Our New Home: April 2010

Thinking about Bathroom Colour ...

Like any self-respecting new home owner with big renovation plans, I leaf though magazines looking for ideas ... I saw an amazing bathroom in one of these mags, and fell in love with the colour of it.

I think my new bathroom will eventually end up being in the room that is currently the kitchen, so I painted some sample spots in there to see if I really do love it .....

This is the lighter shade of the two I picked to match the magazine picture ... (excuse the kitchen draws sitting there, they had just been painted)

and this is a darker option ....

I'm still undecided as to which one to go with, but right now, I'm liking the darker option.

No more carpet!

Before I 'officially' owned our home (Friday 26 March, 2010, 14h30), the morning of settlement, I had the carpet ripped up!! They came in on Sat 27 March to fill the gaps between the boards. They returned on Monday 29 March to start sanding & polishing!! They finished on Tuesday 30 March.

Manky carpet

Bare boards after the carpet was ripped up

The finished product!! Polished floors!!!

Kitchen Transformation - Updated 5 June 2010

As it could be anything up to 6 or maybe even 12 months before I decide which room the kitchen will actually end up in, I decided to give the existing, dated, kitchen a mini-makeover!

With Dad's help, I ripped up the old vinyl flooring, and have new vinyl to put down when I finish painting.

Today I put 2 coats of primer on the cupboards, the 2nd coat was WAY easier than the first!! Its Good Friday, and nothing is open, so the plan for tomorrow is to go & get the final coat ... I am going to finish them in white.

I didnt have anything with me at the new house, so I need to bring the cupboard handles here to give them a good scrub, and then I will spray paint them black, to give them a new lease on life!

Kitchen Before