May your home rise up to meet you
Last week I shared with you my kitchen floor plans for the wall-unit part of the kitchen, if you missed it, you can take a squiz at that here. This week, I bring you – the island! The island will essentially act as a divide between the kitchen and the living area. It won’t […]
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This week saw us meet with two different kitchen designers. Now, you would think that a kitchen designer would, oh I don’t know, design your kitchen? However, what we found was that we really had to come to them with a series of ideas first, before they could start their design process. So back […]
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Well, our builders are due to start in a couple of weeks, but we are still waiting to receive our Construction Certificate (CC) from our local council. The CC is needed before any work can begin on the property. So, we thought we would take advantage of the next few weeks and start designing […]
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Greetings renovator-lovers! Last week I shared with you our downstairs floor plans for our big reno, and this week I’ll share with you the UPSTAIRS renovation floor plans. So in brief, currently there is NO upstairs. It is a single story house. We will therefore be building the second story from scratch. By “we” I […]
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Is there a sweeter gift than hand picked flowers? I think not. Since moving back to Australia, my hubby and I have been living with my parents while we begin renovations on our house. They live on 5 acres in the rural suburb of Dural, which is quite a change from the concrete jungles of […]
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Well, it has been a hectic week! But I finally have time for a blog post… and this one is all about out downstairs renovation floor plans! So as to not bombard you, this post will just show you what we are doing downstairs. We are also building another story on top, but that’s for […]
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Well, we are officially Sydney-residents once again. After a hectic month, we have finally relocated from New York back to Australia and have started working on our Sydney renovation plan! For those that don’t know, here is a quick run-down of what has happened so far: In 2010, my husband and I bought a […]
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Well, we are less than 3 weeks away from leaving New York, and as such, I am starting to freak out about how much we have to do in preparation to renovate our house! I have been looking through photos I took before we left to try and remember what it even looks like – […]
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Hey YA’LL!! America’s favourite day of the year is coming up this week – Independence Day! A public holiday in the U.S, the 4th of July commemorates the date in 1776 when the U.S declared independence from Great Britian… something us Aussies don’t know anything about ? It takes place at the beginning of the […]
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Hi friends! Firstly, let me apologise for my obvious lack of posts lately. It has been for good reason though I promise. I am very excited to say that I am pregnant, and as a result I have spend the past few months lying on the couch. First trimester has been brutal! I am thrilled […]
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