glueing

I found a really old UBD/refidex/A-Z/gregorys of sydney so the boys are ripping it up and making collages and their own maps - well Sebastian is giving it a crack - Elliot is eating the glue

under 8s festival

last month Southbank had an under 8s festival. It was a lot of fun. I took the camera armed to get lots of good shots of the fun to be had only to find after this photo the batteries were dead. We went to an inflatable maze called Amoccoco which was a lot of fun, like walking on the inside of a jumping castle. we had to wait for an hour in a queue to get inside, the boys were amazingly patient waiting. Once inside a lady read us the riot act about walking thru and not bouncing on the walls, not falling on them etc etc. hmmmm another curator with unrealisitc expectations of four year olds. Needless to say we spent our time inside shouting stop running, dont jump, off that wall! It was great though.

some things never change

as a child I had an ikea desk that was white and had a hutch and all over the inside of my bit of it I cut out and collected and stuck and had what I thought was a cool collection of little bits and pieces and patterns - stuff like that. Then when I was at highschool my school folder looked a bit like that too - I see a pattern emerging. little collections of things, lots of patterns and colours . I cant help myself! As I said some things never change!
the eat is new - Im growing my collection of tiles and bits and pieces to cover some patched holes in the wall that we inherited, I got some letters from spotlight and covered them with some paper I got at the local( when I say local - there are actually about 4 to choose from) scrapbooking shop, and hey presto some fun letters. Sebastian knows the E is for Elliot and and the cross one is in his name too.

tool

this is my best friend. The tungsten tip scraper. It has made short work of the 80 odd years of paint on my cupboard

cupboard

although this might look like a sudocreme incident, it is not. Sebastian helped me do some of the painting on my cupboard when I say on the cupboard I mean on the back. he had a great time and is very proud of his effort. the doors are yet to get finished and put back on

a fine day 2

Photo 1 - kitchen window

photo 2 dining room

photo 3 toilet - nice sink

Photo 4 deck

please note no photos of bedroom - they are a disaster

a fine day

One fine warm day when I was enjoying our house I thought Id take some pictures to show you who have not yet visited.

photo1 the dining room from the kitchen

Photo 2 front door

Photo 3 lounge room

Photo 4 lounge room other way

Photo 5 kitchen

Super Sebastian

Sebastian is really into superheros at the moment - no idea why he has no idea what they do or where they come from etc etc but they have captured his imagination so this morning he got this tshirt and cape that I made for him and he LOVED IT! I should be a good mum and be washing it right now so he can wear it again tomorrow but Im not Im sitting here with my feet up and blogging and FBing with my sister

DONE!

Our Bathroom is finished - we need an instruction manual for the hot water system so if you ever come to stay we will show you how to achieve a hot shower - its possible through a lot of practice.

Still some painting to do and maybe a little decorating... Im thinking this....

cupboard

so when we ripped out the bathroom out came the linen cupboard to make room for a shower separate from the bath. I got this beauty from Ebay for 157 bucks a steal! ( I hope) 

so far I have taken all the doors and hardware off and our lovely friend Dave has started sanding it back for me - I have the promise of a tungsten tip scraper this week to get rid of some of the paint and hopefully my friend katie is getting some wall paper samples to put inside the cupboard behind the glass doors. I am very excited about its potential, and very sad that I cant spend every waking moment making it happen. plus am concerned where I am going to put contents of said linen cupboard when we have visitors in the spare room in a couple of weeks -( Phillipa - dont worry I will think of something) stay tuned for cupboard updates...

Some renovations

I will endeavour to find where the photos of the old bathroom went... for a before and after comparison when it is finished. but here is the progress so far