Tonight I'm thinking....

pic from the lovely Lotta Agaton

Oh I'm out of my "zone" at the moment for sure.  After months of looking at other peoples gorgeous homes and interior design schemes I think I have gone into meltdown...lost the plot....

• one minute its a black kitchen, the next minute its going to be white!!
• I think I like pebble tiles....then I'm not so sure!
• do I go for painted doors....or should I go for wood?
• Do I really need coving....no...or maybe I do?
• WILL IT ALL COME TOGETHER....????

I think I've lost my own sense of Style....I'm experiencing an



information overload


has this happened to anyone else??....am I alone in my total indecisiveness and absolute fear of the "interior design"???

Blow the Budget.....

This week definitely goes down as the worst one so far in the great scheme of this house build, so what's a girl to do??  Well if you heed the wise words of Hannah Montana you "BUILD A BRIDGE AND GET OVER IT!"  

Ok, so in an attempt not to dwell on the negative, I'm indulging myself in a little "fantasy house building" today...So actually it's not a bridge I'd like to build Hannah, how about this fab swimming pool for an extension!  A little bit of daydreaming never did any harm did it?

via digsdigs

This pool is now officially added to the wish list along side the spiral stair slide and the tree house....cracking house that would be!

Not a great day.....

• Really wanted to tell you that my windows are on their way.....but I can't

• Received final quote for my Aquatherm Eco F34 stove....comes it at nearly £1000 more than I'd budgeted for (I need a special type apparently, which costs more...and I didn't factor in the previously unmentioned but supposedly necessary extras).  Am going to have to have a little re-think about this one...heart is saying  "I love it still" - head is saying "look at the alternatives"  

• Kitchen quotation came back......not quite as bad as I maybe expected....but still over budget.

Hoping tomorrow is a better day for all and trying to be thankful that whatever happens, it is really only small stuff as long as my family are happy and healthy!!

IMAGE VIA DESIGN IS MINE

It's about to happen................

Am going to meet my builder on site this afternoon, I have to say at this point I feel slightly more stressed than excited.  I guess this is where the "real" work for me will start, we have a finite budget and I need to make sure it all fits, at the moment it doesn't.......(need to trim the M&E budget considerably).  However, maybe it's the effect of living in Ireland for two years but I just have the feeling "It'll all be grand!"  or maybe I'm just incredibly naive?????