![]() The worst is over now as the plate rack was just horrendous, made considerably worse as I had just had a small surgical procedure on my leg and had to try and paint it with my leg raised (yes I know, utter madness – don’t try this at home – never again!) We are also going to pay for a little sanding help for the remaining top units so I just need to motivate myself to picking up the ‘Kitchen Units paintbrush’ again to give it another boost. I know it is predominantly self inflicted hard work but, as they are hard working kitchen units and, our house is often on show to both current and potential clients for both myself and Mr Chandelier, and it is my nature if I do a job to do it properly, then that is how it has to be. Unfortunately, I really dislike the sanding element but as Mr Chandelier likes to remind me when I complain about it, I could have left them cream! If I don’t sand back that heavily, then when I distress them you will see the cream and I don’t want that. I then have to apply 5 coats of paint – 2 good quality undercoats and 3 of my chosen Ammonite eggshell. The problem is, that I have to really heavily sand them back as I am distressing the edges of the units. ![]() Also because we weren’t buying everything all at once, we could semi-recover financially before the next piece came up – I’m not sure Mr Chandelier would not agree with the semi-recover financial bit at all, but you know what I mean… hmmm….! ![]() The main units were bought by repeatedly going to their factory sales and purchasing either ex-display pieces or cancelled customer orders which generally tended to be roughly half price. My plotting and planning paid off and we pretty much have a complete kitchen now, only 9 years later! However, yes there is always a however in this household, this has meant that we have purchased the kitchen bit by bit. As you may or may not know, I am a bit of a savvy shopper and when Mr Chandelier & I first saw the Fired Earth French Oak Kitchen in their showroom I plotted and planned, (a very favourite pastime) a way to be able to afford it. ![]() Farrow & Ball’s Ammonite on Fired Earth Bastide plate rack with Greengate & Susie Watson potteryįor a long, long time now, let’s not say exactly how many years, painting my kitchen units has been on my ridiculously long list of things to do. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |