Bedrom Ideas for Designs: before and after

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Welcome to the full reveal of our </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Modern Country Dining Room!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizP8zIMewUScSIRtMdbiOHHURjZMmtzDAypju_O818neaME-d1mwqF3Rl9rDX4niCaN-GsIqSjNnMgVZMmRQWT-puP5VwXc0bQDWOLzd5VESuCyFOC6V0AyG5Fe7sQjWWGymDlnet12x8/s1600/230.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizP8zIMewUScSIRtMdbiOHHURjZMmtzDAypju_O818neaME-d1mwqF3Rl9rDX4niCaN-GsIqSjNnMgVZMmRQWT-puP5VwXc0bQDWOLzd5VESuCyFOC6V0AyG5Fe7sQjWWGymDlnet12x8/s640/230.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Let's start right back at the beginning for a moment to how</span><span style="font-size: large;"> the room looked when we first were shown around our house....</span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFTDLVaAT0ThVSnVr2f1W3sD10fXh5dJKFMM3ZIMPt5atB-SzETwVqHj0Uut4P5jA_vnLKJiC028hM-Vp1-PCkFK-QSyisKexXoIdjWn19CKZEsrq8xiWkE2gBRpIkwaQmZJoinGtt_X0/s1600/105.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFTDLVaAT0ThVSnVr2f1W3sD10fXh5dJKFMM3ZIMPt5atB-SzETwVqHj0Uut4P5jA_vnLKJiC028hM-Vp1-PCkFK-QSyisKexXoIdjWn19CKZEsrq8xiWkE2gBRpIkwaQmZJoinGtt_X0/s640/105.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">See that yucky fireplace in the picture below? </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>That was mine. </i></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Oh, yes, it was.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4OdlytnZ6zikP5-X41zpHIB42Bc_rgdkKUY6jXy2-yuD_fuCpfDY2sPO3Kt6LFsCeB20eC6nQtq28gVMak6MpdwWyFB9ZSc69ywWnfxjBSVYZpQYiQNiwrcIpj8QKXHmBx7RM8rD9jwU/s1600/102.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4OdlytnZ6zikP5-X41zpHIB42Bc_rgdkKUY6jXy2-yuD_fuCpfDY2sPO3Kt6LFsCeB20eC6nQtq28gVMak6MpdwWyFB9ZSc69ywWnfxjBSVYZpQYiQNiwrcIpj8QKXHmBx7RM8rD9jwU/s640/102.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The fireplace in our dining room was</span><span style="font-size: large;"> attached directly to the wall with an orange </span><span style="font-size: large;"><i>varnished-to-within-an-inch-of-its-life</i> pine fire surround. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhWBTMbx1bBcTGrO9jdaIHDnxI86CpH8sQdpJYfFqnc4G_OhuWL2GIl4LQL8Aqp0b_bhiuul-JsBNcnzfy2n19oJvtJMFLyPRB1m4SJ00GyF7vIoRVFIIMpP-1hNRpTW3Zr-HZ1sYxq94/s1600/103.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhWBTMbx1bBcTGrO9jdaIHDnxI86CpH8sQdpJYfFqnc4G_OhuWL2GIl4LQL8Aqp0b_bhiuul-JsBNcnzfy2n19oJvtJMFLyPRB1m4SJ00GyF7vIoRVFIIMpP-1hNRpTW3Zr-HZ1sYxq94/s640/103.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">In fact, that goes for all the wood in the room.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Of which there was plenty.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">So much, so wrong!</span></b></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>What's a girl to do? </i></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipvmiVn8K0UM7RInvvdm57XSzIe8hfCmR0g5aIDLz5B8WZzCfQdkaWZvlCJVopsfwYRdw1pAdDaW4mNaoqSYoAcJGMgeEtO0xsQhKlhp2jjB5UoIYgsLlpto2V8kQAkpKGPt-kjHirvOE/s1600/IMG_4261.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipvmiVn8K0UM7RInvvdm57XSzIe8hfCmR0g5aIDLz5B8WZzCfQdkaWZvlCJVopsfwYRdw1pAdDaW4mNaoqSYoAcJGMgeEtO0xsQhKlhp2jjB5UoIYgsLlpto2V8kQAkpKGPt-kjHirvOE/s640/IMG_4261.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Aaaaaah! That's better.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">At some point in the future, we'll tackle the kitchen and dining room head-on by ripping out and starting again so this was very much a makeover, rather than a full renovation.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrOMOvmOgMQb7R4k1byq0amLmM1nc-83DnS_tRySD9DzBfR5037DZzDz2Yrp3dsHaAl-bc5qjAJzTPa4sw6GJ_YSssqbCXvclHZVlhqqBGrliTmO2FFuZmURfy5u-KYRaTJsvnh1p4-L8/s1600/IMG_4258.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrOMOvmOgMQb7R4k1byq0amLmM1nc-83DnS_tRySD9DzBfR5037DZzDz2Yrp3dsHaAl-bc5qjAJzTPa4sw6GJ_YSssqbCXvclHZVlhqqBGrliTmO2FFuZmURfy5u-KYRaTJsvnh1p4-L8/s640/IMG_4258.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I liked the existing grey stone hearth </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">so we had the plinths lowered to sit on the stone. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>A smidgen of soft-industrial chic never goes amiss in my book.</i></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2_P0L4LwdLQUh2Ih3K73mDzjrHOv2POej7hyphenhyphen6DuhxGyc1wLDcA1Y-d7AxMIgf1FdeS4hVicWZB9xkwh8ziRtL2_xgs8el76pTF4qo1T2Cz3LBDhZZivpWnOht4i6D8ixZNUlVuFqYwqk/s1600/IMG_1443.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2_P0L4LwdLQUh2Ih3K73mDzjrHOv2POej7hyphenhyphen6DuhxGyc1wLDcA1Y-d7AxMIgf1FdeS4hVicWZB9xkwh8ziRtL2_xgs8el76pTF4qo1T2Cz3LBDhZZivpWnOht4i6D8ixZNUlVuFqYwqk/s640/IMG_1443.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /><br /></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I didn't want </span><i style="font-size: x-large;">any </i><span style="font-size: large;">orange pine so we painted all the woodwork </span><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/girls-bedroom-my-favourite-white-paint.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Dulux White</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> gloss. Nice and crisp against the lush new wall colour, </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/colour-study-earthborn-gregorys-den.html" target="_blank">Gregory's Den by Earthborn</a> </span><span style="font-size: large;">- a gorgeous Modern Country shade</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">.</span></div></div><div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW7UXMdNr9ULWUMQudjt9lzUwU_2_mCzwlUKtBOT9vgvAXCxmlJMzkN6SRvlrJOvem0Y5aSVCqE0L-Zyq9R1p8GjVBLcVmGDqifqzOBDJ-ceoKHhgi20TI0448JE-g5vsH5I1pQ9pE0gM/s1600/005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW7UXMdNr9ULWUMQudjt9lzUwU_2_mCzwlUKtBOT9vgvAXCxmlJMzkN6SRvlrJOvem0Y5aSVCqE0L-Zyq9R1p8GjVBLcVmGDqifqzOBDJ-ceoKHhgi20TI0448JE-g5vsH5I1pQ9pE0gM/s640/005.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /><br /></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The wall between the wood and the fireplace caused endless discussions with, <i>errrr</i>......</span><span style="font-size: large;"> me, myself and I. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>{Yes, you read that right.}</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3DqkowUF7Ghsqr9mqKjob_Br55-Su-MI8i-erTMxN00Lu8Seda6IDbhSTYYKzbsHpuVAK2baSB-dUvJkTcG9reJ3EmBJwoDed5776hp9xVr4xVViWW4EbcIgXclG1XaH9WwJIVRIchJ4/s1600/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3DqkowUF7Ghsqr9mqKjob_Br55-Su-MI8i-erTMxN00Lu8Seda6IDbhSTYYKzbsHpuVAK2baSB-dUvJkTcG9reJ3EmBJwoDed5776hp9xVr4xVViWW4EbcIgXclG1XaH9WwJIVRIchJ4/s640/008.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The three of us had <i>fascinating </i>debates.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Should it be the greyish colour of the walls? </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Or white to match the mantelpiece? </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Or...or.... </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ETuFA3fquhJm7lxYmlfsMB3DgVLTPSzxGEBqelfeR_kGhaaNuVgZ3552PtX61uYEsA2NGo_8NJFDLFrkxIH-1eZtoU1DdvBzIzc0MXjK1uvSh4GoPqf16-5hgzgUh_V6zZbQj7abBAw/s1600/IMG_1375.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ETuFA3fquhJm7lxYmlfsMB3DgVLTPSzxGEBqelfeR_kGhaaNuVgZ3552PtX61uYEsA2NGo_8NJFDLFrkxIH-1eZtoU1DdvBzIzc0MXjK1uvSh4GoPqf16-5hgzgUh_V6zZbQj7abBAw/s640/IMG_1375.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><i>*head explodes*</i></span></b><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></span></b></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpm5FhKylUh9b9oElr2Pj_yhVmZ8-xb_Ix1b9uOi07PzUyuVMC6tjEZqzl9IxrD2rJX4SFZZV7p5IvzFhzcj_tWbC5yeN77AYsrFhWaQlV9mwYPb-zu4pHwM65MmEKmc352QxakkUsj6g/s1600/IMG_4240.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpm5FhKylUh9b9oElr2Pj_yhVmZ8-xb_Ix1b9uOi07PzUyuVMC6tjEZqzl9IxrD2rJX4SFZZV7p5IvzFhzcj_tWbC5yeN77AYsrFhWaQlV9mwYPb-zu4pHwM65MmEKmc352QxakkUsj6g/s640/IMG_4240.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /><br /></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I decided on </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>matte black. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And, you know what?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>I LOVE IT!!</i></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTnG3c6HyYCKJHZljhgJaMEepSJX_sWnWUgN5C9EJY1Nr9OnmqRmmBAWJ1proV_PJZsxC0JlFaZjXH3VuO7OYasJAdp96tnQQ550Aq2EfHVBL7Cawi0O-tq_h_iqmYDYBRJx4RhKm7eVo/s1600/Our+Modern+Country+Kitchen.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTnG3c6HyYCKJHZljhgJaMEepSJX_sWnWUgN5C9EJY1Nr9OnmqRmmBAWJ1proV_PJZsxC0JlFaZjXH3VuO7OYasJAdp96tnQQ550Aq2EfHVBL7Cawi0O-tq_h_iqmYDYBRJx4RhKm7eVo/s640/Our+Modern+Country+Kitchen.JPG" width="430" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">When we set out with this room, we knew we wanted <a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2013/02/a-sneaky-peek-into-our-modern-country.html" target="_blank">a flow-through feel</a> between the kitchen and the dining room, and I'm thrilled with the way the two rooms work together now.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span> <img height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4kHBv5hXIIxcRJdpMm0THn0XQf6cvP_cDGY2-AyUGUI-vynYLxkLRb8SgWyyaKSoGL-dFxH1O8MnOacbcBrmcDEyYw3zs_wAOX0ylvOtSsv0QUmnmHSefKm5Fvo_io2BJ_I2TwIPCF3o/s640/110.JPG" style="font-size: x-large;" width="640" /><br /><br /></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">As this is a room that we may structurally alter in the future </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">we were keen not to do work that we would </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">then have to undo in the long term.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjkvbxMzMpUCQ2A_r4wBsZJtW7h_5x91yV1C0ohlfbHea_oHqIXVKOG5PpP8vtupEO-03Ec0mzziCwQi3SJI92CELE3kXJ-FgCtNAG8Vto_i2ub9lmiAEIsveZU9a_uryXwtUh_kR8_lE/s640/034.JPG" /><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Often, that can mean ending up compromising </span><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">but in this case it was a very </span></b><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Modern Country Style workable solution </span></b><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">and rather gorgeous too, if I may say so. </span></b><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeGpY-HRDEblM8zIPewH1wGkdi1umbOuX2tKjii85L_4cmroVdy-ogHfe67kq1il8JY1xp2IimZ5wuTl5bulmf03MOrjzSN8L6-Ki7FzkOdM_xjzXAUBozPzRvDU4NrRarzc7YZsPzXpA/s1600/238.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Our Dining Room Reveal!

Welcome to the full reveal of our Modern Country Dining Room! Let's start right back at the beginning for a moment to how the room lo...

I love 'before and after' posts on interior blogs.....or in magazines, for that matter. I love seeing, side by side, the complete transformation. From dull to dazzling! Do you like 'before and afters'? Is it just me?!<br /><br />I realised I hadn't done any specific 'before and after' posts. So...I thought I'd do my very own!<br /><div><div><div><div><div></div><br /><div>Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to Master Bedroom: before and after. Here is the first before shot, taken before we moved in:<br /><br /></div><div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505926750516967634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGYBplvQYjxjK0TwSgt7f5ILZf67RKiOB1s6adfU56MIT24RkEzPm4AXIC9I9irCHueYNen9Z5OtiwqQvo1ze9PiYUYLROhiXv6erg9pDGprJqLVF0iTomWUPa3HY-mFueXJkj7TlHd3Lf/s400/106_0611.JPG" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></div><br /><div></div><div>List of hideousness:<br /><br /></div><div>Not one, but two, TWO hideous borders. Open hanging rail wardrobe thing. Flimsy tongue and groove covering the lower half. Orange pine shelving unit. What can only be described as a gaping hole in the wall (with broken glass in the bottom). Bed position breaks the room in half, visually and practically.</div><br /><div></div><div>.....and after the renovation: </div><br /><div></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505929375290974562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjju2g66g2rJGXkQF9c3gdSU0FKprl9zlEaWdoG_-aP1YgJLv25woaiFsIBSPbOHcX-UYWWymsdYESCCYMEhD4rr9uB6KYoexOZzcyp6ggAvSrarww7slelR5fTzdgg5Y9RK6lEhCHROw37/s400/1july10+011.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /><br /><div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505926762308178194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZTtem-qhpCRkVDXPgR5cOrXMLbRp6Q4sCedaGjUJzXwhRzB6QJ9fh59xTY39dBUsCrVJ8AKhFZNlnldhQHbUQn12qDtfx2W9aZW4ZTeJ55RXmCXRX59TpEqqFasCG38jW92EOJyzHxN1Z/s400/1july10+200.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></div><br /><div></div><div>We had builders and carpenters and plumbers and electricians and plasterers and decorators in to:<br /><br /></div><div></div><div>rip out the shelving unit;</div><div>rip out the hanging rail;</div><div>reposition the attic hatch outside the bedroom;</div><div>remove the tongue and groove and TWO borders (!);</div><div>move the door by 90 degrees so that we could reposition the bed;</div><div>put in two large Velux windows, rather than the teeny tiny ones in before;</div><div>reposition the radiator under the sloping roof to give more usable wall space;</div><div>build cupboards to look like original Edwardian cupboards to match the age of the house;</div><div>move the light switch and light;</div><div>move the plugs from on the beams to above the skirting board;</div><div>change the door and door handle and architrave around the door;</div><div>fit a new skirting board.</div><div></div><div><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505926779573905442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV7mDcrl6iKs6L5H8cPi7xIPqHf9V9wT6G7g2u-Dh5iLlVVyjGzLW8MMF1FrdHc86EbZomyH8AZvOJyQm1956gH5RBHGV0pHRyLXQdQzGDZX7ryRmBOszvwlTi5_s7o2CsCWiJ7LnGFHnR/s400/1july10+180.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /></div><div></div><div>Another before:</div><div></div><div><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505926746536536706" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXCL0YU5nGeaz9uYhWkY0_VOOVx8XpRtGYvE4xbyxUXxwazJRDqKKDyW9bzSmuMjNhnB4EskCJSAFunQFjNsDEVHFJjYzROYZ2LV6UfUtDG5jdH9NQEH-SlJxL3OFbhbRSChXYs4vFmNIt/s400/106_0610.JPG" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></div></div></div></div></div><br />Why they chose those windows in the first place, I'll never know! The new ones make the room lovely and bright.<br />We had the walls painted in Farrow and Ball Light Blue, which is possibly my favourite colour ever.<br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505926763589256690" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw-eBj6Si1nvmHH-fUluKrfNonebC43v8rKyDkMFaZn3exUqampVQYkWeGLOmZdYnayg0zFp9JAgkLBz02v14ZOmgjBDh8xyuLOFYIbq5gkUYwhrtjsUxCHreYQHY145mBLPVFkYXhFQYl/s400/1july10+196.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /><br />It was a wonderful moment when it was, at last, completed (this along with two other rooms downstairs). The house was back to ourselves (although, I should add the workmen were fantastic on the whole). <br /><br />We had gorgeous weather on Sunday afternoon. I hope you had a lovely weekend. Aren't those two days off heavenly?

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