Keeping The Promise (of the party hall!)

Well last time I wrote about the hall it was looking a little worse for wear. Work was underway but there was a long way to go. I think it looked a little like this. Cold, dark and rather gloomy. White walls and black stained wooden beams.

So the partition walls had been knocked down but it was far from party ready. The arrival of the dreaded Covid put rather a large downer on things and we barricaded ourselves in the safe confines of Hunningtons locking the rest of the world out dreaming of the day we could throw our doors open again.

Still, we carried on the renovation work and the first step was sanding the floor.

That's him indoors being useful! Wow - there was a LOT of dust!

Not only did the floorboards all need sanding, so did the entire staircase, the ceiling beams and all the doors. Groan. But oh my word - the difference! Totally worth all the hours spent doing the work. It was even worth the aching arms and cricked neck!

Here's things starting to take shape. A before and after, showing the difference the colours make.

We painted the woodwork Ball Green by Farrow and Ball to add warmth and it's a colour that looks cosy in daylight yet rather lovely and silvery in the evening light. We painted some walls in Adventurer by Little Green Company and the piece de resistance was the William Morris wallpaper from Brewers. I had always wanted Morris to play a key part in the design of Hunningtons. It's the right style historically for the house and suits it so well. And I love it - so bold and colourful.

Sanding, sanding...

And here's a view from the top of the stairs looking down to the hall, illustrating the miles of hand rail sanding that needed to be done.

BUT - here we go - at last - three years after moving in, we have a hall. (There's actually one corner still not done but hey! Let's not focus on that. All in good time...)

The Party Hall!

So what dy'all think?

Shall I get those party invites sorted?

Who's in?