Wow - It's been a while

Can't believe how time has flown by and with so much on the go, blog posts just took a back seat.  There is still lots to do, so I don't anticipate regular posts recommencing any time soon, but thought I'd provide a quick update of the renovations that have been going on at our home.  These had been on hold for years, due to lack of funds, but the events over the past couple of years somehow turned things around and managed to put our finances back into a healthy position and so we decided to crack on and get our house how we wanted it.

There has been a ton of interior fixing, painting and touch ups, upstairs, as well as commencing on painting and touch ups downstairs (and a few things ripped out-lol) but the major feature was the carpet upstairs (and down to the bottom of the stairs).  It has been years since we had any form of carpet in this house, except a large rug in the lounge.  Finally we were in a position to afford new carpet.  Sadly, right after choosing our carpet, an accidental drop of a camera and wrought iron trivet in the kitchen cracked one of the tiles, so the carpet had to wait. The tiles had been discontinued (gutting), so we had to re-tile the entire kitchen.  Yay for the insurance company who covered the whole thing, including replacing the camera - double yay!  So, new tiles down (and we love them more than the original ones) and then the brand new carpet went in.  Absolutely stoked with the end result.

Mike is now currently working on the outdoors, with new hand railing, completion of the deck and then we will finish with painting the outside of the house.  I am working on the downstairs toilet - basically ripping it all out, doing the walls, then installing a brand new vanity and reinstalling the toilet.

Soon the last set of wooden doors downstairs will be replaced with aluminium door to match the others and that will be the last high cost item.

Then it will be the major job of the downstairs floor, which will entail emptying out every room including the rumpus, but the end result will be well worth it.

There will still be a few other items on our list after we complete the above, like the laundry and storage areas, but they are more minor areas, so we can just work away on those slowly after sitting back and enjoying the rest for a while.

Will post more photos as items get finished.