Had a great catchup with Sean today and I mentioned I was staying at my Mum’s place. He hadn’t seen my Mum’s place since it was an old house which I was squatting in before it was demolished (rats in the kitchen, furry wallpaper, termites, you name it). The new house has been finished for a couple of years now, it’s brand new but the salt is eating away at everything, even the marine grade lights and all the stainless steel furniture but that’s the price you pay (and then some) for living right on the water.
I’ve seen pictures of my Mum’s house pop up on the net, one recently popped up on fffound (geez, it must be cool then…).
I thought I’d post the images up on here in any case. It’s a lovely house and one which my mother put a lot of blood sweat and tears into. She worked very close with her architect, builder and interior designers (pikewithers which are old clients of mine, their site is over 9 years old and still working!) and all the hard work has quite obviously paid itself off.
To design my own house from ground up is definitely still one of my missions in life (has been for some time now) but for now the rennovations on my own house have given me a taste. I’ve made some mistakes, lost the plot a few times, rushed things, settled for things which I shouldn’t have and blown a lot more time and money than I had planned but I’ve got a feeling that I’ll be rewarded once it’s finally finished, that reminds me, have got to take more pictures of the progress to show. Will do tomorrow :)
PS: Just got back from Unas (again!). My stomach is still very much digesting Chicken Jaeger. I was going to post up a group shot but thought I’d see if Charles has updated his blog (I saw him rattle off a few shots see) and sure enough he has, check his Unas review here.
PPS: Definitely check out the cake shop next door to Unas (the little shop looks and feels exactly like the patisseries in Paris). Go the little Petit Fours (I got the strawberry one) they’re great!