Last week (when we actually managed to persuade our electrician to turn) it emerged that we would be unable to use down lights in one part of the new living area due to the placement of an air conditioning panel. Which means that right above our dining table we can install a pendant light instead. I have loved this George Nelson Criss Cross pendant forever, but as we are sticking to a more traditional look in the front rooms of the house I didn't think I'd have anywhere to put one. And now we do! We just need to get the electrician to come back again some time this decade...The pendant lights in the front of the house are equally as beautiful, designed and made by Lisa at Shady Designs. She does a fabulous job and I can't recommend her highly enough. They are giant drum shades with black linen on the outside. One shade has Catherine Martin for Porter's Paints wallpaper in "Sparrow" (we went with the cream and red colourway) on the inside. The other has a solid gold wallpaper with flecks of red through it. At the moment they're sitting in the living room, and they already look beautiful, I can't wait to see them actually hanging.
While things are happy on the lighting front, the gyprockers are making me want to cry with their unexpected absences. We were assured they would be completely finished by the end of the week, which meant that the floors could go down on Monday, but now I am a bit sceptical.
I spend way too much time daydreaming about what my kitchen-to-be will look and feel like. So far I have decided that the walls will be painted a beautiful grey and the benches will be a grey and white marble. We'll eat our meals on beautiful 
When we got home we wandered up to the 
