Day off = kitchen pleasures

I could have written kitchen dutys, but staying in the kitchen a whole day is to me just pure relaxation. So I am spending my day off happy in my kitchen!
Today I will bake a couple of breads, a pizza or two and I am going to try out this recipe for Oliveoil cake.

Picture from Madame Laurien

Talk soon!

Beautiful colours

I love Loris blog automatism. She always has beautiful pictures to present. One of the best I have seen lately is this one:

So beautiful with the deep green colour and the golden hair!
In our next round of renovation we are planning to build a library. We have not decided colours yet, but if it is all up to me it will be decorated with deep colours.

Wish you all a pleasant day (or night :D)
Grumpy

Those finishing touches

A little presentation of the "details" remaining. You know those finishing touches necessary to create a complete look. Yup, we have a lot of details remaning. Not quite sure they are details though...

And this is the year without any renovation. Somebody give me some strength and serenity. Now please!!!!

Wires hanging all over......
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Wires again, need some serious covering up, message from the electrician still visible at the plasterboard, and no we haven`t painted the wall either.

Visible sewage pipes. Nice.

Wires and ventilation, even more covering  up needed

Need I say more?

Yup, you got it. Grumpykids play here. A bit embarrasing actually.

More sewagepipes

Goodlooking tiles with badlooking grout

Nice and white and newly painted kitchen.  Just some spots left. Still annoying though.

Nice tiles, just lacking a little piece

Mr Grumpy are you reading this? Well go on then- get back to work! Shush!

Cottage dreams

Last weekend we visited friends at their cottage. They own an old cottage with thick timber walls, it is absolutely adorable! (and the owners are adorable too :) ) They have refurbished parts of the cottage and since their taste in interior is exquisite it looks fab!

Turned out to be an oldfashioned experience, at least in some ways-  the well had frozen and they have an outhouse for the necessities. We were prepared so we had no worries (ok- outhouse was a bit stinky, I admit it)

All very charming and we very much enjoyed our time away from home. It meant for us a well earned break from Grumpyhouse.

We would love to have a cottage of our own. Although I love love love old houses, our cottage would have to be a new and modern style one. One old grumpy house is more than enough.

I like this one- maybe one day if  I ever get to be a millionaire.....

Cottage dream

By Snohetta architects.