Bundy Mini Break - Day 5

Welcome Sherry!  It is just so lovely to see the number of people following the blog growing bit by bit - I really do appreciate the interest and the fact that you have taken the time to have a look.  Thank you very much indeed.

Yesterday I introduced you to Miss Emmaline Brennan.  Well, today Miss Emmaline is not happy.  Indeed she is not. We had quite a discussion, Miss Emmaline and I.  Of course, she is such a lady that she was perfectly pleasant about it all, but she made her point perfectly clear.  And of course she won the day.  She always does.

It was the colour of the cottage, you see.  Miss Emmaline pointed out that the colour did nothing - absolutely nothing - for the pretty flowers in her garden.  And I must admit  - I had to agree.  And Miss Emmaline is proud of her garden.  With good reason, too.  Her parents were wonderful gardeners.  Her grandparents were wonderful gardeners.  And Miss Emmaline is a wonderful gardener.  She can be found tending her garden most days, and it shows.

'How about pale pink? She suggested.

But Miss Emmaline', I objected, 'I will be getting Rosebud Cottage as soon as Petite Properties releases it, and that is pink.  You don't want to be the same colour, do you?'

'I don't care' she sniffed 'I am here first.  You don't even have Rosebud Cottage yet, it hasn't even been released yet and won't be for who knows how long?  You can paint that one another colour'
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'Miss Emmaline, it is Rosebud Cottage, it needs to be pink.  Your furnishings are pink and green.'  I crossed my fingers behind my back.

'Hmmmm' Miss Emmaline thought for a moment. 'That's very true.  And I don't really want to be the same as that other cottage.  It would probably look like a hunk of fairy floss anyway.  I think - I think pale green would be much better!'

And so the cottage has undergone a change of colour and it really does look quite charming.  The addition of the internal windows makes it come even more alive - it's starting to look like a cottage rather than a shell of one.

The window boxes are painted a darker green, as are a couple of pots and  the trellised arch.for the front of the pathway. 

The furniture is ready to be installed into the kitchen once the benchtops receive yet another coat of white - will it ever cover?

The base for the house is shaped and ready to have the garden put in place.

All in all a very productive day. 

And it was on Jan's side as well.  Walls are going together.  For some of them this means two layers being joined for part of their length.  The interior has been spackled and sand added for extra texture in some places.

Tiling is on the appropriate walls and stairs are completed ready to be glued into place too.

An extra wall has been added on both the ground floor to make a kitchen area. And an extra wall now makes a bathroom area on the first floor.

The outer wall is done on both sides with spackle, with sand added for texture.  Don;t you love the three little niches on the interior of the courtyard wall? And there's a large niche for a fountain that is on the interior of the wall opposite.  This really is a lovely Villa.

Here are th epieces laid out for the last lot of spackly to finish drying overnight - as you can imagine, it takes time and planning to let each stage dry before you can go on with the next stage or other side of each piece.  The blue tape is painters' tape, put over the flooring to protect it while the interior is being done. 

Sorry - as I keep saying, white does not photograph well!
Tomorrow we will organise some lovely Tuscan tiles hopefully, to go on with the next stage.

A busy few days is showing great results for Jan and the Tuscan Villa.  Things are humming along nicely for both of us!

So please do keep tuned - Miss Emmaline is just counting the days now to the finish deadline!