Week 17 - Tiles, tiles, tiles - Frank Walker eat your heart out!

Frank Walkers got nothing on us! We've got tiles galore and it's looking GOOD!

Other than the house update, we've not been up to much this week. We have an inspection on the rental property... GRRR. I was really hoping to get away without an inspection before we moved... oh well. So I spend Saturday while glen was at TAFE doing his course, cleaning and finding new ways to hide some of the boxes that we've packed. I ended up making a huge mess... but lunch time was the turning point when it all started coming together. All in all I was very proud of my Saturday efforts. Glen got home at 4.30pm and I gave him a lovely tour of my work and our new hiding places!

Sunday we went and saw Toy Story 3 in 3D. What a cute movie and neither of us thought it was totally predictable which was good.... although of course Woody saves the day and they all live happily ever after. But jeez Louise it's expensive to go to the cinema these days... just for the 2 of us it was $41.00 and we had no drinks, popcorn lollies or anything! How on earth can a typical family afford to take their kids to go and see a movie when it's that much!


Back of the house - looking at the alfresco area

More Alfreso... We can't wait to sit out there and watch the evening storms roll past.

HSTP update... all looking good. We walk around occasionally and move our poo pipes around to keep the grass from dying underneath them. Glens mentioned that we may need to mow is soon! Any excuse to jump on the ride on!

From bedroom 4 looking down the hall to the master bedroom.

Main bathroom. Floors all tiles and grouted, wall tiles are on, but not grouted yet. You can kinda see the feature tile from this pic.

We have a new sticker on our water tank... not sure why we need a HUGE warning sign? Do some people keep 5000 litre tanks of fire breathing dragons in their backyard?

The stuff that makes the water do stuff and you know... stuff!

Glen looking at all the stuff!

En suite. Floor tiles, but not grouted and the walls tiled and not grouted.

Master bedroom, looking through to the en suite and walk in robe.

ahhhh the kitchen. Splashback tiles done, floor tiles done.... just install the stove already and I'll move in... they can work around me!

More Kitchen

Looking from the Front door to the rumpus room!

Week 16. Tiles Down and New Shoes!

This week we went and met the Tim the tiler on site early Wednesday morning to check that all the tiles to be laid were correct and going in the right places. After I was clumsy and knocked a packet of tiles over we walked around and checked that they were all good. We also got to talk to him to make sure the bathroom step into the spa was what we wanted too!

And i got to see the feature tiles we'd decided on which was cool... because up until now I'd forgotten what we'd decided on!


On Saturday we went back and visited the house - as you can see we now have perfect peeping tom skills and we're so subtle nobody would know we were there! For anyone that missed is - Glens using his super sleuth skills and peeping through the sliding door.

As you can see the tiles are laid - no grout yet, and... drum roll please..... the bench tops are on!!!

Kitchen with bench tops.

Kitchen tiles

Rumpus room

Kitchen, you can see the bench a bit better now.

View down the hall from our little rumpus room window.

Ensuite. No tiles yet, but a bench top.

Water tanks been delivered. Not installed yet.

Looking down the hall from the front window.


Now for some other really exciting news - well it is for me anyway... I bought new shoes and I'm in love with them! Although I had to buy size 9... i don't think I've ever worn size 9 in my life! My hoofers are HUGE!!!


So they look really weird i know. But they're awesome. I've been wearing them around the office today and can feel my calves working harder and i have noticed I'm standing and walking much straighter than i usually do! The shoes are meant to simulate you walking on sand so you get a better workout when you're walking...
I'll give them a try tonight when i walk the dogs, but for now - I'm in love... Oh and yes - i really did get the hot pink ones!!!

Week 15 Paint Complete

Not too much to report on this past week other than the paint is complete. The tiler started today (13/07/2010) and Glen and I met him on site to check through all the tiles and make sure they're all correct. Clumsy me knocked a packet of tiles over and broke some - WHOOPS! Lucky the guy said there's usually spares!


Front of the house - look the doors not green... BUT the strip of tape down the glass on the door IS green! At least I know that'll be changing soon! PHEW!!

The door

Miss Chewi running around and having lots of fun as usual.

Glen climbed the dirt pile and got a view of the back of the house from up high.

Kitchen island cupboards.

kitchen with the correct extensions added in.

Kitchen with Glen being the fridge...that's cos he's 'cool'!

The paint colours. It's hard to get a good pic of the colours because in every room they look so different depending on the light etc.

Main bathroom.

The Laundry.

Week 14 Paint and Correct Kitchen

We went to look at the house on Saturday July 3rd to go and check what had happened and the painter man was there. He said we could go in and have a look around while he was working.

He was sanding back all the frames around the windows and doors and was taping everything up in preparation of the paint being started. He said he'd be working again on Sunday and told us to come back in the afternoon so that we could see the paintwork.... And of course I asked him when the front doors going to stop being GREEN! By Wednesday (07/07/2010) he said they should be all finished with the extenal painting and the door will not be green anymore... but he did paint the inside of the front door on Saturday for me!


Ensuite

Main Bathroom

Kitchen, - You can't really tell from this pic, but they've fixed up the kitchen benches and added all the extensions in there.

Kitchen from the other angle!

Kitchen Drawer

Steve the paint man - he's painted the inside of the front door and is putting the handle back on... but he's used GREEN tape on the window!!

Drawer and cupboard handles.

Glen can't quite reach the roof.....

..... and neither can I. But if I stick my tongue out apparently it makes me a little taller!!!

Blurry photo of the non green inside of the front door.