tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20686957613287473042011-12-29T18:59:16.420-08:00house with red doorsteaky dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10956241253656665682noreply@blogger.comBlogger211100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068695761328747304.post-64510807596353934262009-06-07T01:35:00.000-07:002009-06-07T02:12:55.819-07:00

i'm beginning to suspect that my friends are probably thinking i am in a kind of 'groundhog day' state as every weekend for the past three or so they have asked me what am i up to and i reply "cleaning out the garage". i admit it is taking its time and believe me when i say it is a massive task! but i also admit its been done on a casual kinda basis.there are boxes i have opened and thought -what

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its not much but its a start.the studio has had a few items crossed off.also went to bunnings and purchased some large plastic tubs to start the enormous task of cleaning out our garage.i have been putting this off for some time now. i avoid going in there because it looks like a "hoarder's garage" *eek!*.. when i hear the sound of the roller door opening i go into a cold sweat thinking that one

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waaahhhaaaaaaa [child cry]

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i have been tossing and turning loosing sleep for many months now on what to do for a pantry...? at present we are using a bookshelf that usually holds adam's vinyl. but seeing we have finally painted the studio the bookshelf needs to be put back to its original -storing adam's vinyl and put into its proper environment -the studio!.soooo the pantry. adam is for an open industrial type shelving, i

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i suppose i have been hesitant to write anything because it means mookee's post won't be the first thing you see anymore when you visit our blog. so i have decided to dedicte this one to her.it was so awful to loose mookee, so so awful..we were not there with her when she passed, we were on holidays visiting my parents for christmas. luckily our roommate green was at home to detect that something

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yes here they are..our lovely kitchen is complete!..well 95% of it.we still have to figure out our pantry and i'm on the hunt for some vintage stools that can be easily stacked on top of each other and placed near this so call pantry..... refer to our plans of the kitchen for where the pantry will be.so here they are!we had a bench made for the window -reason why i'm on the hunt for stools!

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this is a long long way down the time-line but lets move on to the last room of the house.i am torn between something classic and vintage inspired -pic from living etc.or minimal modern from house to home.i do like the idea of a wet room.. they're easy to clean but are ..well wet i guess? and with water restrictions the way they are -does anyone use a bath anymore? even kids shower these

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this is me trying to get some work done... i get either pudgie or mookee sitting on my laptop meowing for attention.mookee was first attempt [background]..then along came pudgie.

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one of the many blogs i subscribe to is apartment therapy. today one of their posts i am quite pleased with. yes i admit i am known as a clean freak. for those who have lived with me in the past have endured a 'housework boot camp', some went on to become clean little proteges the others who flunked out were kicked to the greasy curb...just kidding! but this article my friends just proves my

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my apologies for the lack of..well lets face it no posts during the past few months.i could blame it on all of our health issues. adam and i have both been dealing with infections, surgeries, tests and other boring ills. but i can happily say that during this recovery process we have had a lot of time on our hands.....and we have been extremely productive! our kitchen is 95% complete! i can't

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steaky dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10956241253656665682noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2068695761328747304.post-33401049900104918052008-07-14T03:14:00.000-07:002008-07-14T04:23:28.309-07:00

i spent the last week of my holidays painting our kitchen.it had been re-plastered with new boards which made it a breeze to paint.and now i can finally see the layers of dust disappear.chaos is finally leaving the home.our plumber came over on the weekend to install the oven and connect the sink.which means NO MORE TAKE-OUT!!!adam and i spent today moving our temporary pantry in and fixing the

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our floors are complete! yep that's me standing on our new shiny shiny floors.we have some beautiful blushing boards.. they are an exact match to the front half of the house. some of them have a wonderful walnut grain in them. gorgeous!!!!so why did we get them done first before the plastering, plumbing and electrics?? because we couldn't wait any longer!fortunately we haven't had to endure the

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here's some before pics i took a few days ago of the living room floors...they have now been sanded and polished.adam and i went to have a peek at them last night as they had put the first layer down that afternoon.they look amazing! i will be posting photos next week when we can walk on them.we could smell the fumes from halfway down the street. the cats slept at the studio away from the

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adam and i spent our weekend moving out our ramshackle kitchen. our garage is bursting at the seams with the addition of the couch, benches and kitchenwares.monday we were covered with plaster as we chipped off the rest of the tiles. my had is cramping while i type this from clenching a wrecking bar all day! we tried to keep the retro style cabinet in tact. it was fixed to the wall with only

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so i have just spent a couple of hours doing these plans for the kitchen. lets hope adam agrees with the layout!!!

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picked up a lamp shade quite similar to these ones shown in marie claire maison at healesville community markets and of course it is red.i have been on a year long scavenge hunt for a sign of the same size as our walls are in a crumbly state due to chipping off the tiled splashback. we are probably going to paint straight over the blemished wall. as kati always says it will make it 'rustic', with

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i have taken my time when it comes to the design of our kitchen. lets face it, its my favourite place to be.i have become obsessed [more than usual] with baking and caking as i know my finished kitchen is just around the corner.this morning i purchased two cookbooks on amazon and have added about 15 more cooking blogs to my rss feeds. i can not wait to open boxes of plates, mixing bowls, utensils

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lino.... yes the flooring of choice in this house was linoleum. our assumption that the house went through a'groovey makeover' in the 70's was confirmed when adam found some newspaper dated 1974 . this was used as lining for the worst ever made central heating return unit. it was a lump of concrete in the corner of the living area, like a mini version of the sculpture richard dreyfuss creates in

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i have so many photos to post of what our house looked like when we bought it in jan 2007..wait...2007!!? that just doesn't sound right.i can not believe adam and i have ben here for that long.i remember having a conversation with our painter, travis about renovations and with such confidence i stated "all will be done in 6months".it is july, one year and 6 months and we are just getting the rest

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