Final Stage of Renovation Complete

Phew!! The final stage of our renovation was completed today. Hooray!!!! I have been waiting for the hand railing to go in to put this last photo up. The wonderful, very overworked man arrived today and finished it off. The best thing about this is that I now have a great place to hang some extra christmas lights. Can't wait for 1st December so the lights can go up. Now we can sit back and enjoy the fruits of our (or should I say, their labour).

Latest Stage of Reno's

Our house is taking shape. The gutters have been replaced, the roof has been painted and the rendering is finished. We are getting to the final stages now and it is very exciting. Over the next two weeks the driveway gets done, the painting will be finished and we should have some turf. I am so looking forward to the final product. I have to get out to buy some tiles this week so haven't had as much time as I hoped in the holidays to be creative. Hopefully I will get a few hours tomorrow to make some cards and I will get them posted as soon as possible.

Yeah! I have Stairs

I am so excited, I have stairs again!!! No more climbing up and down a ladder, which I don't do very well. My children are a little disappointed though as they found the site of Mum on a ladder quite amusing.

We also have our retaining walls finished which made a huge difference to the appearance of the house. Next week is going to be a hive of activity with gutters going on, the renderer will start, and the roof will be painted! My apologies to all the farmers but I do have my fingers crossed that we don't get too much rain over the next week or two - purely selfish reasons of course.

Our Site Supervisor

In the absense of any creativity that I was hoping to have today, I thought I would show you our Site Supervisor (SS). Every day when the builder arrives, SS Benji checks out his van and tools to make sure he is well prepared. Any work that is done must be inspected by him and given his approval.

When the digger arrived he wasn't quite sure if it was safe to drive so had to check that out also.

Hopefully my mojo will come back soon and I will have some new creations for you.

Renovation Update

After a week of rain and no progress, two extremely messy but very efficient men arrived at my house and turned my front yard into what might resemble a war zone. This is what those in the building industry call progress but I am yet to be convinced. I just have my fingers crossed that the rain has gone for a week or two.

Hopefully now some real action can take place and we can get back to normal. The best thing is, I have an excuse for messy floors and dusty shelves.

No Time To Play Lately

I haven't had any time to play and be creative lately but I am excited about why. We are finally finishing our renovation and getting the front of the house done!!!! We started 4 years ago and did the inside and the back yard and now the front gets the much needed attention it requires.

We are taking the arches out as you can see by the photo's and landscaping the entire front yard. We will then render the house and finish it off.

I can't wait to show you the finished product so watch this space. Hopefully fingers crossed in the next 6 - 8 weeks. The good news for some is that we are taking tiles off the roof on Monday or Tuesday so I can promise you that it will definately rain next week.

I hope to get around to adding some new cards over the week and want to thank everyone for looking at my Blog, I get so excited seeing that I have some new visitors.