Bathroom Painting - ALMOST TICK!

Before (these were taken last year prior to the kitchen reno, hence the old lino): 

Now:

The flat white paint was a huge mistake in our bathroom. I really don't know what I was thinking when we painted it. I blame it being one of our first renovation gigs!

Given the rest of our house is Dulux Hogs Bristle Half, we decided to paint the bathroom that colour to keep it consistant (it also means we don't have millions of half empty paint tins in the shed - much to the husbands delight, more shed space for him). Our bathroom comes off our kitchen, so to keep things flowing nicely. The green feature wall has stayed, though it needs touching up in a few places. I am still in love with that colour, even after 4 years

So there you go, a freshly painted bathroom. It is a warm and inviting now, rather than clinical and cold feeling, which is a nice change, given we are coming into winter! Now to paint the trim and put the laundry door back on its hinges.


PS - Want to see how our bathroom started out back in 2006? Read it here! Pin It

Mmmmm, cake!

Last week my sister in law celebrated her 30th birthday. 

Unfortunately we missed her birthday dinner last weekend, as we were at my step brothers wedding, but to make up for this, the husband invited her and her children up for the night and promised to bake her a cake.

Yes, my husband whose idea of baking is buying a cake from Woolies, offered to bake his sister a cake.

This was an offer too good to be true. So she and her two kidlets (her husband was being a super athlete riding in the Murry to Moyne) made the hour drive to our house for the night.

And this is what he presented her with:

A double chocolate mud cake with a thick slathering of cream in the middle, with milk and white chocolate ganache.

What is that picture I hear you ask?

Why it is an Apple symbol for the other nerd in the family!

Oh yeah, this is health food!

Does anyone want some cake? There is still half of it in the fridge, it is so yummy, but waaaaay too rich!
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More Heritage Homes

Following on from this post, I have more photos of the same home.

Bedroom

Office

Bathroom

Kitchen/Dining

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Window Painting - TICK!

This week at our house it was all about the front window.

It went from this:

To this:

Unfortunately, painting the window frame has shown me how much the rest of the house needs painting! Luckily, I don't have a cherry picker in the back shed, so that was a task for another day!

Yet another thing crossed off the list:

• Paint the insides of our bedroom window. We currently just keep the sunscreen blind down to cover over it!
• Whilst the brushes are out, we need to paint the outside of the bedroom window. The olive green is starting to get to me now.
• Paint around our front door.
• And paint the arcitrave and skirting boards in the kitchen. 
• Whilst we're in the kitchen, we might as well tile.
• I started painting the Laundry in August, and well, that is as far as it went. I still need to finish painting the rest of the bathroom.

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House/Husband/Me?

A little while back I won a $50 Coles Myer voucher over at Mum Toddler Babe. I debated what to spend it on for a few weeks. Something for the house, something for the husband, something practical?

In the end I chose something that I wanted for me.

Best thing was that I had a MyerOne rewards voucher, and Myer just happened to have 30% off all shoes!!!

A huge thanks to Melissa for running the give-away, and to Mainland for the voucher (which couldn't be spent at Coles, as we don't have one here :( I did consider using it for groceries for a feeting second. Shoes won in the end.)

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Happy Easter!

I hope you are all having a great Easter, and that the bunny came to visit you all! Enjoy the time off with your families.

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Top Drawer Challenge

Hello Owl currently has a 'Top Drawer Challenge' going, where you have to share what is your top drawer.

So here is mine*

OK, in there we have
* honey moisturizer that the inlaws brought back from New Zealand - I am not a fan of the smell, so it has been shoved to the back, and is used on my feet in winter. The coconut body butter I slather myself in, and hand moisturizer for when I remember to put gloves on in bed.
* goggles
* the satin thing is a smelly log, which spreads it scent through our room
* a crystal perfume diffuser - It was a gift from a friend for my 21st, but I don't really know how to display it, hence it sits in its box in my drawer.
* a book and a notebook.
* a nail file and a foot file.
* a tub of hair ties, ear plugs, lip gloss, and other bits and bobs that I seem to hoard on my bedside table!

Why don't you head on over and play along!



*indicates that this is infact the tidy version, and not the previous version where the drawer would not open as something was jammed Pin It