Only small improvements instead of big reno. Though we haven’t done much of that either. Continue reading
We won!
We still cannot fully grasp that we won so many Ikea dollars! Continue reading
The Fireplace Mantel Rejuvenation Story – 2016
There are three fireplaces in our house and one must have been closed off. One of these was painted white, one of them looked refurbished and the third of the fireplace mantel in the living room really looked a bit worse for wear.
So we decided to change that and while we were at it, we also reduced its size a bit and mounted it a bit better.
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Digging in the Dirt
With the house came a tiny garden and a tinier front patch. The front patch looked a bit sad and devoid of any Frangipani tree (There seems to be an unwritten rule that every house on the street needs to have one). Going against our inborn desire to follow the rules, we decided instead to … Continue reading
Closing the Loop
In the past ten years of us living here we have been slowly filling up our map of Australia. But there was always this top left corner that was too far away and too remote to do in a single short holiday. For a while now we have been planning on maybe doing it in … Continue reading