Its been about 8 months since super gino put down our new floor. We left the hallway, bathroom and kitchen (soon-to-be pantry) till this year, with the plan to tile it. Yet after finding the original school floor underneath 5 layers of laminate, fluff, corkboard, chipboard and lino tiles, it would be sacrtiligious to tile over it!
see the flickr set here
While staying with the nuzzaci’s in italy over christmas, much conversations were had about flat renovations..
and i think i may be getting there!
Our bathroom is very small.. around 140cm wide. So this short soaking tub, and glass shower beside, would be a brilliant way of getting the best of both worlds, and looking rather nice. I’m not sure about the steel tub, would prefer a tiled in white tub. But the layout is rather close.
Nico’s dad is the human duracell bunny! He is super-gino! With a sparkly-eyed italian and a love of spaghetti, he just winds himself up and gets down to work.
This time it was our new floors. Lovely brown oiled wood from Kährs that were extra special because of their beveled edge. Now I never took myself for being one that got excited about bevels, but these bevels are tasty!
So after a rather hectic week, what with nico driving nights in sweden, Death Cab gig and new job drinks, Gina et mamma muu’s plane was delayed and they arrived way past my bedtime. However, there they were, at the crack of friday, with nico, ready to do the floors.
During the laying nico found a hole in the wooden floor and in true nico-style quickly wrote a time-capsule letter and popped it down there. It was titled “Hello I’m a note from 2006″. If you find the wee thing in the future, do give him an email. Apart from the note, the nuzzaci’s adopted a ‘ferrari’ - a sir ken of hover (who is sans bag!)
Saturday saw me take a girls day out shopping with mamma muu. I don’t know what it is with these nuzzaci’s but, as nico agreed, she is to shopping what gino is to laying floors. So while we were playing cowgirl shootemup in john lewis, the men were back at home watching the football and tackling to trickiest part of the floor. I did purchase some lovely new trousers from BEUK off carnaby street. Its got to be my favourite, and therefore most dangerous, shop in london.
A MASSIVE thankyou to Gino, Mamma muu, nico and Gustav for all their hard work and careful laying skills.The flat is now a completely new being. I think gustav is especially pleased as he has a trendy new loft bed which will require dexterity of sleeping and strong jumping skills.
My only worry is that I will turn into one of those screaming home-owners who is constantly nagging people to remove their shoes and awakens, hot and sweaty at night from a nightmare where a massive hamster is making scratches on their floor. Oh well.. should that be, I will embrace it. Monica-dom here i come!
Check out nuzz’s blog for further details on flooring.
