Personalising our Home.

We have now been in our house for over 15 months and loving it.
We are flat broke so every little thing we do to our new home and garden is upcycled and DIY'ed.  Please come along and share our journey as we try to personalise our home and garden.
Regards
Lyndall

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Two weeks from today we will be getting our house keys :).  I am starting to get very excited.

street plaque

Ordered one of these babies the other day on ebay.  Can't wait for it to arrive.

 

 

House Update:

Electrical cables are hanging out of holes ready to be attached to switches. 

Plaster board in the garage is finally going up.

 

 

Cheers

Lyndall

we have a date

Just been notified that we get the official handover 28th feb :)

So Far...

Manage to arrive when some tradies were there so I could get in.

Lots of tiling been done, stairs complete.

We have been told our house should be ready in one months time.  The countdown begins :).

facade

Facade half done.  Not sure sure when they will render the bottom half?  Stairs are in and looking good.  Currently waiting on the tiling, painting and carpeting.  We should be in our new house in approx 9 weeks.  The countdown begins :).  Still no photos of the inside at this stage.

Kitchen going in today :).  Photos comming soon...

P.B

The plaster board is now on the walls and ceiling.  We have been told the stairs are going in tomorrow, which I am really looking forward to.  Not sure what the next step is after that, but at I  assume it will be painting.  We are still expecting a Feb/March move in date.

 

 

 

Cheers Lyndall

Wall Insulation

Wall insulation is now in.  Camera has a flat battery so no photos at this stage.  Also the top level now has been rendered.
Cheers
Lyndall

Electrifying

Electrical wiring has gone in.  On Wednesday the wall insulation shall be getting installed, then Thursday plaster board going up.  Apparently the house render is getting done soon too.

Hope you back a winner on the neddies, cup day.
Lyndall

T.V Console

Rob & I have been searching for a TV console for a couple of weeks now.  We wanted it be Australian made but also at a reasonable price.  Today we finally found the one, and have put it on layby.  Sorry not the best quality photo!. 

I put some lights on layby today also.
The first light to go in the upstairs rumpus room and the master bedroom.  The second light to go in the spare room and the boys bedrooms.  After building our first house and putting up with the dog bucket lighting shades, I could not bring myself to do that again.  These two lights are DIY's so won't need to pay an electrician to install them:).  Down stairs we have downlights so no crappy light fixtures to worry about here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

heat

Ducted heating going in today :).

Bamboo

 

Our new place is boardering a proposed school.   I started investigating different hedging plants to act as a barrier.   I decided Bamboo would be the best choice as it is not too wide taking up too much land.  Much to my dissappointment I discovered that Bamboo plants are very expensive and I have a lot of fence to cover.   Luckily I stumbled across bamboo seeds sold on ebay. 

 

Before everyone freaks out I have selected a non-evasive variety - Borinda fungosa (syn. Fargesia fungosa) known as the Chocolate Bamboo.  It grows to 5 metres tall. 60 seeds for $30.  So much more affordable. 

 

 

 

Happy Gardening

Lyndall

All hebel'ed

Our house has been fully Hebel'ed now :).  I assume now that we are not far off from lockup stage.  Electrical wiring getting done this week.

Cheers
Lyndall

Here you go Dad...

Here you go Dad.  I am finally uploading the latest photo from the house.  Lower level all Hebel'ed.  Top level getting prep'ed.

Heres a photo for Mum of your two cheeky grandsons.  One of which was not participating ;).

 

Happy Friday Everyone.

 

Cheers

Lyndall

MMMM Mahogany

There is a shop in Elsternwick which is closing down.  They have some of the most gorgeous furniture and knick nacks.  The shop is close to where I do my monthly hypnotherapy course.  Each time I have been buying knick knacks here and there for the new house.  Last month I could not go past this mahogany chair which also converts into a step ladder.  Perfect to go in the master bedroom at the dressing table and when connverted into a step ladder we can have access to the top of our wardrobe.

 

But alas the next time I am due to do my course the store will have closed down (which Rob is quite happy about).

 

Lyndall

DIY Wall Art

I wanted some pictures to go above our bed head in our new house.  I had a look at a few, but the price really put me off.  So I decided to buy some canvases and material at my local craft store and make my own .

 

Using a staple gun I attached the material to the back of the canvas and

TA  DAA...

 

 

The beauty of this is when I hang these up, if they look crappy I can just swap it up to another material:).

 

Lyndall

 

P.S If you ever use a staple gun check that you use the right end because stapling your little finger is extremely painful and takes over a week to heal :(.

 

 

Hebel

Today the Hebel started to go up. 

 

Before we know it, we will be at the lock up stage.

Stairwell Pendant Light

Today I put on layby our stairwell  pendant light .  Rob & I have been arguing discussing what we would like for a while now.  Yesterday we finally came to agree on the, Mercator Torino 12 pendant light fitting.   Ours will be more staggered and hanging a lot lower than shown in the picture below.  It will also be a smoky colour as opposed to the clear glass shown.

Cheers Lyndall

P.S Today the brackets are being attached ready for the hebel to be installed :)

Little Bits and Pieces

It has been a bit quiet at the house build in the last 4 days.  I did notice however, that the Hebel has been delivered to the site and a couple more windows have been put in. 
I am trying to be patient, but it is so hard.  I just want to move into my new completed house NOW :).