I can see the light!!

As promised some updated photos of the house. We're getting so close now. Husband is back at work today, so we're finishing the painting off at night times once the children are in bed, get the lighting, carpet, plumbing done over the next few weeks. Really hoping we can move back in by mid February at the latest.

After sanding, prior to 1st coat.

Here you'll notice the dark and light join, that is where the house ended and extension began.

 After 1st coat.

 After 3rd and final coat!!!

 Feels just wonderful underfoot.

 Master Henry doing his part.

 Vintage laundry tub

All painted and ready to go.

Thanks for looking. Stay safe.
Liz x

What a crazy week!

This week has been such a rollercoaster. My heart pours out to those families who have lost loved ones and to those that have lost their homes.

Here are some pictures of Monday 10th January from our place. Pics show the river running down past the house. West Creek is about 150metres down the street..the rest of the photos show how destructive the roar of the water was. Businesses down the bottom of the street had almost 1metre of water through.

Will upload some house photos in the coming days. 3rd and final coat went on the floors yesturday.

Liz x

Hope and Pray!

Another rainy day here in the darling downs, so the children and I decided to do some crafting. We made 2 toilet roll puppets, blue playdoh and lots of shapes.

I was inspired by the rain when pressing these letters together. We had severe flooding here in QLD and with all this rain it only makes things a million times worse. So hoping and praying for those poor souls in the effected areas.

Liz x

It's Official!

I've just completed my Diploma of Interior Design!!!! And i can't be more relieved, excited and proud. Having two young children to run after, moving house and extending all at the same time..to say the least its been very challenging. I can't recommend the Interior Design Institute (http://www.interiordesigninstitute/) enough, they have been fantastic and studying online has been such a great experience and I would do it again in a heartbeat.  Now that i finally have more time (this has been 8 months in the making) you'll see many more posts on this page and mostly will be extension photos and  some of my projects that I did for my assignments.

I'll start off with this one...this is a one-view perspective of a living room, it was my 11th assignment...its not perfect but it was my 1st attempt and scored a 10/10 as it met all requirements. :)

Bye for now,
Liz

Supporting those less fortunate than us!

Absolutely love this idea of selling beautifully hand crafted homewares from http://www.oxfamshop.org.au/ in support of the workers in the developing world and raising awareness of their plight...which in turn improves working conditions for them.

I adore these cushions!!

Before and During

Its taken awhile, but i've finally found my very first photo of the 'house' before we started reno's. Here she is...in all her beauty....

 And here she is mid-way through extension... Changed windows, trimmed plants, taken out gardens, put in new gardens, new front door, new roof, etc etc..

We are getting there slowly! Builders have finished there work, just us fitting it all out now. Hubby started today on tiling the bathroom and laundry. Fingers crossed we'll be moving in early 2011.

Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas with the ones you love.
Liz x

Weekend tomorrow!

This week has flown! Between normal family life, this week has been full of ordering, phone calls and decisions for our extension. We have timber flooring being delivered whenever the rain stops, cornice was delivered today, and skirting and architrave is being delivered Monday. So its all happening. Itching to get back into our house!!

I'm lazy this week and haven't uploaded current photos of the house, will do that over the weekend.

Just been lurking on this website... http://www.abeachcottage.com/ i just adore her decorating style ♥

Mwa xx