Have you seen these tiles?

I am in love with these tiles

However I want them in a beige colour. Any ideas on where I can find them? Or inspiration on the interwebs?
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Bathroom Opps?

Remember when I mentioned that I chose a round bath for our bathroom, and how it caused a few dramas?

Well I have another drama to add to the list

See all that water under there? It's not meant to be there. And that black stuff? It is wet timber that shouldn't be wet. Turns out that a tiny hole in the grout had got bigger, and over the last 4 years, got worse. Very much worse.

So we have some options
1. Remove the bath, tiles and shower and start again by adding a new bath, a separate shower, and having to redo all the plumbing which requires digging up half of the slab.
2. Replace the bath and tiles, leaving it as a bath/shower combo.
3. Put the weatherboards back on the house and bury our heads in the sand.

Given that we plan to live here for at least another year and a bit (depressing thought, but thems the breaks), Option 3 isn't going to be the best option for us, or for the person who buys the house when we sell it.

Option 1 would be ideal, but we hadn't counted on having to do this, finance wise, and it would basically mean re-doing the bathroom from scratch. Essentially it would mean spending another 10K on a room which has already been renovated. Something we don't really want to do.

So it is Option 2 for us! We went to the plumbing store today and got a brochure on baths. Lady Luck was on our side, as we found a rectangle bath (as opposed to our round edged bath) that would require minimal alterations to the walls, no change to the depth, and is longer than our current bath! Best of all, the plumbing is right where it is required to be!!!

Thank you Lady Luck! Now I just need to find tiles we both like, and a new tap that controls the bath and shower in one.
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Sydney - A recap

On Friday, I left work on time, and made good time to Avalon (it is just over 2 hours from my work to the airport), in fact I was reasonable early, as the baggage check in was only just opening. The lovely man who checked in my baggage inform me that my flight was delayed by an hour. No biggie, I ordered some dinner and rang Britt to let her know.

Halfway through my dinner I noticed some commoation around me, however I was engrossed in my magazine and paid no attention to it. After 5 minutes or so it had got noiser in the cafe and people were moving around a lot. I looked up to see my worst nightmare (for that day at least) - my flight had been cancelled.

Ummm, what does that mean? Don't they realise I am meant to be meeting Britt at the airport in 2 hours? Don't they realise I have been looking forward to this for 6 months??? Best I ring Britt and let her know the bad news.

I must say, the staff at Jetstar were very helpful about the situation, given the circumstances. They were very quick in organising us to be put onto flights in the morning from the Melbourne airport, and booking us into a hotel for the night. All 150 of us! I wish I could say the same for the staff at the hotel down the road from Tullamarine. They were rude and unhelpful at basic tasks, which was disappointing as I have stayed with this particular hotel chain in the past and they have had lovely staff. Thank goodness I hadn't paid for this room, otherwise I would have been rope-able!!!

At 10 minutes to noon on Saturday, I arrived in Sydney, collected my baggage, and found Britt. From there on in, it was non-stop chatting. And shopping. And eatting.

Stay tuned for the rest of the highlights of our trip...

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Blog This Challenge 56 - The Sky

Time for another Blog This challenge.

Our sky doesn't look like this every day, just on the days where there are bushfires in our area. From memory, these fires were in the bush reserve over the road from our place and burning towards us. Thankfully, the weather changed and it rained.

What does the sky look like at your place?
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More Kitchen Love

Following on from my declaration of love for our kitchen bin, I bring you something else I love in our kitchen.

Our drawers. I always wanted a kitchen full of drawers, and I wish I had chosen to have more installed, however these particular drawers are ever so handy.

In the bottom drawers we have baking bowls and roasting dishes, in the middle we have more baking goods and saucepans on the other side. And at the top we have plates and bowls, and cups and glasses.

Everything is within reach when cooking, and the cups are just below the kettle, which makes it husband proof! Not to mention that we manage to stash more in our drawers than I could in a cupboard, given their is a whole extra 'shelf' happening in there.

Definitely keeping the drawer system in the next house!
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The White Shed

I recently discovered The White Shed online whilst looking for some photo frames for my sister in-law, and may or not have got a little distracted.

So in the spirit of Christmas (not long to go now!) I went on an (imaginary given I am on a major budget after buying this beauty) shopping trip. Luckily for me, all of these presents were for myself, as selfish is how I roll.

Bookends for standing up my magazines

 I thought these mini apples were the cutest things ever. Hmmm, I do need something for our counter in the kitchen.

A silver mirror for the hallway table.

A wire pair for somewhere yet to be decided.

Remind me when I am off my budget to go shopping at The White Shed again!

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Love

Harper Grace

Truer words have never been spoken. My beauty therapist has a block of canvas' on her wall with this saying on it, and it always makes me smile.

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