Another Room Down

The lack of social functions this weekend actually meant we could buckle down and get the master bedroom more or less completed - hurrah! This also means that we can start shifting the rooms around and get the nursery completed. Here's a few images of the before and after of the master bedroom...

BEFORE

 

Note the lovely asbestos cupboard (together with carpet inside)

 Heavy blue curtains and a side mirror section with shelves

Removing the last bit of the yellow mustard wallpaper

AFTER

 An area for a TV / cot

 

The bed is in, with pendant lights next to it. Now to add blinds.

 His and Hers walk in robe (that fits all my shoes!)

Master Bedroom Renovations

Well with bub due in July, the master bedroom renovations are well and truly underway. We got a bit done over the Christmas period and hope to be finished mid-late February. It's hard when you can only work on weekends and some of them are taken away by your darling husband's work wanting him to fly out of the country!

The aim is to finish the master bedroom, move our stuff from the 2nd bedroom into the master bedroom and then move things from the study to the 2nd bedroom, to turn the study into a nursery.

Here's the surface we started with, after we removed the lovely mustard yellow, printed wallpaper that was in the room.

We then added some bulkheads to hide fluro lighting and wiring for pendant lights, a cupboard area and space for a TV, if desired.

Once this was in place, we started the dredded job of plastering.

This was followed by painting and this image shows where we're at presently.

Next will be staining the wood and painting these cupboard doors. This photo was taken before painting the walls.

A little bit of this and a little bit of that

The blog post is admittedly a little bit random, as it's a little bit of this and a little bit of that from the week. For instance, I found these cows outside the Love Love Studio in Teneriffe this week after the Teneriffe Festival last weekend. They reminded me of the old cows that used to be around Brisbane at the time of the EKKA (Brisbane's Royal Show).

Hubby and I have been working solidly on the 2nd bedroom this week with our goal to have the room complete by the 15th July (yes, this is tomorrow). We installed the shelves tonight, with the bottom one also acting as a bedside table. What do you think? Exhaustion from working nights is starting to set in, so we'll be glad to have a short break after this one. 

After meeting our renovating goals for the day, we were able to make it to a friend's cake testing. The bride and groom were undecided on the flavour of their cake, so they invited round some critics - I think this was a good idea and my stomach agreed. Here are the amazing cakes to test. The actual wedding cake will be tiered and use a different icing. 

My verdict - the caramel.

The decision - a chocolate layer, a marble layer and a caramel layer. Job well done! The cakes come care of the French Patisserie, in case you're wondering.  

I thought I'd leave you with something fun for the weekend, so here's Cookie Monster's version of Carla Rae Jepsen's song 'Call me Maybe'.

Just a Normal Week Day

Well these new years resolutions seem to be going well so far - pity it's only day 5 :). We managed to finish the first bedroom renovation today, aside from a few electrical things, which we obviously can't do ourselves. Here's a few piccies of the finished product.


For the foodies out there, my husband and I tried out Eurovida for breakfast this week and were very impressed. This is their haloumi, ciabatta, poached egg, tomato and pesto combination - delish! I also loved their internal lighting.

Now for something fun. I found this link on a friend's facebook page and had to share. It's about English Pronounciation but try saying just one paragraph ten times, fast. It's quite a tongue twister.