To be green ...

… or not to be green, that is the question?

We can't quite decide whether our shutters should be green - or as the tin says 'vert de terre' - or a creamy off white colour. As a trial we've painted one set green and will live with it for a while.

Off white will be less work, and probably slightly cheaper in terms of paint as we won't need as many coats, but that isn't the main consideration. We are thinking that we might prefer the look of the off white against the white walls. We have nine sets of these shutters so it's probably difficult to imagine by just seeing one set.

Any thoughts?

The Forth Bridge - jobs at Le Pre Vert ...

If you are holding your breath waiting for the post about our trip to La Promenade, you’ll have to wait a little bit longer.

Tim rubbing down!

Today we started to prepare and paint the Forth Bridge aka our 10 sets of French windows and shutters – that’s 20 windows (‘cos we’re only painting the outside) and 40 shutters! That’s not to mention the barge boards, downpipes, garage doors, other windows and walls!!

With any luck we’ll run out of paint …

*For those of you who might be wondering about the reference to the Forth Bridge, legend has it that the painters never finish painting it. When they get to the end they go back to the beginning and start all over again! If you want to know more you can read all about it here - it makes fascinating reading...

**Susan pointed out that I should have linked to the FORTH RAIL BRIDGE and methinks she could be right!