Not to dwell on how my sister (71) is staying temporarily with Ma, and I am the Nurse Ratched (sp?) to both of them now.....grim times at Needs Dusting Towers.
Instead I am asking if anyone (perhaps the expert Tom?) can suggest how I can make the path to my home look a little less horrible, now that I have had a water meter fitted and this concrete eyesore is how it looks now. I imagine I could replace the whole path somehow but as funds are limited I was curious about a quicker cheaper fix...a stain of some sort?
To be honest, I truly don't need to be irritated EVERY time I approach my own front door, and remember that the workman said 'it will weather in ........eventually'.
It will weather in but your Water Company did not leave things as they found them. Yes, try some odds and ends of fast weathering, tea comes to mind for starters and a bit of dirt. Think outside the box and try a few things in a small area. Good luck.
ReplyDeleteActually just looked at my patio today and since it was cleaned last year it has weathered again and is very dirty just from rainfall and I think your path will weather faster than you think. I would of course still try rubbing some quick fix dirt into it to take off the stark of the white, but on balance, I wouldn't worry too much.xxx
DeleteThanks Rachel...yes I will try to darken it if I can...and of course I don't know why I mentioned Tom in the post..don't think he reads this blog....but thanks again for the input. x
DeleteYou could paint the rest of that slab with something white. Then paint every alternative slabs as well so you would get a checkerboard effect.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the response....I'm going to try to darken it I think.
DeletePlant pot to cover it springs to mind but then you'd have to skirt around it everytime you walked to and fro. In time it'll fade but they really should have made it good before they left! Have a good weekend, Libs. (I've got sister trouble too and just yesterday, my Ma who got her second jab on Tuesday, decided to drive to mine 'just for a visit'!).
ReplyDeleteHi....thanks for comment. Stupid workman! Sorry to hear about the family...guess we live quite parallel lives in some respect...take care x
DeleteThe installer could have added some color to the cement to match the larger walk. I also think your walk will weather fairly quickly. Cement never stays white/gray. My sister always says, "Susan, you are the patient one, you deal with...Mom, Dad, Uncle." I little help would be nice, but this never occurs to some people.
ReplyDeleteThanks for response Susan. I'm sure it will darken in time, it's just so irritating every time I leave/enter the house!
DeleteNothing to do with your post and may be a silly question but how do I follow your post?.
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DeleteIt must be me I cant even see list of followers not to worry I will keep trying.
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DeleteIrene needs to click on view web version at the bottom of the page!
DeletePaint a couple of wheels at the bottom and you have a steam train?
ReplyDeleteMmmmmm...er.....No.
DeleteI would put a couple of plant pots there asymmetrically, containing bushy planst to spread wider than the base of the pot. Thus drawing the eye away. When it weathers you can move them around.
ReplyDeleteHello....thanks for the suggestion, but the grass to the right of the picture is not even mine! I have (due to circumstances) moved into a much smaller house and I'm in a little terraced house...so that eyesore is literally in front of my door! I am considering having a porch built and perhaps that as a bonus to offering safety and security it will deal with the path.
DeleteSweep dirt all around the new area, wet several times over @2 days. Let dry completely then sweep off. It will be darker tho not as dark as the older area. Walking up to our own door should be a pleasure not an irritant. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comment Candace.....I am intending to do that.
DeleteDarling Libby,
ReplyDeleteOh dear. Somehow it is always one step forward and several back when one has any work done. Where are the workmen who take a real pride in the job so that not only do things work better after they have been, but they look as good as new or as old as the case may be. Now you have something of a blot on the landscape or, at least a scar on the path.
In our gardening days, we would often buy inexpensive concrete urns for the garden as we could not afford the stone counterparts of a similar size. The concrete would never 'weather' as well or as rapidly as the stone and so to hasten on a look of antiquity we used to smear a yoghurt/soil mix onto the concrete. Hey presto... not instant ageing but certainly more rapid than just waiting for nature to take her course. Good luck!