Staining continued

Don't you just hate it when you start something and cant finish it off? Well that's been me for the last week and now I have to contend with the rain...grrr

Last time we spoke, I had completed staining the rear fence and the whole yard seemed to be taking on a different look and I just loved how it was all coming together.

Since I was doing all the staining by hand, my shoulder and wrist was suffering and it was looking like I was going to have to give in and hire a spray gun to do the rest.

My stubbornness got the better of me though and so I decided to continue (by hand) and start the next side...the final side last Monday.

After having most of the week off prior, to recover from my aches and pains, I got a start on the final leg and did another 2 panels...woohoo I was determined to finish the fence and soreness wasn't going to get the better of me

On Tuesday,

I needed a change of scenery, and wanted to do the front panels just to lift the look of the house (so to speak) and given that the one on the right side of the picture needs another coat (the clouds started rolling in), I'm loving how it's matching the colour of the garage doors

here's a closer look

By Wednesday the rain continued and I was trapped indoors :( which stopped me from doing anything outside.

The rain continued for the rest of the week just lightly at first but enough to stop me from painting

With Easter and the school holidays upon me, I'm not sure when I'll be finished now! 

Ho hum, I'll just have to do it whenever there's a break in the clouds even if I only get to do 1 panel at a time

Bye for now, have a wonderful Easter break and stay safe 

Show us your Alfresco!

After being convinced by my lovely friend Renee (from our local Homeone forum and neighbour), who said that I should enter the McDonald Jones Homes 'Show us your Alfresco' competition to win $1000, I hesitated at first and then thought bugger it, I will

As much as we just looooove our home, we tend to use the alfresco more than any other room not just for entertaining, but just to sit out there on a nice day and have our late afternoon drinks overlooking the pool and then dinner whilst watching the telly!

I'm not sure if the photo I chose will win (after all I just did it for fun), but it would be nice to know that others would think it's worth it

I could've sent in about 100 photos (I'm always taking them), but your only allowed 1 and given that I haven't got a wide lens as yet, this one shows a bit of the pool area that we see whilst sitting on the outdoor lounge


So if you think we have a chance to win, please vote for us by visiting http://woobox.com/ye2w7i

Competition closes on the 8th Feb at midnight

Thanks

In the news!

Hey guys,

I thought it was time I share what happened to me a little while ago.

I received an email from the marketing manager of our estate asking if I would mind if he ran an article of our build to be published in our local 'Estate News Paper'. After finding me via our local thread in the HomeOne forum (to which he found my blog), he found our build quite unique to the area and wondered if I minded sharing what we've done and the reasons why we chose to build in the area.

After thinking long and hard about it, I agreed to do it.

I thought it would be nice to share with many locals that may not know about the forum, nor what we've done, that are going through the building stage at present who also have the numerous questions (we once had) they want answered but don't know how to go about finding them and hopefully inspire them to create their very own 'Private Oasis'

I find myself overwhelmed with the response from people who have viewed my blog through the article who have left emails (via the contact form on the blog) and even having people stopping us in the street and commenting.

It sure is nice to be recognised for our efforts in making this, one of our best homes to be truly proud of, and even though they got the idea of Geoff and I being 'home renovators' wrong (although I have thought about it), and for some reason the photo of the huts mirror reversed...(ah did you notice straight away like I did?), I still think it was worth it.

And kudos to me for giving McDonald Jones Homes and Clipsal (not that they needed it of course) a plug hey lol!