Please ignore this thread

mandragora_2

lostinrates wrote: »

we spend a lot of time in our conservatory, it has solid wood floors, and is big, It is l shaped and provides two seating reasand a dining area. My mother went for paper blinds designed for consrvatories that concertina up and down: don't get them! They crease badly and flies love them and its impossible to clean off fly spotting. I woul go for fabric roman blinds. Being able to blok hot/bright sun out is great, and being able to trap heat in is useful too, if you want to use it year round.

We have normal two seater sofas and a couple of armchairs. I quite like the look of rattan, but yes, we ''loll'' in there. In fact, on of the sofas in there is a litle Victorian drop arm sofa. what is wrong with orinary furniture that fits? IMO, sofas on legs are better than divan type ones, as they let light through, keep the conservatory feeling.

Art fades quickly, opt for posters:o or bright ceramics. what else?


Colours etc, really depend on what you have already leding on to it, I would pull the sitting room colour though and dd lighter touches.


Slate will be super in the summer, you can add rugs in the winter, or year round. I'd always opt for hard natural surface myself.

OOOhhhhh - I'm getting more and more tempted by the second.....

lostinrates

mandragora wrote: »

Nothing yet - builders will be laying the base in the next two days - I think I've left it too late for that - and there are dark mutterings about the cost, too. How much would it be, once you've got all the kit and caboodle? Any ideas?

Not got a clue. I think my parents spent about £30k on the build of theirs, but it is big (I wasn't here then), apart from the blinds everything else we owned already.

treliac

lostinrates wrote: »

I'd always opt for hard natural surface myself.

Mmm ... can't beat it!

mandragora wrote: »

OOOhhhhh - I'm getting more and more tempted by the second.....

Me too.

mandragora_2

It's just the cost of the slates as opposed to carpets I was wondering about - I've seen decent slates at around £22 per sq m, so not too bad compared to carpet, but it's all the underflloor heating/insulation stuff I was wondering about. The conservatory is (almost!) up now!

mandragora_2

treliac wrote: »

Mmm ... can't beat it!



Me too.

Oh you are awful

lostinrates

still no help for me and a mortgage though

mandragora_2

Ok - so what do you need? How can we help?


(Well, not me, specifically - aeons since I took one out)

treliac

mandragora wrote: »

Oh you are awful

I shall stop subverting your posts now. Good luck with the conservatory.

fc123

lostinrates wrote: »

still no help for me and a mortgage though

Just before I go to bed....you may get more tomorrow as many brokers are only on during daytime hours? You could try PMing Conrad..wasn't he in a rural area...or a villagey type place ? He may know someone in the trade.
I hope you do find someone...

Night.;)

treliac

fc123 wrote: »

Just before I go to bed....you may get more tomorrow as many brokers are only on during daytime hours? You could try PMing Conrad..wasn't he in a rural area...or a villagey type place ? He may know someone in the trade.
I hope you do find someone...

Night.;)

Bishops Stortford, Herts area, I believe. Night night.