Update on Eli’s loft bed.

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Life has been a bit of a blur lately, mainly because my glasses are constantly covered in sawdust. Glenn is working on the cleaver bolt thingies Dad came up with that will make the bed look so much cooler and give the kids more room to play. It involves climbing around in the cramped and [...]


successful stripping

LOOK, LOOK, LOOK!!!! the icky yucky black stuff is coming off the floor, WooHoo!!! It is so officially Happy Dance time, come on join me one…two…three…kick, one…two…three…kick! The not very nice to walk on, sticky black stuff (like the tar they put down on the roads to hold the little stones in place) is what [...]


Fitting two kids in a tiny room – Part One

Renovation update, we have totally given up on the lounge room for now. After a years work involving ripping plastic wood cladding off the walls, finding and repairing whopping great big holes and old doorways that never got filled in. Then days and days of plastering, sanding and painting it has all come to a [...]


A little DIYTLC

Poor neglected House has gotten some long over due attention today. My trusty little assistant and I began the exfoliation treatment this morning while Sabi slept. I have to admit, I’ve been putting off this job. I spent most of my youth scraping wall paper off the walls at my parents house. Scraping their wall [...]


Green

I had one of those rare moments today were I was completely content to be in my own company, alone in a room, no sounds other that the rhythmic slish slish of my paint brush.