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Wandering about
Just come back from a very pleasant morning in town with DD - bought more art supplies for my coursework, and blew 20 pounds replenished essential supplies in Lush.
To my complete surprise, spotted in a shop window a print of a painting by John Piper of the church in Bristol where my grandmother got married. He painted it in 1940, just after it had been bombed in the Bristol Blitz, and his painting is very much how I remember the church when I visited it as a child (my parents' floristry business was nearby). So I've ordered a copy of the print -it's a bit of family history, really. The original of the painting is in the Tate (which I've never visited) so I'll have to go and take a look some time.
The new worktop is in in the kitchen, and it was definitely worth spending the extra money for the Corian version. Very smooth and classy.
And I went and bought the paint for the walls, including the luscious deep dusky pink colour for the end walls, to match one of the tile colours on the splashback. I'm not usually a pink person, but this colour is almost edible and it's going to look fantastic. DH still isn't sure, but has wisely decided to trust me on this, because (his words, not mine) "you're much better at this sort of thing than me".
So, looks like this weekend will be all about painting, both creative and practical.
To my complete surprise, spotted in a shop window a print of a painting by John Piper of the church in Bristol where my grandmother got married. He painted it in 1940, just after it had been bombed in the Bristol Blitz, and his painting is very much how I remember the church when I visited it as a child (my parents' floristry business was nearby). So I've ordered a copy of the print -it's a bit of family history, really. The original of the painting is in the Tate (which I've never visited) so I'll have to go and take a look some time.
The new worktop is in in the kitchen, and it was definitely worth spending the extra money for the Corian version. Very smooth and classy.
And I went and bought the paint for the walls, including the luscious deep dusky pink colour for the end walls, to match one of the tile colours on the splashback. I'm not usually a pink person, but this colour is almost edible and it's going to look fantastic. DH still isn't sure, but has wisely decided to trust me on this, because (his words, not mine) "you're much better at this sort of thing than me".
So, looks like this weekend will be all about painting, both creative and practical.