CHOICES CHOICES

How are things with you all ..? In the last few days I have been in a quandary , I haven't quite had sleepless nights but I have been struggling with a big choice, what colour to paint the windows and door of my cottage!! After getting several quotes from professional painters one been £1,550 excluding paint to do 9 small windows and two doors (faint, splutter!!) D has taken this week off work to paint the house and do some wood repair on our old sash windows and sills, as the harsh winter we had has taken its toll..
This is the front door of our cottage, not only is our cottage grade two listed its also in a conservation area, so we have to be very careful of our choice of colours as other wise our local council we be jumping up and down, also I think the colour choice is important not only do,s it say some thing about your personal taste , but the colour should compliment the surroundings,and architecture of the building. At the moment we have we have Saxon green by farrow and ball,


Which I have loved but fancy a change.... so I have been looking at other peoples choices and sneakily photographing them so you can help me choose..

This is a lovely cottage in Zennor in Cornwall, the barbie pink gate is so unexpected ,but I kind of like it, but I know the council would have a Dickie fit I went for this !!


So how about this colour, this is a cottage three doors away from me, think the colour compliments the honey stone, think this is hay from farrow and ball, can I copy , don't know?

Rather like this greeny shade..
This is my next door neighbour's house ....




Love this colour , so great again with the stone...


love this blue, quite french specially with the fab geraniums...
This is so classically period and Georgian , very smart,
This is a wonderful cottage in St Ives , and included it because I think it proves how a colour is so important, screams nautical , by the sea don't you think?
same for these two.....
I adore this colour combo ,so pretty, very Cath Kidston..
But not right for a inland country cottage i think...
These two are in St Ives and Zennor and included them both as they are rather ravishing in different ways.. bottom one is a bit similar too my humble abode..
So what do you think , D is preparing wood work over next couple of days so i must buy the paint on Tuesday evening, been studying the paint chart hard and I might be leaning towards these two shades






olive green or,Calke Green, I used to be indecisive but I'm not sure any more!!!! Help ,Help, come on girls I need you, what colour do you think,( if you click on f&B link you can view colour chart) If I don't decide by Tuesday there could be a divorce or murder as D HATES painting and he thinks I am sorted!! On a slightly different subject ,just thought I would let you know the hen night was eventful , as mentioned in my last post the hen party was made up of ladies of a mature age, as the bride was marrying in her early autumn years , after a few drinks she decided she wanted to go to a night club as she had never been too one, so off we all went, what can I say girls apart from what an eye opener , we were in our nearest Big town Darlington , and I am still having flash backs, and its been fodder for conversation all week at work.. us country bumpkin girls were like rabbits in a head light!!! lets just say it will be a one off experience... phew.. any way take great care of your selves , but have some fun this week, I am off to York on Wednesday with a friend to have a little jolly, will bring D a cake or two back from Betty,s to keeping him yielding that paint brush!! see you soon...