A bit of a pause

I think this has been my longest pause in blogging about this build- brought about jointly by a pause on the block whilst a key tradie goes on holiday (the cheek) and the general business of life that, whilst not keeping my mind off the house completely, has kept me from the more enjoyable wishlist dreaming it is fun to keep a record of here.

Things are starting to move again, and it will be a very busy next few weeks as the cladding goes on, cladding is painted, faschia is installed, timber feature screen is installed. We are off to visit the newly erected scaffolding tomorrow so I daresay photos will follow!

Of late, much mental effort, head swivelling and eye squinting (at other houses) has gone into exterior paint colour. We want a grey that will be a good foil for the richness of the windows and the timber screen, but it also has to be a grey that still looks good with the timber screen once it's weathered, and a grey that looks good behind planned olive and citrus trees at the front. Still, it shouldn't be too hard right? Well, that darned Dulux has approximately 23 zillion different greys...this one throws pink...that one throws purple...this one is a teensy bit greenish...And then once you've got the shade right..how light?...how dark? Before we know it external paint colour has become choosing the loo all over again. And it's not like it's the butterfly effect. The future of the world will not rise or fall on our exterior grey paint colour. Yet, we still have to choose...

The pre-sample pot shortlist sound like songs or movies of years gone by: Spanish Olive! Milton Moon! Endless Dusk! Flooded Gum! I couldn't find any pics of these colours so in the interests of including something visual, the splashback in the kitchen below is Milton Moon.