Dining Room Progress - Part 2

So hubby has plastered and ripped up the old flooring and the weekend just gone has seen the commencement of the painting...So far ceiling and architraves have been done, hoping to get to the walls sometime this week!

This was just with undercoat...more pics to come :-)

Renovation Planning...

This is how we do it :-)

Dining Room Progress - Part 1

 

Started on the dining room last week... architraves and skirts sanded...now to clean and patch the plaster!!  Go here to see before shot.

Kitchen/Living Room Progress...ready for the lights to go in and new Ikea TV unit

Last time I wrote about our kitchen I think it was "Kitchen Eve" which you can read more about here.

Well the kitchen has gone in and we are really happy with it but have been at a bit of a standstill waiting for the lights to be put in before we can paint or do anything else.

Goodbye kitchen fluro light...

Farewell ugly cream vertical blind...I will not miss you!!

Hello new Ikea TV Unit, you will look so much more at home once the walls are painted and you are nicely dressed!!

Our electrician is coming tomorrow so it will be all systems go once he has the lights in...
VERY EXCITED!!

If I could go to Ikea...

We are in the (very long) process of renovating our kitchen / living room on a (very) tight budget...this has really been put on the back burner since my hubby had a stroke (at 29 years of age!!) about a month ago.... BUT it has now hit me that there's only 10 weeks till bub #2 arrives and ideally we would like to have this area completed or at least useable before our next little one arrives!

So here is my current wish list...



EXPEDIT

TV storage unit, white

IKEA FAMILY price

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Regular price

$299

EKTORP Three-seat sofa, Svanby grey

IKEA FAMILY price

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$779

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IKEA PS 2012 Coffee table, dark turquoise

IKEA FAMILY price

Price/

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$59

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SKARUM Cushion Cover
$8

 

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EIVOR KVIST cushion

$24.99

IKEA STOCKHOLM throw

$59

RÅSKOG kitchen trolley

$79

LISELOTT roller blind

$49.99

Unit price

Length: 195 cm, Width: 160 cm

LILL sheer curtains, 1 pair

$5.99

Unit price

Length: 250 cm, Width: 280 cm,

JONELLA Table-runner, multicolour

IKEA FAMILY price

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$4.99

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FOTO pendant lamp

$29.99 (need 2)

Unit price

Diameter: 25 cm, Cord length: 1.6 m

"Before" House Tour - The adventure starts here...

Nearly three years ago, my husband and I purchased our modest three bedroom, one bathroom 1980's brick home on a 600m2 suburban block. We moved in knowing that we would like to make changes over time with the view to either sell (hopefully making a profit) or rent out as an investment property. Our dream is to own a small country property (not too far from where we live now to remain close to work, family and city conveniences) but to have our own private piece of tree filled paradise...and perhaps a cow or three.

We are avid DIYers which is handy when we are working on a tight budget. I have always been interested in interior design so I am enjoying the learning experience.

Although we have started making some changes I thought I would share the house as it was in the beginning so I am reminded of just how far we've come, because sometimes it feels like we are getting nowhere fast!

So here is a tour of my house "before" and I look forward to sharing the home "after" and my inspiration along the way...

Street View

Front Courtyard

Front Door / Entry

Main Bedroom

Hallway (looking from main bedroom)

Bathroom / Toilet

Bedroom 2

Bedroom 3

Laundry

 

Family Room

 

 

Kitchen

Dining Room

Lounge Room

Back Deck

Back Yard

Well, that's it...the good, the bad and the downright ugly (yep bathroom I'm talking about you!!)

Kitchen Update...

I think the last time I mentioned our renovations we were knocking out the wall between the kitchen and family room...

 

Kitchen "before"

Kitchen "before"

 

Well now the wall is completely gone...

 

And as a matter of fact, the kitchen is now also completely gone...

 

 



 Once the kitchen was cleared out our friend, who also happens to be an electrician (lucky for us!) came and wired everything up...

 

We also closed in the window on the eastern side to make room for more cupboard space...

 

And yesterday we got a very exciting delivery...our new kitchen!!!  Yippee!!!

 

It looks like a bit of a puzzle at the moment but tomorrow is the day that all the pieces will be put together... not by us, mind you coz that would not go well!! But luckily, another friend of ours is a cabinet maker so he has also kindly helped us out... 

 

Sooooooooo EXCITED!!

 

 

This is better than Christmas Eve...this is Kitchen Eve!!!!