It is full speed ahead with the painting in the Under Hill Suite of the Hazelnut Inn. Tony & our latest hire, Jeremy are busy laying on the first coat of colour. Both Tony & Jeremy are eminently qualified for this task, as they both have fine art degrees to their name. This is of course no ordinary ceiling and is much trickier to paint on account of all of the texture, undulations and endless roots that twist in every direction imaginable. The first primer coat of paint is the most challenging as they have to work the paint into every tiny crevice of the hand sculpted texture. The concrete sucks up the paint mercilessly and it has to be on thick but not run or drip. Each subsequent coat of colour goes a little faster than the previous. Glazes are faster yet and it won’t be long until it is time to begin the tile work. The big pile of boxes of ceramic tiles are sitting just outside the bathroom door, ready for that job to begin…
