I’m so ashamed. I’ve just realised that it has been AAAGES since I last posted. The last few weeks have been great but pretty crazy between a visit to the UK, some US travel, visitors from the UK,  interviews and of course, the house. It’s been time consuming but I’m insanely excited about how it is coming together. It has been only 3 months since the building first started and it is really taking shape. I absolutely can’t wait to move back in.

I can’t believe how naive I was at the outset. I had no idea how many decisions need to be made every day. For example I have achieved my current ripe old age without giving door hinges a moment’s thought but all of a sudden I have to choose some. Ok so that wasn’t exactly the hardest decision – just where do you start?

The most time consuming decision so far has been the tiling (or as the locals strangely say for both singular and plural – ’tile’). I’ve schlepped around tile shops for hours – and have brought various samples back for consideration. Here’s what the apartment living room floor looked like for quite a while. I’m also ashamed to say I was dreaming about tiling for a while (I know, I know I need to get out more).

Which to choose?

I did finally come up with a plan for the bathrooms (pictures will be shared asap) and I’m really excited by how the whole house is coming together – I absolutely can’t wait to move back in. Have a look here to see what the place is looking like now. I’ve uploaded some new pics.