Boys Bedroom Progress

I have managed to get quite a lot more done recently. Thank you second trimester energy boost! The boys bedroom has been my main focus at the moment and even though it's not quite done yet we have made a lot of progress. I have painted their floor and my husband has installed some new wardrobes from Bunnings which are great. The kids also had a big toy cull so now all their toys have a place in their room. No excuses for messy floors (yeah right lol).

I also bought them a new computer desk and chairs and decided to paint their bookcase to match. I am really loving the bright pop of yellow against the white and black :)

Next is to install their new curtains and make them a house bunk to match the girls one. That may take awhile though as we have quite a few other jobs to do in the meantime and with Christmas approaching a lot of our money is going on that at the moment! 

Well off I go to finish filling the bookshelf :)

Changing Things Already!

Not a whole lot to report. We are still waiting on a time when the roofing guy and electricians can both make it so no work yet on the roof or electrics. We have however hung some new sheer curtains (Vivan from Ikea) and I adore them! They let so much light into the dining/lounge area whilst still giving us privacy.

I also decided to change the fireplace from Malay Grey to Vivid White. I just felt it brightened the room up more and provided a better contrast with the hearth and fireplace surround:

I also finally got around to painting the last wall in the boys room. I'd fallen pregnant before finishing the room off and have only just started to feel back to normal! 16 weeks pregnant today and my first hospital appointment is next week. I am really hoping my 20 week scan will be booked in then too so I know when we can find out the bub's gender. I have strong boy vibes so curious to see if I am right. I don't really care what we have and we already have two of each anyway but I still love finding out. Such a nice halfway surprise given I am really not a fan of pregnancy. I think that surprises people because of how many children we have chosen to have but whilst I love the result and am grateful I am able to have children, I still don't really enjoy the process beyond the scan and kicks. 

Off now to do the boys floors so we can install some cupboards and get their room tidy!

Fireplace and Boys Room

Progress has eased off a little of late. We are currently still waiting for the bank to (hopefully) approve a small loan so we can get the roof done and the house rewired. However we have still managed to get a few things done :)

I bought some gorgeous seeded linen from The Remnant Warehouse and a sewing machine from Spotlight and made some curtains. So far just the one pair but I bought enough fabric to do all the windows in the Dining/Lounge areas.

We also fixed up our fireplace. I was hoping to be able to make the space inside usable for shelves or something but it was revolting and would have taken a lot of work and sanding bricks. Maybe if we'd done it before painting but with the room almost done we decided to just block it up.

Lastly I also started painting the boys room. So far the walls are black as chosen by them and one feature wall I have painted with constellations for my astrophysics loving boys:

Hopefully in the next few weeks we will be able to make the boys bunks, paint the floor of their room and install their wardrobes!

Busy!

I've been slack again but we have also been very busy. It was Willow's first birthday this month. A year that has absolutely flown by. I am so glad we went back for another baby even though it seemed insane with our other kids older and more independent. Why would you go back? people asked us a lot. We don't know, sheer madness perhaps? Whatever the reason we are very glad we did :)

We have mostly been busy doing up the girls room. I have a few more things to arrive and I will do a proper before and after but for now here are some photos of our journey so far.

First step was painting the walls and floor. I got my husband to tape the wall out because I hate taping so much. I don't think he likes it either but he still did it for me haha. Thank goodness for a patient husband that goes along with my harebrained schemes. Here is the feature wall just after painting before we did the other walls and floor:

Then I added black spotty wall stickers to the white triangles:

Here's the room after painting before furniture (door still isn't painted):

Then I added some wardrobes which are actually flat pack pantries from Bunnings. Most cheaper wardrobes just had mostly hanging space (no Ikea here :( ) and we wanted to screw them into the wall to make them more built in. Here they are before doors:

I added some decoration and a shelf for all my daughters shopkins. Willow helped me put the books away by removing them as I was putting them in:

And finally my favourite is this bed that I asked my husband to build. I am so in love with it and impressed with him! 

So that's what I have been up to :) Pretty much everything has come from Bunnings, KMart and Fantastic Furniture. The bedding which I adore is from Cotton On.

Working Hard

It's been a bit longer than I meant for it to be. I've been quite sick so work stalled a little bit. We still haven't quite finished the floor! Here's a quick photo though of how it looks. It's so hard to take a good pic given how tiny the room is but I did my best haha.

The plan is to finish the floor off this weekend and then hopefully next weekend we should be able to start on the boys new room :)

Getting Our Hands Dirty

We started work today on the "Master" bedroom, and it feels so good to finally be able to do something. Had a quick trip to Bunnings last night for the paint, plaster fill and brushes/rollers so that we were prepared. I ended up changing my mind on the paint colour (I always change my mind haha) and went with French Limestone. I love the look of it so hopefully it's just as nice on the walls! The Pale Sage was just a little darker than I had wanted whereas this colour is lighter but still the green I wanted.

Then yesterday morning we emptied the room out of the kids toys. This turned out to be a bigger job than I thought as there were toys all over the ground and then we had to find places to put them all whilst we worked!

After the room was clean we set out with a heatgun and scraper removing the wooden name sign and butterflies that were on the wall from when it was Ashley's room. We also took down shelves and picture hooks.

Next we filled in the holes and cracks with plaster filler and went on a trip to KMart whilst it dried. The boys were desperately in need of new clothes as they won't stop growing and Willow needed a few more winter clothes. I also stopped in at Harvey Norman for a look. I could browse the furniture there all day I reckon. They have some really nice stuff but not really in our meager budget ;)

When we returned home my husband sanded the walls whilst I fed Willow but unfortunately not all the plaster had dried so painting couldn't start until today.

The walls are now done :D but pictures will have to come next time sorry!

Making a Start

I'm going to make a start on the renovations by doing up the smallest room (our soon-to-be bedroom). I am so excited to finally have something to do on the house haha. This room will be easiest to start with as at the moment it's just full of toys in containers. My daughter was sleeping in there but she was lonely so we moved her bed into the boys room for a temporary fix until Willow was old enough to share with her. I currently co sleep whilst I breastfeed so it will be a little while yet but not too long.

So this weekend I plan to unscrew shelves, remove the butterfly decorations from the walls and paint. I'm currently thinking of going with Pale sage by Dulux:

I think a soft green is a good choice for a bedroom and this colour is nice and light. Given the room is so tiny anything too dark would make it feel like a cave I reckon.

This room is also the only one without floorboards. We think it used to be the laundry before they moved it out to the shed. I've found some laminate boards I like at Bunnings though which should match pretty well and most importantly are affordable!

I'll be sure to take pictures whilst I work! Hopefully it won't take very long given it's size. One advantage to a small house haha.