External - Front and back decks

I thought I would just quickly drop by and post the deck pictures as they were when Adam bought the house. They both remain as they were, although with our furniture of course. The front deck has spectacular views with a western aspect, so we see spectacular sunsets. The deck was lacquered and is now peeling from sun damage - we just need to sand it back and re-stain.

We have big plans of extending the back deck one day. 

Lights, lights, lights! (Again!)

I went with my mother-in-law to Restoration Station again to have a look at some chandeliers. My in-laws are incredibly generous come Christmas time (well, even extra than normal) and she wanted to see the chandelier we have been admiring. We shall see what Santa brings! I had another look at the pendants for the dining area, I quite love the ones above!

I quite like these as an option for the kitchen, two of these hanging lights? I seriously can't decide!

I also managed to get a picture of some ceiling roses. Wouldn't they look stunning to hang with a chandelier?! 

Much like this image from Pinterest. If only money wasn't an object!

Living areas - The Cabinetry

I had fallen in love with the below image from Pinterest, it was cabinetry of Brisbane blogger, 'The House that A-M Built'. I looked longingly at the space in our entryway and suggested to Adam it would look great and solve one of our many storage problems.

To my absolute surprise he agreed and we called in the cabinet maker who made our kitchen for a quote. I opened the image on my iPad and said 'just like this!' (I wonder how many times he had heard that!) We were happy with the quote so gave him the go ahead to have it built and installed before the birth of Will.

It took the cabinet makers half a day to install due to the wonkiness off our home!

And complete! (And empty!)

It ended up being the day before Will was born! Here I am in early labour! My belly is so low!

And here is the gorgeous boy who waited for my cabinets to be installed. Bless.

Now to decorate the shelving, I have started, another post to come!

Living Areas - During the painting!

After writing about the before I have a few photos of the chaos during the paint. Namely toys galore! In the top picture you can see the pink in the hall and the trims were still a cream - the white has certainly made a difference!

This is our leather lounge, I know, white. We have an amazing cleaner that gets it back to new in half an hour - Adam's parents used to have a floor/lounge cleaning business so we are in the know. It is due to be done again so I'll take some before and afters! 

To be continued!

Madeline's Room - Old progress shots!

 

I found this photo today while I was searching for backyard photos. Since the original post I have moved the shadow boxes and introduced a big girl bed (from Snooze). I also purchased old season Sheridan linen off eBay as the pink was perfect - however due to the synthetic nature of the ruffles - Madeline slipped off one day and is scared of the linen! Haha! I have since changed it up a bit.

 

This photo was even earlier, pre-big girl bed. I wanted to post this as it is a lovely shot of the personalised cushion and others - excuse the non-styling of the throw!

And a picture of my little darling, I adored this Country Road dress so much I have kept it.

So a post for my own record really! As you were!

The Backyard - Part 2

 

Adam's vision for the backyard included a fenced playground for the kids. To keep the dog out and the kids in. I can't seem to find the images but Adam hired a mini digger and dug all the fence post holes with it. (His Dad was also an integral part of the build!) Once the posts were in and the general structure erected the fresh turf was laid.

 

 

Another productive weekend saw Adam and his Dad nail the palings on, and so the playground had a fence!

 

 

To be continued.

The Backyard - Part 1

 

We are lucky to have a large block, around a quarter acre. Unfortunately these pictures don't show the full back block including a gigantic Moreton Bay fig in the back right! Just off the back deck was a gardenia hedge, it was growing quite out of shape and was becoming spindly. It still flowered beautifully but was a bit of a barrier to the backyard.

 

 

So despite our big block, we didn't really use it. It was our Ollie dog's domain and quite honestly we weren't/aren't very good at keeping up with the pooper scooping so it was just a waste. So Adam had an idea and before I knew it, a mini digger was climbing the back retaining wall to tidy up a bit!

 

 

The driver absolutely loved the challenge and I emailed him a few pictures for his files.

 

 

Before we knew it (and with the help of a labourer who chopped and carted rubbish/greenery away) the backyard was clear and a blank canvas.

 

 

To be continued.