Last week I gave you the first real peak of our new home and a few before and “after” shots…Well, I should have called them before and “during” shots really, because this week a delay with builder having the lounge ceiling finished and ready for us to paint meant that we decided to completely change […]
Archives for July 2013
Renovating – Week 2… {The first proper peak}
It has been a crazy few weeks here in the Flutter household!I kind of feel like I’ve been sucked into a void away from the rest of the world. One that’s covered in plaster dust and paint splatters. Each day rolls into the other in a blur of sanding, scraping, painting, dealing with about 9 […]
29/52…
** A portrait of my children once a week, for 52 weeks… Daddy got home this week and I think this photo makes really clear the level of adoration you two have for him…Seriously, I’m not allowed to do a thing for you guys on weeks where he is home. He gets to be the […]
Fun with Plaster…
A few days ago I showed you the fun we were having with asbestos plaster… Unfortunately those were not the only plaster “features” we had that I wanted to get rid of to try and give our house a more sleek modern finish. They were however the easy ones… because apart from the dent in […]
28/52…
** A portrait of my children once a week, for 52 weeks… Hear that? – That is the sound of silence… Bliss! I needed to get some work done on the house preparing for the painting… So what did I do to keep you quiet? Open a new box of lego I’d been saving for […]
Fun with asbestos… (with before shots)
After we put in the offer for our house, two of the ceilings in the home tested positive for containing asbestos in the “decorative plaster finish.” Fun! We decided not to let this put us off because we knew that asbestos in only a problem if it’s disturbed and broken up. We were also planning […]
Renovating – Week 1…
Well… we are into the first week of ripping our new home apart…I’m not sure what to say really, but oh my goodness what a project we have bitten off! I feel in many ways like I’ve spent the last week chasing my tail as it is currently a little hard to see where we’ve […]
Home Sweet Home…
Well… yesterday was a break-out-into-a-crazy-dance-with-excitement day for us here Flutters!!! Who could think that picking up such a tiny, seemingly insignificant object could hold so much excitement, anticipation and hope?!…But it did… it soooo did… Yep, that there is the key to our future folks – The key to our new home.And hopefully our new forever […]