Busy, busy, busy

It's been a busy week at the new old house. The first coats of paint have been applied, and it looks great.

So far only on the 1st and 2nd floors, but the color is a nice change from the color of dust that has been the general look of the place recently. These floors have also been sanded and varnished (1 coat so far).

The bathroom and shower rooms haven't seen such dramatic
progress. The shower room has been on hold waiting for the chape (poured floor) to cure. We had to rethink the tiling for the shower after we found out the price of the lovely Italian mosaics we chose. I had confused the price per sheet with the price per meter square. (Only an order of magnitude off!). The reboot was a good thing, as we now will have some slighly less extravagant lovely Italian mosaics, in a new color scheme.
The kitchen has also arrived.  Jean-Philippe of Wood Fashion in Waterloo designed the kitchen following our wishes, in a classic style. I love the Falcon stove. The stonefitter was making measurements today for the countertop and back wall. We tried not to distract him.
The counters will be Belgian bluestone, from a quarry near Liege. I can't wait to see it. If we are lucky, there may be fossils.