Phew! What a day! After yet another almost sleepless night, thanks to baby girl and her teething pain and middle and youngest boys getting up at 5am (along with Hubby up for work at 4am), I have had a very exciting day!
A couple of months ago, my best friend decorated her utility room. It looks wonderful and started me thinking I would love to have a beautiful kitchen, just like best friends newly decorated room! You see, the farmhouse we are in, up until 3 years ago, was the home of my in laws (otherwise known as the outlaws!) For some bizarre reason, the outlaws seemed to have a passion for blue. The lovely kitchen, with it's flagstone floors, Aga and bespoke pine units, was painted blue!! (Along with the bathroom, larder and master bedroom!) Don't get me wrong, I like blue, but not in quite so many rooms in a house with no heating! Everything looked so cold. 2 weeks ago, I took the plunge and started decorating the kitchen. It has taken all of the 2 weeks, on and off, with the 'help' of baby girl! I have painted 3 walls in calico, with white skirting, window and door frames and matt white ceiling. I had been admiring best friends wall paper and asked if she would mind if I copied her. Thankfully, she was more than happy and the next time she was in Dorset, even picked up the wall paper from the decorating shop for me. As if that wasn't enough, best friend also offered to hang said wall paper for me, as my papering skills leave a little to be desired!!
So, this morning, best friend came to the farm with her youngest daughter, armed with pasting table, brushes, paste, plumb line, and all, to be an absolute star and make my kitchen look wonderful. (Incidentally - I was late (nothing new there then!) I had been delivering a car trailer back to Hubby's friend after he kindly lent it to me to collect some haylage bales last week). Best friend set to with amazing speed and skill and soon transformed my ugly kitchen into something of beauty!
I wasn't much help, not only as I am useless at decorating and have absolutely no patients what so ever, but baby girl is still suffering with her teeth, and gets very fretful when I put her down.
I am so pleased and very grateful, as I am now the proud owner of a proper farmhouse kitchen!
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