Decorating my new bedroom using ochres - work in progress

Evening light on the ochre painted wall, première mise en ligne par hardworkinghippy.

We had a lovely sunny evening yesterday so I took some photos of the progress of my new bedroom with the sun streaming in from the west. One of our pals gave me a hand to move furniture and paint the ceiling and we made quite a lot of progress in just a few hours. The photo above shows the final colour up close. I used a light orange wash then dabbed and rubbed in a bright red then once it was dry dabbed again and rubbed in a very light golden yellow.

This is the new sitting area in the bedroom. It's going to be a nice place to take my computer, make 'phone calls and just sit around talking to pals and pampering myself after I've come out of the bath. (One of my New Year resolutions is to take more care of myself.)

One of the problems with the sitting room-kitchen in our house is that it's a very public place and we get loads of visitors who just walk straight into the kitchen - the way the French do!

This is the evening light streaming in from the little window behind the bed. Grigri is really enjoying the new place he's found for his afternoon snooze.

I've still got a lot of finishing off to do but so far I like the colours as they are and I've started to hang up some of my favourite paintings and fiddle around with lighting.

This sort of thing is great fun compared to all the lifting and carrying we do when we're building and to see a room taking shape is so rewarding. I'll get this room's bathroom sorted out too and that way I've my own private suite. (Ooh la la!)

Needless to say it was lovely weather today and I spent most of it outside planting shrubs and roses. I hope it rains soon to water my roses in and so that I can get on and finish the room.