Flooring Has Started ...

So obviously my upstairs carpet has been laid and I totally completely love it but as for the downstairs ...we were sorting out our budget and decided the smart thing to do would be to wait a few more weeks and then order it and get it installed.

Now ... I received a call from the owners of the flooring store the other day (I must say the amount of time I spent agonising over my floors we have become quite good friends) and the owners wanted to know when I was planning on ordering the floor. I advised them that we were waiting a few weeks and they turned around and said that the prices were about to go up so they were just going to go ahead and order it so we didnt get stung with the higher price. Not only that but that they were going to lay it straight away for us and that we could sort out payment later as originally planned.

How often do you come across people who go out of their way for you? These lovely people have gone above and beyond to make our life easier .... not just easier but better.

So yesterday the floor was skimmed and ready for my new flooring which should be fitted at some point today. Now I dont know if you remember but we have gone for a commercial grade vinyl plank floor. The great thing about this product is its so low maintenance, no problems with water, no fading from the sun and no real problems with scratching.

Cant wait to show you pictures tomorrow!

Coming Together

Ok so things are starting to finally come together over at "the house"

It's odd because we have been admiring it from afar for so long now that we finally have the keys its almost a surreal thing .... putting the key in the lock, making a mess and unpacking boxes.

I believe I told you I ordered these lovely little clock door knobs ... well they are on my very new cabinets. At first with the old knobs on it almost felt like they were Balinese inspired but such a small change makes the world of difference to the look of the room. I can't wait for my mattress to arrive just so I can dress the bed!

 

 

 

 

 

Brought A Bed!!

 

Oh yes, I brought a bed .... a lovely chocolate brown leather bed and its truely heavenly.

This is my first real furniture buy and I am extremely excited about it - what do you think - does this still fit into my overall style?

The picture above is actually alot lighter than the leather on the bed, its a dark chocolate leather and totally heavenly.

Excitement PLUS!

Some things just get your blood pumping ... some things put butterflies in your tummy and you cant think of anything else BUT said item.

A bright red sale sign does it for me baby ... oh yeah .... SALE! There are quite a few items that need buying and although they may not be "Priorities" how often do you get BIG RED SALE signs pop up in your inbox when you need them!

On another side note - the planter box is now finished and I must say our temporary letterbox is one of those slick design peices you just have to love. My favorite bit of the handwritten numbers in blue marker pen!

Carpet

Well my carpet has finally been fitted. I say finally quite loosely because obviously we have only had the keys for 4 days but its done. The entire upstairs and the theatre and sitting room downstairs are now "move in ready" Its an exciting time watching everything finally be finished.

My poor carpet layers had to negotiate a lovely narrow staircase, the owner of the carpet company stressing about my and not damaging my walls and hubby running around taking photos for me sitting at work stressing over it all.

Obviously my favorite room in the house so far is the Theatre with its lovely dark walls but now that the dark shag pile has been added I have to say, this room is awesome!!! The first thing I did was take off my shoes and lay on the floor!!

 

I am so unbelievably happy over the whole thing I just had to share!

 

 

Behind the Scenes Work

Its quite frustrating to actually work your ass off all weekend and not really see any tangible progress on the house. Its all the behind the scenes stuff that isn't fun but is totally necessary.

Hubby pruned all of the neighbours trees which I have to admit turned out to be a big job. I on the other hand spent the day sealing the garage concrete floor. Its one of those jobs that doesn't seem to have much value on the face of it. It looks the same afterward (except slightly darker) and it doesn't really "do" anything for me but its totally worth it in the long run .... or at least that's what I have been told.

Sealing the floor will be a benefit in two ways. Firstly it will actually seal in the dust so we will never have to worry about tramping white powder over my lovely dark wood floors. Secondly it will actually protect it from future staining. Ok so I get it its great, but I just want to start doing "forward" stuff. Stuff that you can see and feel and really understand they are doing something good!

 

 

Sorry I Wasn't Around on Friday ......

I was far far to busy ..... PICKING UP MY KEYS!!!

Oh yes, I am now the proud owner of a 2 storey home full of concrete and dust!

It was an exciting day finally getting the keys to our house, we celebrated with a bottle of champagne and I couldn't stop bouncing around excited with how wonderful it was. They gave us a lovely little gift basket and even though we all seem to have building horror stories I don't really have anything negative to say about our builder.

 

 

The next day of course dawned with me realising its actually pretty intimidating getting the keys. There is so much to do and I am responsible for everything, I have to balance the budget, I have to organise the tradespeople and I have to make all the decisions. I don't have a supervisor I can trust to oversea everything .... the house is now our responsibility!