“The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest.” – Thomas Moore. “You can do anything, but not everything.” – David Allen “Everything will be ok in the end. If it’s not ok, it’s not the end” – Unknown A late (almost) Wordless […]
Burning Question – What Would You Have in your Dream Kitchen?
It both amuses me and frustrates me that I’ve blogged this very question before, 3 years before! Yes, it was three years ago that we first spoke to an architect and took the first, very tentative, steps towards our renovation. If I knew then that we would still not be even close to finished three […]
Ah the Insanity.
Sometimes the insanity of what we are doing really hits me. We really are building our home, ourselves. That doesn’t mean we are ‘project managing’ like all the cashed up Brits on Grand Designs who have loads of contractors running around doing to actual building bits while they swan around in hard hats and argue […]
Ten Survival Tips for Renovation Cooking
I’m currently ‘cooking under plastic’ or that should be ‘trying to cook under plastic’. The current state of our renovations means that our kitchen has only one wall and no roof. The current state of the weather means that the tarpaulin that is supposed to be saving the kitchen from the elements is slowly being […]
Home Renovations – Excitement Vs Terror.
With the floor structure complete it is time for the demolition part of our renovations to begin. During last week weather-boards came off the rear of our house, the study window was removed, the back door is gone (it will one day become our living room door!) and it is a matter of hours before […]
Old House. New House.
I was going to write a long and rambling post about how excited I am about our renovations, but then I realised… most of you have no idea what our house is like now, so you aren’t really going to understand why I am so gosh dang excited about the changes. So, indulge me if […]
Renovation Madness.
Once upon a time, a very long time ago, in a land before stock market crashes, flooding rain and scary heart problems, we had plans. Not just any old ‘pie in the sky’ plans. We had real plans, big plans, plans drawn up by a qualified and expensive architect. They were grand plans…. Plans to […]
Rain
Outside the frogs are singing louder than ever as the rain keeps falling. When we first moved here we had less than 100mms of rain in a year. We’ve had 105mms of rain here in the past 48 hours and it’s still raining. It may be raining here in central Victoria. Our property may be […]