Up to this...

Family Bathroom...almost tiled

Fully tiled and the white tiles have been grouted. The pebble feature has yet to be grouted in this pic, but it is done (will have to take another photo :-p)

Ensuite - Feature wall of tiles in shower nook, matching sized white tiles for the rest. Ensuite is two thirds tiled.

Ensuite - Roh tiling...caught by surprise.

The kitchen area..and our mosaic tiles, which I just LOVE! Here's the overview...

Close up of stove top and tiled splashback...

New sink and tile splashback :-)

New tap - Milli design

At the moment the sink and tap are just looking pretty, not yet having been connected up, but it wont be long.

In other exciting news (well, in my world) we bought a new fridge which is being delivered on Friday - a Samsung, platinum, side-by-side with ice/water dispenser. This is the first ever new fridge I've bought, so can't wait to get it.

Also, I've picked up the paint for the kitchen - the red is called 'Firefly' by Wattyl, and the white is called 'Pale Mushroom' by Haymes and I'm itching to start painting. Not quite ready for it today, but soon, I'm told - yay!

3 out of 4

Just a quick share of 3 layouts..the fourth is actually still at Dan's :-P

"Alannah - Five"...using lots of 'Flirty Little Secret' by Prima.


"Luna Park" - this is my take on sketch #2 over at the Scrapability Blog..

"Queen Alexandra" - photo taken by DQ at a extended family photo shoot on Brighton Beach. This is my adorable niece (the youngest of the girls) sitting among her cousins stripey legs.

Back with house pics soon xx

Looking Forrward to...

Receiving this - The Making Memories Slice in PINK! How cute ;-) My dear friend Cass, over at The Crafty Cat Classroom is selling them (I think they are arriving today from the states) and I just couldn't resist. I think she may even have a couple left, if you want one too :-) Going to have some fun, fun with this little gadget! Seeing Lisa Mitchell perform - take 2 for me and Dan. She was scheduled to play at Ruby's last week, but due to a huge power-out, the show was cancelled. Her new show at Ruby's is on Wednesday night - yay! Am really glad it is school holidays - I may even get a little sleep in. Should be a great gig though. Lisa's new album is fab :-)

Will venture back to my blog a little sooner than my last break (how slack was I?? lol) with photos of the house which is coming along nicely, and also some scrapbook layouts....yes, you read right - 4 to be exact and all completed yesterday - I think that's a record for me :-P

Have a great Friday!

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It's starting to look like a house :-P

Architraves and doors went up over the last two days, so it's really starting to feel more like a house, and less a construction site....although there is still dust EVERYWHERE!! It's the price you pay for living through this.

Anyhow, here is a close up view of the kitchen area (overhead cupboards still to go up on left wall). Doors won't be put on until the painting is done.


Another kitchen shot, but this one taken from further away in the living area. The new little wall has now been built. We needed to have this here for support. I quite like it though.


And the kitchen again, but viewed from our front door.

Our living room window looking all spiffy with the architraves on. Can't wait til the cornice goes up over the weekend - it will feel so much more finished.

The stairs are finally in. We had a small dilemma, where the original stairs we got were wrong - too short so definitely a problem. The guys at the stair place were great, as it was their mistake, but they fixed it and delivered the correct stairs before 8am on Monday morning. We think we are going to paint the stairs for something a little funky and fun.

And Roh has started tiling the family bathroom. Love these HUGE tiles! The blue on the floor and wall is actually waterproofing agent - it's a really pretty colour ...he he

So that's us for the moment. Another full on weekend ahead with tiling and cornice, and maybe even installing my new kitchen sink - if we get it before then (silly woman at Abey warehouse won't release the sink to Reece, for us, because they are waiting on the glass cutting board - crazy!! It's doing our head in a bit - I just want a sink - the bathroom sink really isn't doing the job..lol)

Will update again next week - hopefully with some rumpus room pics as well as tiled bathrooms..we'll see :-P

Two New Photos

On the weekend, we had our District Convention at Rod Laver Arena. I forgot my camera all three days, but trusty Dan had hers with her, and today edited these two photos for me - I'm loving this one of my hubby...

And a family shot - I don't think we've got a recent photo of the four of us, so I'm really happy with this too..

Ingram Family Photo Shoot

On Sunday, I organised for all Roh's side of the family to catch up at Brighton Beach for a photo shoot with my lovely and talented sister Danielle. I really wanted to get some photos of the grandkids/cousins together for a pressie for Roh's parents anniversary (dont worry - they don't read my blog! :-P) as well as an up-to-date pic of Roh and his 4 brothers. So far, Dan has emailed me about 15 photos, and as usual, they are fantastic. Here are a few favs...

Best Buds - A Layout

Here's my take on the 2nd August sketch over at the Scrapability blog. Haven't had much time to scrap lately but this one came together quite quickly, and please excuse the photo - didn't realise it wasn't in focus until now, but you get the idea anyhow :-P

A Musical Trip Down Memory Lane

I don't know why but tonight I've been a bit nostalgic, listening and downloading music from my late teen era and it's making me happy to have these great memories, and a little sad that this time passed a LONG time ago...he he...Thought I'd show a few favourites that make me smile...

C+C Music Factory - Things that make you go hmmm...


Hoodoo Gurus - 1000 Miles Away


Dee Lite - Groove Is In The Heart


And some other favourites :
No Doubt - Just A Girl
Counting Crows - Mr Jones
Harry Connick Jr - (I could only) Whisper Your Name
The Sharp - Talking Sly
Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye
Pearl Jam - Daughter

I would put some links in but have to run - bedtime for the kids and I'm running solo tonight while Roh's at the movies :-P

Have a great weekend!

More House Pics

Lots of little things are being accomplished at the moment, along with some big things too. Here is my study/craft nook which is just offside of the kitchen. It was only framed in and plastered over this last week, as it made it easier to get plasterboard into the other rooms without those walls there. I'm very happy with it though - it's a great size and when planned out right, will fit my hobbies as well as the usual paperwork stuff in there nicely. I would really like to do something interesting on that main wall but not sure what yet - wallpaper? decal? funky paint colour? stripes? Hmmm....

On Monday, Roh had his RDO so he framed in the wall of the stairwell, the downstairs part. Our new stairs should be ready for pick up by the end of the week which will be great. I think the rumpus room is getting plastered this weekend, and then the stairs can go in.

This is the view from our front door - this is where most of our kitchen will be - it's a U-Shape kitchen and the bench/cupboards on the left hand side start at the same level as the little wall so it does go out a little wider than this picture.

And here is our kitchen. Roh picked it all up on Monday too and has already assembled 7 or 8 of the cupboards. I think there must be a mark on my camera lense as that big white dot on the charcoal board isn't actually there...lol (note to self - clean camera lense!) I can't wait to see this installed :-) A real kitchen at last! (well, soon :-P)

Cornice is being delivered today, and we finally decided on our kitchen tile splashback (mini mosaics) and our ensuite tiles (which was an on-going saga of it's own) and they will be delivered next week. Roh has the last week of August off, so fingers crossed a lot of work gets done that week.

Take care x

Stitching & Knitting

At the moment, it's all about stitching - knitting, crochet, sewing...I've been finding lots of inspiring fabrics and wool and patterns and am just itching to start making stuff.

Here is my very first ever, complete crocheted granny square, which I finished last night, and I'm already half way through my second. I'll think I'll make it up into a blanket for our new lounge area (and yes, I am still knitting the other throw blanket..it's taking forever but I'm over half way there - yay!)
When my parents and Nan were visiting, we (Mum, Nan, Danielle, Kate, her Mum and her MIL) all went to the Craft & Quilt Show in the city. Lots of fantastic handmade items were seen and lots of ideas and 'want to learn' skills resulted for me (thus, the crochet..lol).

Below is my loot from the day. My gorg sis Danielle bought me the 'Kaleidoscope' book which I had been wanting since the day it was released. The other items I bought from the Kelani stand (as well as an Aunty Cookie Eye Chart Screen Print Cushion Front). I am in love with this Amy Butler August Fields fabric - I plan to make the flower cushion from the Amy Butler pattern. But first I'm going to try it out on some more disposable fabric :-P

And here are my purchases from this past week, and from the outing Dan and I took to the Amitie Fabric shop in Bentleigh - they had 50% off Amy Butler fabrics which was just fabulous - how could I resist?...he he

Unfortunately, I'm not in the situation to be able to sew at the moment, so for now, I'm just making some sewing plans in my head, and knitting and crocheting instead. Only a few more months and the house will be ready for me to pull out the sewing machine - yay again!

Today...

You may find me here...

And then even possibly here...

I'm looking forward to a day of fun conversation with Dan (and maybe even Kate :-P), good coffee and inspiration in the bucketfuls. A fab way to end the week :-)

July 2009 - House Update

Ok, so lots has been going on with the house, in the month of July, along with the exciting arrival of Cedar, and also having my parents and nan stay with us...yep, I said 'stay with us'..lol...it was the next best thing to camping apparently ;-P

Anyhow, this post is all about the house..don't say you weren't warned....:-)

Here is our beautiful Spotted Gum timber flooring delivery - all piled up neatly, ready to be laid.

Here is some of the timber flooring laid - I must say that I just LOVE this timber - the various colours all randomly placed, in my opinion, looks fantastic!

Next up, our plasterboard was delivered. To say it's been chaotic inside is an understatement, but the piles are slowly diminishing each weekend. And the dust...oh my goodness

And at the end of last weekend, this is what the interior looked like. Our living area has nearly all the plaster up...

Jude and Alannah's rooms have the plaster up, as does the stair well, and part of the hallway.

And here are our two little helpers (on their terms, of course :-P), but it's great for them to be involved too.

August is looking like being another crazy month, but so many things are happening. This week I picked up the main bathroom wall tiles - a simple white gloss ceramic tile 30cmX60cm, as well as a dark grey pebble strip feature about 15cm wide. Next Tuesday our kitchen/laundry/bathroom floor tiles are being delivered and we can pick up our new kitchen - yay! And within two weeks our stairs will be ready for pick up too. It's going to be great when the kitchen and stairs go in - it will be like a real house - woo hoo!!!

Now, to pick paint colours..fun, fun!

A Little Scrappin'

Had a productive day with Danielle on Tuesday, scrapping and just hanging out. I managed to finish two layouts. Here they are :

This top one started from one of last month's sketches at the Scrapability Sketch Blog, but I only just managed to finish it this last week - whoops!



And I finally scrapped Jude's ultrasound photos...only took me over 4 years..lol. This paper is from the new June Bug range from Basic Grey. Love the colours in this one.

Hello Cedar

Congratulations to my little sis Dan, and her family on the arrival of my new little nephew, Cedar Rhodes. Of course, he is just adorable :-) And I'm looking forward to lots of bubby snuggles.

xx

Settling on Bathroom Fittings

So we're nearing the stage where the bathroom is going to be installed, tiled, etc. And it's time to finalise decisions on fittings.

Here is one major thing that I had my heart set on - a free-standing bath - and I got it. It's a New Reece Mizu Square-edged free-standing bath that I won off ebay for a bargain prize -more than 50% off of the retail price - which makes me and Roh very happy :-). Always got to love a bargain!

The other thing is our toilet suite - we've gone with the Reece Tonic design - all the s-bend is encased all the way to the wall, which makes for easier cleaning - yay! That was another one of my 'must-haves' - s-bends just frustrate me to pieces.

So anyway, I'm sure you just love that I'm sharing every detail of our reno with you...hmm...maybe pushing it a bit with the toilet share...lol...Will be back with some more reno photos soon, and maybe even some scrapping.

Next post is my 300th post..so will have to make it about something exciting ;-)

Scrapability Sketches Blog - New Creative Team

And I'm on it! Along with six other talented ladies - all their blogs are now in my side-bar, if you wish to check them out :-)

The first July sketch has just been released. Here's the sketch and my take on it :