There's a number of reasons for this, primarily that as the house was stripped back to its bones we uncovered more and more things that needed fixing. Plus as work was ongoing, either the builders suggested changes we might want to make (that we generally did) or we changed our minds about things, which invariably causes a delay. What that does mean though, is that five months on, even if it's not where we thought it would be, the house is looking VERY different.
Three weeks in we instructed a local building company to take on the work, and they've now been there just over two weeks. It's been amazing to see quite how quickly a house can be taken apart in such a short space of time. Whereas before we had an admittedly tired house, which was in need of some work, we now have some brick walls, and only partial floors! We're needing to completely rewire the electrics and redo the ancient plumbing, so the house has been taken back to its bones.
At the start of December I met up with my clients who I've been working with to update their open plan living/dining room. You can find out where we had got to so far here. They had decided to go with the grey design concept, and wanted me to come up with a few options for each area in terms of product and price, to fit their modest budget.
I've created two design concepts for them, based on what we discussed when we met two weeks ago. Both will keep the walls white and bring in more of an industrial look which they both like, however one will bring in accents of warm greys and pale blues, while the other takes the industrial look a bit further, with a strictly monochrome scheme
