After living with this red wall for 14 years, I feel a twinge of sadness as I say goodbye to it. After all, I lovingly painted it – solo – when I first moved in. Three coats in three days. On one wobbly ladder.
While I loved it (and still do), I am ready for a more understated colour now. Sign of maturity (or perhaps, old age)?
Tomorrow, it’s a new colour. And a new chapter.
10 months! I’ve kept it under wraps for that long. But no more. As an apartment dweller for the last 18 years, I never imagined myself owning a little bit of soil with a skinny house on top. It still feels strange some times. Like it’s mine but not quite, if you know what I…
Since the last Renovation Diary update, things have progressed rapidly. Dismantling the old kitchens and hacking the walls took more than a week, but we’re on track. Hats off to the guys. Demolishing brick and mortar is not for the faint hearted. We did hit a few speed bumps though. That’s the thing about old…
Just wanted to post an update on the red wall. It’s now a chalkboard (Nippon Satin Glo Crater Black). Truth be told, I had a bit of painter’s remorse the few days after the red wall was gone. The room felt a tad darker and I wasn’t sure I had picked the right colour. And…
It was too hot to sleep, so I did this instead. My chalkboard wall is turning to be my go-to place whenever I feel the need to “do something with my hands”. Before this triangle “wallpaper”, I had on a whimsical bird on a clothesline. But last night, I was in the mood for more…
This post is waaay overdue. It’s almost a year since I last updated you guys on House17. All the major renovations are done but I took longer than expected to settle in and get my rhythm going. It’s 10 months now, since I moved in. The first few nights were challenging — I hardly sleep…
I have a confession. I’ve never ever bought bathroom tiles before this. And I did not know that buying tiles could be such a mind-boggling process. When House17 came along, the bathrooms were fairly decent and at first, I did not plan to renovate them. I didn’t mind the colourful mosaic, even the beige floor…
Wow! Now, that's a coincidence. I'm about to paint over my red living room walls as well. After 10 years, I'm ready for a change as well. Here's to a new color and a new chapter!
I would miss that wall too. But change is good and a sign that it's needed. I can't wait to see it.
This caught my eye because 9 years later today, I am ready to bid farewell to the 'temple' in my bedroom too 🙂