After living through the dusty hell of having every wall in our house re-plastered and finished, I can hopefully be forgiven for being a tiny bit precious about putting holes in my new walls. The difficulty I have with hanging stuff on the walls is …
I don’t know what a confit vessel is, but I do know that a mustard {er…. CAMEL} vase was exactly what my bedroom needed to balance out the blue accents. I’m pretty sure I could furnish my whole house at Freedom, my lounge is desperately …
Sometimes I catch myself only posting pictures and NO content. Other times I post content that has zero personality and zero personal tidbits. I’m fairly sure blog-readers like personal tidbits, if you didn’t you would read newspapers and memoirs of aircraft engineers instead. So. Now …
There is an antique shop in Kumeu that I have been driving past for the last 4 years. I have even parked outside with the intention of going in then thought twice and kept going {I have a silly paranoia about going in to 2nd …
Ahh the joy of a house without window coverings and the condensation it brings. At least it’s pretty right? Healthy, meh. That’s Dad on the window sill, hi Dad! Today we paint Ethan’s room. Thank god. He has been sleeping in our bed this week …
Things are happening! Yesterday was about as good as a Monday gets, or at least better and more calm than last Monday. We can now find our clothes, shoes and television! A good 35% {I would say} of the interior plastering and painting has been …
So busy. So tired. So stoked. We have; Pulled out the old front fence (Dave and some lovely rugby dads did this two days after we moved in!) Cut down some trees Had a new front fence built – gate still to come Had the …
We have been enjoying some beautiful flowers from friends and family this week as we settle in to our new home. These orchids are my favourite flower, I almost can’t comprehend cutting them to add to a bouquet, but someone else did and I love …
I was completing a survey tonight and at the end I finally got to answer the question that has been plaguing me for years. We are now living in a home that we own. I can’t even begin to describe how monumental that feeling is …