We were lucky enough to go away for a family vacation last week. We therefore arranged to have the second floor den’s floor re-finished while we were gone.

We used Danny from Capital Floor again. He was great at working around our schedule and making sure the job got done on time and on […]

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For some time now Anke has been thinking of putting a really deep grey colour on the back wall of the house. We weren’t sure if it would work well given that we have now gone with a grey coloured countertop.

Darren, our painter extraordinaire recommended a grey that he really likes (Kendall Charcoal from […]

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Here are a few before and after pictures of what things look like so far on the 2nd and 3rd floors. What wonders new floors, carpeting and paint can make! We don’t have any pictures up on the walls yet etc. but it will give you an idea of the space.

We used Benjamin Moore Baby […]

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I went to gather paint swatches today.

We need to choose colours for the 2nd floor hall and stairwell leading up to the 3rd floor landing, the den and all 3 bedrooms. Darren, our painter who’s fixing up the plaster walls advised to stick to light colours because they show less imperfections on the walls. Works […]

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