The greening of the pod

Now the plasters are finished, the painting is-more or less complete. Unexpectedly the pod turned green! Finding a colour took much deliberation and changes of mind until one sunny morning in the beginning of July, Pat and I realised the colour would be apple green. On the wall under the window, was a record of the layers of paint built up over time, and the green we chose corresponded to one of those colours. The colour then is both from a contemporary palette and the heritage of the church. For us perhas, it also signifies apples and politics. Here, Greer helps us out with the painting before the builders return.

One more layer of the church's history was unexpectedly revealed on the 15th july when we installed a new wood stove. As the installers penetrated the roof to take the flue, it was clear that the baltic pine ceiling was a later addition to the original roof which was also painted apple green. We are keeping a piece of the wide pine boards( 9 inches) covered in the pale green paint that had been concealed by the warm orange glow of baltic pine boards which we had presumed to be the original roof lining. Were these later boards added at time the church hall was built around 1900? Is this pale green the colour first brushed on around 1860 or is that just another, later addition? The Church continues to surprise us.