Showing posts with label Playroom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Playroom. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Come on in!

....and take a look around our new home.

Our front entrance.  
We raised the ceilings to 2590mm throughout and it's raised to about 2800mm in the entrance. 


Looking back at front door.  The strip of carpet is there only while it's still grubby outside.  Need some art on the wall and some downlights.


Dining and Living Rooms



I love my sunburst mirror


Kitchen



Our Kitchenaid which is responsible for the splashes of red throughout the house


True colour of splashback



Walk-in-pantry. 
There's shelving on the left as well which is where we keep our microwave & toaster.  Very hard to photograph in such a small space.


Family Room.  You might notice the blind hanging a little awkwardly? Because the window was so wide, the fabric with it's natural fall didn't span that distance so they had to "rail-road" it which simply means hang it the other way.  Unfortunately it therefore it doesn't hang as perfectly as it otherwise would however it's not quite as obvious in real life when a camera flash isn't high-lighting it's imperfections.  Oh and they (Abbey Blinds) accidentally hung block out blinds in all these rooms instead of sheer blinds so I'm hoping it will be less obvious again in a lighter fabric.


Main bathroom


Main bedroom.  Looking a little plain at the moment.  I have a few things in mind though.


Our ensuite



My son's bedroom


Still a little plain at the moment as I couldn't find another decal I really liked until recently...

 

However I bought this one a few days ago from this shop on Etsy.  The tree is just under 2m tall so should fill the wall nicely.  It's particularly suitable for my mischevious, climbing little charmer.


 
Love these little guys.  So does he apparently as they end up in his bed each night.


My other son's bedroom


Oops, just noticed his name is crooked.


Loving his feature wall!  He loves Space and Planets so it only seemed fitting.  I've had the decal for months after seeing it on a friend's son's wall (hi Lisa).  It's from My Munchkin Home.  Oh and if you think it looks a bit sparse on the left, that's where the door usually sits open and my son requested the small, medium & large star combo thingo going on if you think it looks a bit odd like 'B' did.


Here we have the playroom / guest room.  Though it's got a whole lot more of a playroom thing going on.  It's such a great room with one whole wall with wardrobe space and french doors that open up to the backyard.




So there you go, that's our home as it currently stands.  Still need to hang a few pictures and do all our lighting and that's on top of the landscaping so it will be a work in progress for some time yet.  Loving every minute though!

 

Monday, April 25, 2011

Plastered!

We have walls!  And how great it looks!

Now we can really feel the room size and everything feels nice and spacious.   I'm so glad we raised the ceiling height to 2590mm as you can really feel the difference.

I also LOVE the amount of natural light that comes in.  It was really important to me to have lots of natural light.  The photo's below have been taken today on quite an overcast day and it's still nice & bright inside.

A few more days yet to be spent on finishing the walls but here is what it's all looking like so far:




And here we have one of our little helpers


Here's our future study nook and wine rack alcove
(wine rack alcove to the right ;) ha ha)


Our little munchkins found a hidey hole behind the wine rack



Looking through the front door


Mud Room / Laundry


Looking down the other hall from our bedroom


Playroom - looking towards the future built in robe


Dad's bedroom


Dad's living area


Looking from hall into Dad's living area


Dad's future kitchen area (fridge alcove just to the left)


Dad's shower (and laundry alcove just to the right)


Garage


Lastly, we noticed through some gyprock that the roof's insulation has not been finished and 'B' also pointed out some pretty terrible looking brickwork at the front of the house.  For our own record, here are some photo's:

In general the top course of bricks has a few wonky bricks, missing mortar and just doesn't look the best







All going to plan, this week should see doors being hung and the skirting and architraves going on.  As well as the gyprock being finished.

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