almost done

Since Oscar joined our family two weeks ago we are adjusting to some serious sleep deprivation, so this post is just going to be some pictures of where we're at...

view from the street

An improvement, no?

We need to paint the newly erected front fence on the weekend, but on the whole my very biased view is that the house looks gorgeous.

There are actually small shrubs planted behind the fence too, which should add a bit of charm once they grow enough to be visible from the street!

Please excuse the dark photo, every time I remember to go outside and take a shot the sun seems to be in an awkward spot.

yard in progress

I hope you are admiring how nicely the deck and the fence have been oiled. The 8th month of pregnancy turns out to be the perfect time to undertake this kind of task, so long as you don't intend to walk or move for about a day afterwards...

More photos of the back yard to come, but for now I can tell you that all the plants are in the ground and flourishing, the junk is gone, and were waiting on some turf for the middle area.

sparkly floors

Still a liiiitle bit of work (fridge, dishwasher & range hood to be installed, spashback tiled, skirting boards under cupboards, painting...) to be done in the kitchen, but you have to agree it's going to be beautiful. We're so happy with the American Cherry cabinets, and the floors are just stunning.

Below is the upstairs third bedroom/study. Again, a liiiiiitle bit of painting to be done, but almost there.

The front downstairs rooms are also lacking in a bit of paint but looking gorgeous, and while the staircase photo below isn't crash hot when you look at it properly it's perfect.


Enough gushing for now - will post some more photos soon once we have done some more painting and unpacking. We also have to chase up the kitchen guy as he has a bit to do that will make it much more special than it already is, can't wait.

kitchen & render & staircase

As you can see from the title of this post it's been a busy few weeks. The kitchen is well on it's way to being installed, as you can see in the photographs above and below.

The floor to ceiling cupboards with the "boxing rings" in them are the pantry, and then the cupboards to their right are firstly for the television and associated electronic bits and bobs, and other appliances and kitchen gear. The television will hide behind wood veneer doors that can slide our and back so that it can be pulled forward when we want to watch. I love a hidden TV, I hate the way the dominate a space otherwise.

Kitchen cupboards will be Dulux Whisper White veneer, as will the island, but the floor to ceiling cupboards will have wood veneer doors so that they we can differentiate the space and they are more built in furniture than connected to the kitchen.

Now to the staircase, we are incredibly happy with it. Now that I've seen it I have no regrets about ditching the old one and getting this copy made. The brushbox treads match our new floorboards, so will be polished, and the pine detailing will be painted.


Finally, the render. So glad to have banished the scraps of lime green pain from the house forever. The painter has started painting the sides of the house, but the front still needs doing. And in this picture you can also see the balcony.

We're edging closer to completion... sometimes two steps forward and one step back, but we'll get there. And hopefully soon.

ugly

The outside of the house continues to get worse before it gets better. There is scaffolding everywhere, including on top of our neighbours' roof (which has unfortunately been the source of a few issues.) Weather permitting, the rendering will be finished by the end of this week which I hope provides some kind of visual improvement!

Inside the house the floors are being cut and put down, which looks good even in progress. Rahul has spent the last two day undercoating various surfaces in preparation for some serious painting over the next few weeks.

We'd hoped the inside would be finished in the next week or so, but reality has intervened and now we're aiming for four to six weeks from now. Not too bad really!

the gyprock is completed

We are still missing a staircase, but once the floors are put down it can be installed.


We are using a coloured render on the exterior of the house, which should mean we never have to paint. Finding the right grey is challenging, but it's safe to say that the bottom colour here will not be the one we use! It reminds me of Posca Pen.