Our living room - the colour it was when we moved here. The mirror came from a car boot sale and once we'd stuck back on one of the corner finials, it was perfect again. Everything else came from auction - a tip to you - a fab frame always makes a picture look better than it is!! The curtains I bought new though, from Dunelm and they are perfect for the room. However, I HATE dull colours and the room needed some oomph.
After - as you can see, the paint on the left is still drying! It has really warmed the room up no end and we're pleased with this colour (Dulux "Copper Blush"). The ceramic-based lamps will now go up to the guest bedrooms.
Imari lamp bases - there are a pair of them - were bought at Oswestry Fleamarket, needing repair. The Chinese wooden bases had had it (broken). Replace-ment ones cost us about £15 each. Then I went looking for lampshades. I found some absolutely stunning ones with gold-coloured interiors and Chrysanthemums on the shade, but they were very expensive and the budget didn't run to those. These were, from memory, just over £20 each and are absolutely gorgeous. They're not wired to use yet - that's tomorrow's job. I can't wait to see what they look like lit up.
Lighting can make walls look totally different, just with the tone of the shade. Walls warm and orangey here.
A much colder look from this shade, which is more greyish with the bulb off.
Today K had his booster jab for Covid. This time he was given Pfizer. It's made him feel a bit tired but that's all so far. We had to go to Carmarthen for it, only to find we could have actually saved our 100 mile round trip and gone to the site on our showground here in town. I did try phoning them to see if we could, but the phone just cut off. Ah well, we went to Charlies whilst we were down there and I got some husked sunflower seeds for the birds (much cheaper there than in town), and I also couldn't resist a big glass storage jar for £2.50. We had a Gregg's lunch and visited an antiques centre which we once had a Unit in. We had a wander round and a good chat with the friend of ours who was on duty there today, and then went to see our friend who has a smallholding near where we used to live. It was SO good to see her again and catch up on news.
We were going to come home via Brecon to get some shopping there but I shall go tomorrow instead and do our grocery shopping there and go to B&M Bargains for fat balls for the birds (it's the cheapest place to buy them). The start of another week . . .
