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Farmyard Treasure
We’ve tried with a few chickens over the past 8 months, starting with a rooster and a hen which had to be kept in a hutch to save them being mauled by the dog! The rooster, as pretty as he was, didn’t last long. He was just too vocal with no apparent schedule to its…
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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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Two Years Later
Just over two years after we first moved in, I thought it would be a good idea to post pictures of what everything now looks like. The kitchen, scullery and rear side of the house where the two spare bedrooms are Unrecognizable. With the new garage in the way, the house is now completely…
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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 Pantry Conversion
This project was (essentially) turning what was the passage from the kitchen to the bedrooms, into a functional pantry. There was an intermediary step taken when we first arrived two years ago to block off the passage way (which used to go straight through the back of this room) which was a good temporary move.…
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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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Our New Driveway
Day one, bringing in the quarry dust, crusher run (gravel), pit sand and 12,000 driveway pavers Day two, excavating the old driveway Day three, finishing excavation Day five, laying the herring bone pavers Day six, cutting the edges and finishings up to the tar
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The Laundry Conversion (Part 1)
Day 1, master builder Freddy going over the plan with his labour End of day 1, foundations dug and laid Day 2, up to floor level Day 3, slab preparation and keying for doorway Day 4, full swing getting to roof level and floor slab Day 5, floor screed and truss extensions fitted. Roof level…
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Our New Garage
Mad skills offloading 10,000 bricks over the wall (and underneath the power lines) because the truck couldn’t get in the gate Building day one, demolish old car port End of day one, digging foundations Two weeks after starting Three weeks after starting Four weeks after starting Six weeks after starting, building complete. Painting took almost…
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Watch this space…
The story of our home