A song about colours

Earlier we were given a colour chart to select the colours of the exterior and interior walls, as well as some of the other elements such as doors, windows and the steel staircase. We decided to go with a blue theme for the exterior walls, while the interiors will be predominantly white.

It's so hard to make a decision when there are so many options, but once we narrowed down to the blues, things became a little more straightforward. It's impossible to go wrong with colours named Smooth Sailing, Winning Streak and Great Outdoors.

The painters have been working on the interiors over the past couple of weeks, but now it's time to start painting the external walls. Before that, the years of accumulated dirt and grime are washed away with a jet spray.

And in place of the old creamy/beigy combination, we'll soon have refreshing blue!

Even the classroom doors are blue! And they come with a small viewing panel so that anxious parents can take a secret peek into the classroom to check if their children are doing fine.

In most of the indoor areas, we are using the existing marble/homogeneous floor tiles. However, due to the poor condition of the flooring in the N1 classroom, it is necessary to lay another layer of vinyl over it.

This time, we resisted the temptation to add another splash of blue. Instead, Ms Wong suggested selecting a colour that will create a "warmer" environment for the N1 children, so we examined the browns and beiges, and in the end decided on the rather intoxicating-sounding Carthamus Champagne.

And so this is Carthamus Champagne, fully installed. It's a bit dim now, but we'll see the true colour once the lights are turned on.