House Interior Design Luxury

Well, the camera has been doing overtime! While it does feel a little weird taking photos of what is now our home - rather than a work in progress - here are some shots of inside.

As an unconfident sewer, I have to point out the homemade turquoise velvet cushion - one of four I'm proud to say! The fabric was bought on a whim on a visit to Auckland last hols and it perfectly matches, as I had hoped, the rug.


Entrance to the living space and kitchen, capturing the view of the trees.


Front door and stairwell detail. Finally the glass balustrades are in and are the correct measurements!

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Labels: bathrooms, cushions, fabric, interior design, kitchens, Living rooms, Sandstone, Stairs, 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 ...

The carpet is being laid on Wednesday and the stair balustrades are going in Thursday morning. Talk about tight! But at least the front door's in.



We have a louvred privacy screen on the deck.


A partially formed barbecue area off the deck.


And at least they're trying to look after the floors ...


No matter if the paint's still tacky I can't wait to move in!

P.S Tomorrow I'll show you two pendants I've just picked up which are yet to be hung ... Jx

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Labels: bathrooms, Builders, Building progress, Carpets, interior design, kitchens, Living rooms, Painting, Sandstone, tiles

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Labels: Building progress, kitchens, splashbacks

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!

First up, pretty much all of the joinery has arrived on site.



The girls' bedroom joinery was being put in.


The sandstone is coming along at a cracking pace - it's like a jigsaw putting it together.


The bath in the master bedroom ensuite has gone in and the plumbing begun.


The bathroom tiling will start next week, then the interior painting will begin and the wallpapering. The appliances and lights are ready to come on site as soon as they're given the green light and finally, the rest of the gutter corners have arrived which means the scaffolding can be taken down so the landscaping can begin.
 
It now really does feels that a home is being formed and that very soon we might be in it!
   

Goodness knows who decided to take these off and wander bare foot around a building site - unless he had something more fashionable to change into. But I like their look of laissez-faire, don't you?


So, it's adieu from me and the lone work boots lying casually on the 'lawn' by the pool.
 

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Labels: Building progress, kitchens, landscaping, lighting, Painting, Sandstone, tiles, wallpaper