I’m in Italian class every day for a month this time. It’s great. My Italian is making great strides. I guess I’m ready to pick up grammar again. 🙂
Things to know: Everything has a gender, even foreign words. Whisky and picnic are masculine, but web designer and hit parade are feminine. Who knew?!
It’s also wonderful to meet the other students and learn about their countries and customs. I discover how limited my world view has become.
The school is in Viareggio, which is 15 minute past my apartment, but since I’m not living there but on the other side of town, it takes me 45-50 minutes to get there. Sigh. But it’s just what I need right now. Yay!
Last week was busy for apartment tasks, especially choosing the wood flooring and the bathroom tiles. John went with me to get the wood, so that’s all set. I did the tiles on my own.
Here are some examples. I’m going traditional Italian in the smaller bathroom, with a tile called “Maria Teresa.”
In the larger bathroom, I’m going with brown geometric on the floor:
On the walls, a white textured tile. In the studio I’m using large tools that look a lot like cement but cooler.
The biggest question I have left is what to use as a backsplash in the kitchen. Here are some tiles that are fun:
This is some of the fun part of house fixing…
SO glad that you can now say “hit parade” in Italian. That’ll come in handy.
Indeed! But just remember that is feminine!
I vote for the kitchen tiles with bowls.
I lean towards them too. Otw the laundry. 🙂
Your home is coming together beautifully.
Slowly slowly, but yes!
me – I like the house w/ clothes lines. more interesting than cups that remind me of dirty dishes so don’t do a thing for me. more contrast w/ sizes and shapes.
Just thought of something else. Pictures were originally intended as pretend views of something, i.e. landscapes and so forth. Imagine: looking out your window and seeing multiple tea cups!!
I like them both. Am thinking of the cups for the kitchen and the washing line for the laundry room. 🙂