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| Sunroom |
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| Living Room |
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| Kitchen |
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| Main Bedroom ceiling |
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| Door to Ensuite |
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| Ensuite |
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| Mudroom, Bathroom |
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| Laundry, entry |
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| Doorway to kitchen/living room |
Our Little Cottage Home ~ Renovation of an Australian country cottage. Our DIY project was begun in July 2012 to create a sunny comfortable home for our family of four (and sometimes more). A Carpenter, Designer, Artist and Teenager (the muscles).
Friday, October 19, 2012
Planks and knots
Studio Update I
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| poor little studio :( |
Ok, so obviously it cannot stay where it is! With one corner stuck in the mud and a distinct lack of any foundations, my little studio needs to be lifted up and carefully reassembled in a safer location
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| you can see the amount of earth that had to be scraped away from the eastern side hello termites, goodbye termites |
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| Ooo, fancy. A panorama of a derelict shed. Wait, that's my future house! |
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| I like good ventilation but this might be going too far... |
It will be closer to the house (in case of emergency laundry access) but also, it is likely to take a while for me to save my pennies for a kitchen and a bathroom.... so I'll be be living like a squatter and sneaking in to use the main house amenities until the Ginger Kelly Studio Studio is complete.
This is the studio space as I imagine it, using the existing frame.
Now, if money were no object...
I'll keep you posted
xox
Things are heating up
Now we are really lagging behind with posting photos! These are from weeks ago... dated 15th Sept! A month later and I still have to sort through all the 'recent' shots that are no longer recent. In the past few weeks the cottage has changed dramatically
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| the addition of a window to the laundry nook |
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| the old breezeway has become The Mudroom |
Building site photos are overwhelming me lately.
I need more inspiration photos...
...and something brass to adorn our welcoming front door...
back to reality
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| New frame for the new roof is complete |
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| Future site of my studio |
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| Look at all that cladding Dad 'borrowed' from my studio...grrrr |
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| the morning tea ritual |
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| the garden is going to be a haven in summer... when the building site becomes a home |
though we all agreed to put the garden planning aside until we move in...
I cannot help but dream
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| love gardens like this |
Monday, October 8, 2012
Timber Lining
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| another view of the living room... bedrooms are down the tiny hallway |
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| insulating and lining the living room |
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| the sunny kitchen corner |
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| french doors out to the garden where the wisteria is in full bloom. The air is thick with bees right now |
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| the termite proof mudroom and bathroom |
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| I'd be happy leaving the walls like this :) |
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| my temporary bedroom |
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| and looking slightly to the right... this is where the teenager will be sleeping for a few months |
The vertical lining boards are so beautiful! I would have been happy leaving them just as they were, or with a light whitewash, pale stain or just painting the entire room white...
while I'm thinking this
mum is thinking...
not that there's anything wrong with that...
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| lining the main bedroom |
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| and the ensuite has taken shape |
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| the salvaged windows will look better with (alot) of sanding/repainting |
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| master bedroom east window |
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| ensuite |
a few ideas for bathrooms...
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| I love the all white look |
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| my favorite color for the bathrooms so far |
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| country cottage style |
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| from the living room, looking towards kitchen & doors to garden |
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| snug as a bug |
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| look at these floors! a little dusty right now but what would possess anyone to cover them up with a smelly carpet? |
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