KITCHEN PLASTERED

It’s one thing drilling holes for cables and power sockets but it takes a lot of skill to fill in holes where electrical fittings have been so that it looks like they were never there in the first place.

 

Extractor fan hole before plastering

And afterwards

The kitchen has now been re-plastered so whilst that is drying, the builders have begun to lay the ceramic floor tiles I purchased earlier on in the year and I’ve painted up the ceiling/cornice in the extension.

 

Kitchen plastered

and slowly drying out

Looking more like a proper room

Mist coating the walls under the Velux window

Extension ceiling before painting

And after the first couple of mist coats

A quick word on flooring before we take a sneaky peek at the new floor tiles.  

With so many different types of flooring available on the market today, choosing the right one for your project is always going to be a headache.  Do you go for function over fashion?  Trending now but is it going to age faster than our tortoise?  Then there’s the clincher – how much can you really afford to spend on flooring without bankrupting yourself in the process?

 

Floor levelled and ready for tiling

I'm still young in tortoise years

I think our choice of flooring reflects a balanced combination of all of the above.  Ceramic tiles are practical, easy to clean and Victorian style patterns are very much in vogue at the moment.  

The pattern I’ve picked is called ‘Southampton’ from Tile Mountain and is a geometric encaustic style design in grey/beige tones.    I liked this design as I thought it would go well with my overall Art Deco theme and blend in nicely with the new kitchen units.  The tiles themselves are quite large in size (450 mm x 450 mm) but made to look like 4 smaller ones.

 

Southampton porcelain floor tiles

Price wise very competitive at under £20 per square metre so well within our budget. 

I guess the biggest downside to having a ceramic tiled floor is that it may be cold underfoot or if you drop anything fragile onto it then you know it’s going to smash to smithereens as tiled surfaces are very hard.   So going forward, don’t be a butterfingers and note to self, buy a nice rug to go under the dining table to keep your toes from frostbite.

Enjoying the glorious October sunshine