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

gutters

derek got up and cleaned the gutters out - this is going to go a long way to stopping the water coming into downstairs. it was refreshing to know that the roof on our house is put together well.

possOff

so for those of you who have been to visit us in this fair sunshine state you will have heard the possums that were in the roof, not on the roof but in the ceiling space due to the large holes in the eves. We got our mate greg, (who's work I can highly recommend if you need a carpenter) to finish the eves and plug up all the holes. This done I contacted the possum man to come and set traps to remove them, He told us to shut it all off so we knew they were there to be trapped. But we left one spot open til he could come so the possums didnt die in the roof. But then on a Wednesday night after biblestudy we saw them leaving and Derek jumped up with his trusty hammer and banged the last bit of fascia in. Possums OUT. The next day they came back and tried their darndest to get back in. Ha but they couldnt. No longer will they seek accommodation at the Hotel Hanna. Be Gone possums, all of 25m from the house! That is how far they can be relocated if trapped! Id love to start a vege garden in the backyard butI fear Im only going to be growing veges for the possums.

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

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...

Mummy works with one hammer

Sebastian took some photos of me the other day when I was trying to rip some Lack shelves off the wall ( for those who know their Ikea products by name). The previous owners - as well as having the shifty hydroponics room downstairs, a ponchant for dodgy plumbing and a fair amount of outstanding debt (we think we had a debt collector visit the other day) also like to use the staple gun and liquid nails. These shelves had been liquid nailed together and to the wall. They were coming off tho' and over a few days with sheer brute force I yoinked them off the wall liquid nails and all. I think the pictures capture my frustration but also the lovely outfit I was wearing while trying! (Ha Ha - not my usual work gear!)

Isnt this Bath for Elliot?

Whilst the Renovation continues so does alternative showering and bathing arrangements. Sebastian and Elliot have been bathing in the pink baby bath on the kitchen floor. I think Sebastian might be sad to go back to the normal bath.

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