We finished it!

Finally.

We moved in on the 1^st July and finally, today, we put up the last shelf and at last I’m content to sit and sip a cuppa in my completed lounge-diner!

Hoo-flipping-ray.

This is how it looked when we put the offer in:

The lounge as we purchased it...

and the dining room.

My VERY talented architect and interior designer friend, Laura, and I worked on some mood boards and she pulled together a rather amazing 3D model (screen capped below) which we used to convince Mr G that he should let us get on with it and not interfere in any of the decision making.

Testament to Laura's skills, he agreed to every. last. suggestion. Literally unheard of. Even the pink!

 

 

So we set to work. We ripped up the flooring and then decorated, DIY'd and accessorised our little (broke and shattered) hearts out in between months of 22-hour Olympic shifts, encountering a few minor set backs here and there (specifically a burglary and its after effects) until this weekend when we sat back and admired our handiwork!

Our old furniture from our flat, picking wallpaper, taking deliveries and living in a shell for a few weeks

 

So here it is, after all that hard work, it's finally FINISHED!!! Sorry if I sound like a pushy stage-parent, but I'm just SO pleased I can finally sit down in my lounge without making mental lists of chores and DIY amendments.

 

The dining room table looks even better with all these goodies on it.

You should pop round for a cuppa, I'll put the kettle on....

Vx

P.S. Now for the rest of the house...

P.P.S. I suspect by this time next week it will no longer look like this, as we're having a Halloween House Warming. Any tips for getting green facepaint and fake blood handprints off wallpaper and white sofas?