3 April 2014
The blacksmith had all the metalwork ready for collection on Monday, so the stairs are going in this week. I'm looking forward to seeing them in situ, after all the designing and cogitating over months and months...
Chas says that he has begun receiving the sanitaryware, and is expecting the rest soon. He has yet to order the stove.
Paint for the downstairs concrete floor has been top-of-mind this week. G ad I have chosen a colour - Farrow's Cream # 67 - which gets good reviews on the Farrow & Ball website, and is not unlike the colour of our laundry floor here in Sydney. A warm, buttery colour with a dash of honey, which should be good even on the dreariest of days, and lovely at night under artificial light.
Having chosen the colour, we thought hey hey, just hit the online shopping tab and it'll be a breeze. Well, it was easy enough, but unfortunately the French prices were almost double the UK prices, with delivery to France on top of that. G was galvanised into action and found a very handy company (http://www.sterlingshopping.co.uk) that has a depot in the UK and delivers stuff to depots all round France. They would be able to deliver to Thiviers for GBP15 - not bad at all. But, in the end, my dishonesty won the day and I simply rang the company and gave them my UK address - G's aunt's address ;) - and voila! Farrow's Cream at UK prices.
The paint will now be delivered to Tom's home next week, and now all we have to do is hold thumbs that someone will be home to receive it.
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