Slowing getting there...

We always said, after we got married we'd start painting and finishing off the rooms with curtains. So, the week after our honeymoon down in Yallingup, WA, we started the long task of sealing the walls and then painting them. So far we've managed to paint the front hallway, back hallway, study, theatre, kitchen, dining and living room. The curtains have been put up in the dining room and living room, with plans to finish off the curtains for the study and theatre over the Christmas break, as well as painting the master bedroom and ensuite. Please note, these photos were taken on my phone.

Sealer coat done to front hallway.

Sealer coat done to kitchen.

Sealer coat done to living room.

Sealer coat done to dining room.

Sealer coat done to back hallway.

Warren getting all the high bits for me! Even one coat of colour looks nice!

Kitchen painted with one coat of colour.

Living room with feature wall behind the TV done.

Dining room with feature wall done.

Theatre with feature wall done.

Front hallway finished.

Study finished, just needs curtains put up.

Theatre finished, just needs curtains put up.

Kitchen finished, and finally got some stools to put behind the kitchen bench!

Living room all finished. Only thing now to do is add some artwork or pictures.

Dining room looking good. Just needing some large artwork or something to finish it off.

Dining room looks nice and intimate now.

Back hallway all finished.

Plantastic!

It's been a little while since the lawn went down, and now we have plants in our garden beds! Minus a few chewed up sprinklers thanks to Chester, the garden beds are really looking good. The plants we chose are going to grow from 1.2m - 3m, so the space should fill up well.

We had a house warming party at the end of March combined with my birthday party. We received a lot of Bunnings gift vouchers and after our little trip down south we went shopping straight away! We now have a little herb garden, tropical garden and regular shrubbery garden around the alfresco.

We received a couple of house warming / my birthday gift plants.

House warming plant from Mum and Dad.

House warming plant potted.

Plant from Trevor and Andrea for my birthday.

We transplanted the mondo grasses to the left hand side of the driveway and planted new plants in front of the master bedroom.

Went to Bunnings to spend all the House Warming / Birthday gift cards on plants!

Now we finally have a herb garden to match our chef's kitchen!

Parsley, Mint, Basil, Dill, Coriander, Sage, Chili plant and Rosemary.

and after!

Tropical garden outside the theatre room. It's a start, still have 3/4 of the garden left to go.

Tool Time in the Shed

At last we got out Stratco Garden Master Shed delivered and built today. It didn't come with anchors, so Dad will help me by doing that on Thursday. The shed looks great and matches the fence posts nicely. Lastly, the electrical will need to be hooked up to the shed for a light and powerpoint. But in the meantime, it'll be good to pack some stuff away that's clogging up our Garage!

Next, soil for the gardenbeds, then some plants!

Mum and Dad came by on their way up from Dunsborough on Thursday 1st March 2012 and helped out by anchoring the shed. When Warren comes back from work, he will then sillicone around the inside to stop water getting in.

We have lawn, oh happy day!

We got the lawn, chicken poop and fertilizer dropped of Friday morning around 9:30am and was straight into it, prepping the soil for the lawn. My brother Kristn came around 10am and helped us lay all the lawn. In the beginning Warren was doing all the fiddly filling in holes job, but in the end I took over. Those lawn rolls are heavy! Almost forgot to call Water Corp about the extra watering, but made it just in time! The lawn requires watering three times a day for 35 days. Feels SO GOOD to have lawn.... but now for some soil for those garden beds... stay tuned!

The startings to a backyard

From Thursday to Saturday last week, Ben White (Mobile: 0408 086 373) who did our extra paving, created our limestone garden beds and outline of our shed pad. I would recommend anyone who needs paving, bricklaying or even landscaping to use Ben as he is reliable, does a fantastic job, and will come back if anything goes wrong straight away.

You can really see the backyard taking shape now and feel how big the backyard will be. The concrete is being laid for the shed pad today, my Dad is coming around on Wednesday to install reticulation and on Friday the lawn will be delivered and installed. It's an exciting time, as our dog Chester will be able to run and play on the lawn, rather than a huge dirty sandpit it has been over the past few months. It also means we can plan for a house warming party!! This may coincide with my birthday party.

Outline of shed pad

First row of bricks