Gates

Front - still waiting for lights to go where those wires are hanging out of the wall.
I'll post some more pictures, once we have the front wall lights hooked up and some green stuff planted.

We have gates! Big chunky, heavy gates... tied with an attractive red rag to keep them closed, until the motors arrive today. (I think the red rag is actually the shirt that the gate man was wearing yesterday?!). The gate man said the welder kept trying to 'lobby' for flat crosses (translation 'whinge'...... as it was hard work doing 'chunky') but to match the balustrade they had to be chunky 3D crosses. I got exactly what I asked for!! Oh, I could get used to this!

I attempted an evening photo (remember dinky, basic camera)... you sort of get the idea. We had a 'wine in hand, sitting in the gutter across the road, deep sighing moment' last night. Hubby was not impressed that I dragged him out in the cold but he agreed it was worth it to see the 'almost completed' picture, lit up like a Christmas tree. Just need some greenery now..... and some 'non dead' left over turf at the front. How come the leftovers always shrivel up and die? Do they know they're just leftovers?

Oh good, you can't see the rubblish bins under the stairs in this photo. Hubby couldn't see anything wrong with being able to see the bins through the stairs as you walk up them! They were promptly moved... just as well I am in charge of this thing!

I love how you can see the chandelier in the Great Room, and the wallpaper in the study, from the street at night... not that too many people would take up our vantage point, in the gutter across the road!
A-M xx