We're in #3: Wallpaper, family rooms & buildings sites
Am in love with wallpaper and am so glad we've used it here and there, as in the rumpus room toilet (just for my English hubby!) ...
Am in love with wallpaper and am so glad we've used it here and there, as in the rumpus room toilet (just for my English hubby!) ...
Labels: bathrooms, Bricks, Building progress, Gray, Painting, Rumpus, wallpaper
I didn't think things could get even more chaotic than they already are. But how wrong I was!
On site late yesterday afternoon, running through everything that needs to happen I discover the girls' bedrooms have been beautifully painted. But in the wrong colour! Yes, indeedy, two lovely coats on the walls and joinery were done without anyone realising they were using Dulux Bone White (a creamy colour being used in our bedroom and the guest) instead of Dulux Antique White (which is quite white). How this could happen when I itemised every room detail on paper, ran through it with the head builders and then they even wrote the paint names on each wall, I don't know.
We've asked for more painters to come on board today so it can be re-done and all the other painting finished as well so the carpet can be laid tomorrow. Then there's an issue with the bathroom mirrors which were to be bevelled and nothing's been done. And the wallpaper in the upstairs loo which the wallpaper guy (who supposedly has 40 years experience) is having trouble hanging - something to do with it being a foil with a raised suede-like flower pattern and so this is holding up the installation of the loo itself (plus vanity and wall mirror).
I could go on but you get the picture, although it does help getting it off my chest!
Instead, how about I show you the two pendants we had made by the lovely people at Shady Designs in Sydney's Lilyfield whom I'd highly recommend? The pictures don't really do them justice and they look kind of silly sitting on the cane table outside but the light's better there.
This one is for the study and is in Ink & Spindle fabric: Birch Forest in Robin's Egg.
Labels: Building progress, interior design, lighting, Painting, wallpaper
I've been really slack with my blogging, I know, I'm sorry. And some of the tradies have been really slack on site, too! The painters have been sacked and replaced by a new team and the pool man has been fired for not turning up. The painting is only half done, there is no carpet, no wallpaper, no study joinery.
We move in on Thursday and this is what it looks like ...
Labels: bathrooms, Builders, Building progress, Carpets, interior design, kitchens, Living rooms, Painting, Sandstone, tiles
I have a confession to make: I haven't posted all week because I didn't want to moan. It's been quite worrying the amount that has to be done prior to September 10 and it seemed as if none of it would ever happen. But I'm now pleased to say that after my visit to the house this morning, I don't have to do any moaning! Yay! Because lots has been happening and is scheduled to happen every day from here on in.
The sun was shining, it was a balmy 24 degrees and even the kookaburras were happy!
Labels: Building progress, kitchens, landscaping, lighting, Painting, Sandstone, tiles, wallpaper
I don't know who's kidding who but with only six weeks to go there's still a lot to do but there is progress ...
Labels: bathrooms, Building progress, laundry, Painting
As promised, here is a picture of the timber floors as they are going in in the living space. Coastal Spotted Gum is the timber and it will darken a bit when they are oiled. And hey presto, no nails!
Labels: Building progress, Floors, Painting, Sandstone, Weatherboard cladding
With only two months to go (yes, that's right, we have to move out of our rental on September 10th!), things are moving full steam ahead. It will be tight but I'm positive we'll do it!
The outdoor sandstone wall by the pool is being built ...
Labels: Building progress, Floors, Painting, Pool