Week Ten - The Plaster

Another week with the house abuzz with tradesmen.  The internal painting continued, and completed downstairs - looking great.  And the plasterers have been here from dusk til dawn.  Gee some of these guys work very, very hard.  Our bathrooms gained their vanities and were made ready for tiling.  The internal downstairs doors were also hung.  We loved the original door from the upstairs bedroom we converted, so we had them hang it on our bedroom.  Now we have mismatching doors downstairs, but we love keeping these little bits and pieces of the old house.  All in all, the house was one big mess!

The original door, moved to our bedroom

 

One big mess downstairs

Lara practising her balancing skills on the retaining wall

Learning how to be a plasterer

Vanity in and ready for tiling

Plastering completed upstairs - mess continued!

Week Nine - The Walls Come Tumbling Down

 This was a very exciting week for me.  Not only did the outside of the house continue to be painted, but the walls upstairs were removed too.  The renovations downstairs have been great, but because it's not a space we used, it's not such a big change for us.  Upstairs though, is where we live and we are used to how it feels so with the walls being removed, it's totally changed the look and feel of the living spaces, and how we will use it.  It has also let in so much light which I am loving as I hate having to turn lights on in the day.

With the painters hard at work, we decided to join in the fun and paint Lara's toy high chair.  Just the base coat as the moment, we will add splashes of colour later.  Of course, Lara thought the paintbrush was similar to a hair brush and helpfully brushed my hair....

Joining in with painting fun

Pretties were added to our carport

Painting started on the front of the house

Asbestos walls

Our window wall over the stairs

Alex checking out the new dining room - a bit grumpy that the play room had to go

Our lounge - before

Our lounge - after.  So much space!

Week Eight - The Walls

Week Eight was another busy one with people crawling all over our house!  Monday was super exciting as the crane came in to put the beam in the ceiling so the house won't fall down when we knock the walls out upstairs.  Unfortunately, they kicked us out in case the house did fall down, so we didn't get to see it in action.

Our pretty door handle went on our french doors in our luxurious bedroom and the insulation was put in in preparation for the plasterers who made a very messy start on the walls and ceiling.  The house is starting to look like a house!

Outside things were also ramping up with the pretty parts added to the carport and the painting of the exterior of the house beginning!

The crane arrives!

Bedroom luxury

Insulation in the rumpus

Plasterboard!

Em and Lara admiring the pretties on the carport

House prepped for painting

One side painted already!

Week Seven - The Frames

Week 7 was exciting with the carport frame commencing and our gorgeous french doors going into our master bedroom.  Most of the house has white aluminium windows, with timber on the deck and current master only.  We wanted to splash out though and make our bedroom special, so this is how we did it.  We love that when the sun hits the louvres, it leaves rainbows scattered across the room.

The frame for the ceiling has also gone up - can't wait for all the sheeting!

ceiling frames up

our gorgeous french doors and louvres

the carport taking shape