Category: Interior Decor
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Bunk Beds
I wanted some really chunky, solid bunk beds for Max, definitely not something you could buy locally so the solution was to build them… a great opportunity to spend some lockdown time with Grandpa 🙂 I chose 35mm planed Pine which would be doubled up on the legs to add thickness. I’m not the biggest…
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Homemade Key Rack #2
Having made the first key rack, we pretty quickly found that we needed MORE space for keys, so I set about finding another suitably charming piece of timber from piles of old wood in the garden. Result…
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Timber Clad Wall
I always had a strong distaste for the varnished brick wall in our dining room – the varnish had yellowed over time and it felt cold. Figured it was time to try something different, and timber cladding was on my mind. I bought some old pallets but the timber was in a shocking state and…
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Homegrown
That tatty little greenhouse? This is the Dendrobium Phalaenopsis we grew there, from a Keiki (a baby orchid)
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The Kitchen Conversion
In the beginning. This was the last area of the house we knew that we desperately needed to do something about before we could consider it “livable” – as you can see from the picture below, which was taken just before we moved in. It was about year behind schedule, but finally under way, with…
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The Laundry Conversion (Part 2)
Not a lot to show here, but a nice before and after 🙂 Shows what you can do for relatively cheap with a little old farmhouse like ours! The final costing on the scullery was $2450 which was everything from foundations to ceiling insulation, even the roman blinds and granite counter tops. You can see…
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The Veranda
Since we had the first rain at our new house, we realized we were going to need a veranda to cover the slab which had been really badly built! It drained water back towards the house and was generally unpleasant in the wet weather. Also we couldnt leave furniture outside which is my favourite place to…
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The Spare Room
What started out as a strange little space… Got gutted and cleaned out… And had some holes bashed into it… A lick of paint or two, and some skirting… Curtain rails, tiebacks, window sills and polished window brasses… A carpet… Some curtains, a bed, a lamp… And then it was complete (just about, still…
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Bathroom Blinds
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Walk-In Wardrobe – Complete!