Well if you remember I had a dreadful cold at the end of last week and really had not been out much. So on Sunday I ventured out with the dog’s. Not for one of my normal magical mystery walks but for a gentle, quite meander on a new lane. Wow the difference a week makes to mother nature, I noticed the daffodils gentle poking their heads out of the soil and the green bunches of what will be carpets of snowdrops adorning the banks. Then there was the catkins or as my grandfather told me they were, lambs tails as when the new lambs loose their tails they get hung up on the birch twigs. These were definitely out before there any of this season’s lambs!

The visitors cloakroom project has begun. The tiles have arrived and paint samples from @lick which are great as you can just stick them on the wall to get a real feel of how the colour will work. I got samples #green01 and #green02 to decide which looked best with the floor tiles. Guess what? I decide they looked so good together I will use them both, just have to decide which will go at the top. As you can see from the samples I have a pink tile in there for the splash back. I had a box left from doing my daughter’s shower and I love green and pink together so decided that pink would be my accent colour.

I started by ripping up the old lumpy bumpy lino, which actually came out really easily and the floor underneath is very good. The next thing and probably the scariest part was to take the splashback tiles off. Armed with flathead screwdriver and hammer and a bit of brute force they all came off cleanly.

I then removed all the rawl plugs and mirror and filled all the holes left. The size of some of the rawl plugs was a little over kill and did leave crators!

I gave the skirting a new coat of gloss and once that was dry it was time to try my hand at laying adhesive vinyl tiles. Where I needed to cut around object such as the pedestal or toilet I created a paper pattern as obviously the vinyl does not bend that easily. Despite making sure the surface I was laying the tiles on was clean and dust free, found the adhesive on the tiles whilst felt sticky was not as grippy as I would have liked. I will probably get some spray adhesive and use on any of the tiles that lift. Overall I am pretty chuffed with my handywork.

I am now waiting for the paint to arrive, so next week I should be able to get the paint on the walls and then try my hand at ceramic tiling 😳

I also did my kitchen central island display for the month with a Valentine’s theme. You can check it out on my Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/111118134777891/posts/118387037384334/

Well dear reader, what have you been up to this week? Did you manage to step out of your comfort zone? Until next week, take care and remember it just takes one little step to make a big difference!

Chris x