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I feel like baking, but…

By ⋅ January 14, 2010 ⋅ 3 comments

My husband is doing this: My living room still looks like this: My kitchen looks like this: And the whole house is covered in a layer of this: So maybe I’ll wait until next week to bake.

Floorboards update

By ⋅ January 13, 2010 ⋅ One comment

All the carpet is up, nails countersunk and staples removed! Our good friend Scott is bringing over is whizzbang sander today to show me how to use it, and I’ll give the floors a once over with that, then apply the stain. I’m hoping to be able to put one coat of estapol on today, [...]

Preparing to stain and polish our floorboards

By ⋅ January 10, 2010 ⋅ One comment

As I’ve posted a few times before, the carpet in our house is a yukky pink/peach colour. It’s in really good condition, as I think the previous owners laid it in the 90′s, but I can’t stand it. I hate the colour, but I also just don’t like carpet very much. It holds so much [...]

Monday projects [kind of] completed

By ⋅ January 4, 2010 ⋅ One comment

As I said yesterday, today’s jobs included painting the black bookshelf, painting the wooden bookshelf, and ripping up the hallway carpets and start counter-sinking nails. Well I’ve done 2 coats of the black bookshelf, I’ll do the last coat tomorrow morning. And I managed to rip up the hallway carpet and underlay and get half [...]

Sunday DIY projects

By ⋅ January 3, 2010 ⋅ 3 comments

Today was a very productive day for DIY projects! Early this morning I went to Bunnings and got a whole bunch of stuff I needed to do things around the house, including cupboard door knobs, brackets, dowel, a plant, rope, plastic containers, plastic shelving, a nail punch, rubber feet, a memory box frame, 2 outdoor [...]

Christmas Tree Update

By ⋅ December 13, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

You may have read in my earlier post about how I decided to go with an old family tradition from when I was a kid for our tree this year… well, the kitty cats decided that was a lame idea and pulled the whole tree down one day while we were at work. I figured [...]

De-Cluttering: 4 tips for a tidier home

By ⋅ December 7, 2009 ⋅ One comment

I started my de-cluttering process a few months ago, so far it’s going well =) I am a messy person at heart, no matter how much my mum or grandma nagged me when I was growing up, I would always leave my clothes on the floor, all my junk on the table, and never put [...]

Decorating my house for Christmas

By ⋅ December 1, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments

I LOVE decorating. It’s probably my favourite part of, well, anything. Parties, holidays, events… I love thinking up different ways to display things and then making it all come to life. Which is why it’s probably a bit odd that I’m going minimalist this year with my Chrissy decorations, but I suppose this is all [...]

Entry interior design

By ⋅ November 22, 2009 ⋅ 4 comments

On Friday I went up to Sydney with some girlfriends to see Britney Spears for JA’s sister’s birthday. Verdict: Going to a show when she was in her prime probably would have been amazing. I’m not really a fan, but I figured it would be a good show with pretty lights… which it was. The [...]

Plans for our small bathroom renovation

By ⋅ November 11, 2009 ⋅ 11 comments

Our house has only one bathroom (until we extend upwards and add a master bedroom with ensuite, in about 10 years), so it needs to work for us now as a couple, but also for us as a family in the future. The bathroom is small, 1.65 x 2.25m, and has a shower, vanity and [...]

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