Final touches - curtains and walls

Finally decided on a paint colour for one of the feature walls in our bedroom. After 15 sample pots I ended up taking my favourite vase to Dulux and the wonderful salesman helped me chose a complimentary colour from the metallic range.

DH is painting it atm and the colour is stunning . It has taken ages to pick the letterbox, feature wall colours, curtains and decorative accessories for the house .

I'll post pics in the coming weeks on all the above. Curtains are coming next week as well F I N A L L Y.

Can’t wait to see Dy!

Sounds nice Dy - can't wait to see it all

Cant wait to see your wall!

I think all you have done in your home is stunning and you have a great flair.

Thank you .

DH only painted one coat as he has the flu so we'll have to wait until next w.e. to see the final product.

Colour is 1.5 strength Crystal Mirage - a dark mushroom colour (metallics range)

http://www.dulux.com.au/html/textureint/

I'll post a pic of our new letterbox tonight if I get the chance .

Dy,

I checked the colour... very nice!
Looking forward to see the painted wall!

that is a beautiful colour DEE. I love a few of them on that link. I'm very envious. A pity my DH has already said "no feature walls" or I'd be putting in my order. Sigh.. I miss my red bedroom walls and was hoping to have a feature wall at least.
Hmm I might have to try again once we get the keys.

It is a gorgeous colour Dy! Poor DH hope he gets better soon so we can see a pic of it done!

I'm actually starting to think its a bit too brownish ... maybe I should have picked more a grey undertone like chocolate glimmer.

Poor DH he will have a royal fit if I ask him to paint it again .

It is soooo hard matching greys!

Have you seen the wallpapers at Dulux ... very very nice .

Just had a look at the site - great colour and great site!!

Love it Dy...in fact I went and picked up a whole heap of samples today to have a better look. Now I just have to convince DH , but I think this can wait...for like a year or so

the metallic range is very nice but its hard to apply.

A roller will give you a bit of a textured look which we didn't want. A paint brush gives you the lines but its a flat effect which is what we were wanting. But our wall is pretty large and I thought DH wouldn't be impressed if I asked him to paint the whole thing with a paint brush so I bought a flat brush applicator. It gives you the lines but is easier to apply.

I think the best application would be sprayed on but I'm not sure I could convince DH to give it a go.

Hopefully this w.e. his flu will have gone (poor baby ) and we can move on to the next coat. If we don't like it I'll have a great reason to get some wallpaper . Just love the range I saw at Dulux ... gorgeous modern colours in pewter and greys ... yumm.

DH is back doing the wall today so I might have some shots of it soon.

Here is the letterbox.



I think it suits the balustrade and house fairly well. Nice one ebay!

Your house looks great; the letter box is very unique!

Nice one.

DH told the neighbours where I purchased the letterbox. I was really mad coz I spent ages looking for something that was a bit different .

Never mind that I regale everyone on H1 with the model, price and best location to purchase . But H1 members don't live next door to me.

He thought my annoyance was amusing ... he just doesn't understand the meaning of unique .

Your house looks amazing!

Is that your bedroom in the front to the left……where I see the ladder?
Or is he painting in there as well?

Men have very different ideas……………

very good Michelle .

Yes thats our bedroom. He's there right now painting the feature wall .

Yes men do have straaannge ideas . Its like they're from another planet.

Don’t get me started!

you're spot on!
of course we want to be unique in the neighbourhood