Newly painted hall floor
The three coats of paint on my hall floor are finished. There are still quite a few details to finish in the hall, but it will be possible to finish them without too much trouble, so I am going to concentrate on those things and try and complete the hall. I do plan to put a floating floor in there but this gives me a bit of a reprieve.
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| Hall before floor was painted |
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When I actually thought about it I hadn't painted my hall floor for a number of years. It was always meant to be temporary.
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| Hall with newly painted floor facing East |
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The lighter pale color lightens the hall.
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| Hall with newly painted floor facing west. |
As you can see I still need some skirting boards and some of the architraves need another coat of paint, as does the back of the door. I am a great believer in
form follows function so I am happy with the brick wall.
I have P:-) to thank for painting the floor. He did the three coats and he makes
NO mess. No extra drips anywhere. No paint on his hands. I am very impressed!
A great step
The step looks great. This was the step before P:-) fixed it and painted it.
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| Step before being fixed and painted |
The step had been like this for many years.
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| Finished step. |
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Now the step looks great. I have been so embarrassed about the entry of my house for many years and it does look a lot better. Keep posted for more improvements
Flowers out the back door
Outside my back door I found a double headed Bird Of Paradise flower, other wise known as
Strelitzia Reginae.
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| Double Bird of Paradise flower. |
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| Bird of Paradise plant. |
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The photo above is looking out across my neighbor's back yard from my back door. Now that P:-) has fixed my back door and I can use it I notice so many things I had forgotten about.
This lemon scented geranium, otherwise known as
Pelargonium Crispum has been outside my backdoor for 30 years. It is very pretty, but I am so used to seeing it I barely notice it any more, even when I am looking for flowers to put inside, of which I have few.
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| Lemon scented geranium |
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I tried to take a photo of a flower with a bee on it. It was impossible in just a minute or so. The bee just kept moving. My admiration will now increase for photographers when I see photos of bees on flowers.
Art around the house
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| Carved flower |
This carved flower was done by my mother many years ago. It was one of the first things she carved. She subsequently completed a number carvings, some of them quite intricate. I shall show you some more in further blogs.
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Interesting sites
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A superconducting disc is set above or below a set of permanent magnets. It appears to be flying. Check it out
here. Don't let a lack of scientific knowledge stop you. It is fascinating to watch.
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I love old caravans. This one has really been done up inside. Click here to see its spectacular interior.
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This is a beautiful office in Spain, sunken into the ground, giving a lovely view of the Autumn forest floor.
Click here to read more.
