Saturday, 30th June 2007
The Daily Telegraph, Plain English, Waitrose, Farrow & Ball, Peter Jones.
This was today’s shopping itinerary, starting with The Daily Telegraph/House & Garden Fair at Earls Court and culminating with a visit to Peter Jones to buy a new fridge.
In between, we have ordered a new door from Plain English for the kitchen, and the paint to paint it from Farrow & Ball. We bought fabric for the Sitting Room blinds and possibly (though Wife is unsure) for the Drawing Room blinds, and then we went food shopping.
Thank God today was retail day (even though it was disastrous for the bank balance, especially following swift on the heels of yesterday’s Hermes and Brown’s extravaganza with Best Friend), as the weather has been balls-achingly lousy, even for England. As Wife said, “Imagine the number of brides who 12 months ago said “Well: the last weekend in June: the weather’s BOUND to be OK then…”.”
Today’s little spree meant that the house is getting nearer to being finished. The hallways and landings are done, the Drawing Room and Sitting Room are done. Only the kitchen remains a testament to high 80s infatuation with stencils, borders and murals.
We have been investigating what to do since we moved in (as the current state of the kitchen makes Wife feel the need to sit down in a dark room). Apart from the door ordering, the great thing about seeing the Plain English stand was that they were featuring our kitchen, in a different colour, with a different work surface: so we found out what colours they had used for the cupboards and the walls (hence the Farrow & Ball trip) and what the work surface was.
So hurrah! After months of titting around with swatches and scores of tester-pot paint, we now have the wherewithal to do the kitchen – apart from a decision to be made over what we will use for the kitchen work surfaces. I want slate (as also featured on the stand). This means that Wife almost certainly does not. Which means that it will be not slate…
