One month update!

So we have weathered through ex-Tropical Cyclone Debbie...and made it through the other side. Some things I learnt are:

• We NEED bigger/more downpipes. We lose so much water in overflow.
• The house is super sturdy. If you couldn't look out the window or hear the wind it would be impossible to tell what was going on outside.
• Cut down all black wattles! They have a habit of falling over! We lost two. Luckily nowhere near the house. 

So I promised some more loungeroom photos and here they are:

Now featuring: furniture! The reno has slowed down a bit because we have started to put our furniture in so we aren't camping so much. I keep sitting in my lounge room just to admire it!

The bedrooms are 100% complete now, ready for guests (when we get furniture). The third bedroom was completed on the weekend by painting the doors on the wardrobe. Here is what they look like:

We have combined the antique white in the rooms with the blue from the lounge room to have a look at how they look next to each other. We are planning on painting the brick walls in two of the bedrooms with the blue so this was a good experiment (and easy to paint over). And we have heaps left! Now we just have to clean the floors, paint the little bit of cornice we had to replace and put our desks in. Our very own office!

OH has been very busy with a FABULOUS new discovery of his. The laminate plank flooring was laid extremely poorly by the previous owners, and as a result there was heaps of gaps around the skirting boards (it was too hard to take them out and replace apparently!!!!!!!!!!) and they gathered heaps of dust and hair and bugs and was generally pretty horrible. OH found a wood product called quad which covers up the gaps BEAUTIFULLY! I keep admiring it too!! Here is a comparison photo of the gap and no gap:

It just completes the house. It is perfect. It makes the floors look heaps better as well. We still have to bog and paint the nail holes but it already has made so much difference. I think the $200 to do the whole house was worth it!!

Now all that is left to paint is the hallway, bathroom and toilet. They don't have furniture so I'm not stressing about it right now. We have a lot of events coming up so I don't think there will be much progress over the next couple months. Coming up on the agenda is clearing the yard. I have been waiting so long and I can't wait to get cracking!

Have a good week!