister will seep into the 

property downstairs

The shelves in the tub room are looking

good

Pale shelter

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My home renovation - August progress

The facade and side walls have been 

plastered and painted. My neighbours 

downstairs like the pebble-white colour 

so we'll carry on down the facade to

give the building uniformity.

When we pulled the old plaster from a wall in the

living room, we discovered this beautiful old

Leccese stone window frame that probably goes

below floor level to the neighbour's apartment

below. This has now become an interesting 

feature of the room.

The kitchen has been plastered, which

makes the room look tall and airy. 

The lower bathroom has been totally

plastered ready for the pastellone

covering.

The upper bathroom has also been

plasterd

the boxy built-in shelves in the upper

bathroom and wardrobe look great.

The main bedroom has also received it's coat of

plaster.

The bed-loft still needs the flooring

the bed construction the window and 

the wardrobe fittings

One of the moorish peep-holes I had

made for the bed-loft

The sturdy support beam for the terrace pergola

has been inserted into the stair structure on one 

side and posed upon a pillar on the other.

These stairs lead to what has now 

become my aerie. I will make cushions

for the aerie so that I can sit up there

of an evening with a glass of wine

a book or my computer, and suvey

the surrounding townscape and

countryside.

The aerie!

Daytime views from the aerie.