floor and painting.

Well we've been really busy. Lev has given his work notice and we've decided to leave Bowen in December, or sometime over the summer. This puts a lot of pressure on us both to finish the house renovations. We've decided to get a local business to put in the cupboards for the kitchen which will save time and hopefully insure a good job is done. Before then we'll put in the floors and be making our own polished cement benchtops. Lev also needs to redo the stump underneath the kitchen floor, finish the roof, do the slab for the driveway. We also need to make the new room where the current kitchen is and do a million other things before we can leave. So much to do. And now we're also on the lookout for a new job for lev and I have uni work as well. It's going to be tight.

Here's what we've done this week.

lev removed the uneven floorboards...

...and is in the process of replacing them with ply.

that's my lev water skiing at beautiful Prossy Dam

julia heading out on the boat with her friend Grace.

abel back from his boat ride.

the days catch.

painting the veranda.

finished yay.

wall down.

we finally ripped the wall down!

before.



after. Looks so much better and has a nicer feel (more livable). Please dont judge my messy house!





we found these whilst working, a sixpence and what apears to be part of a
pendant or earring.  does anyone know what the yellow stone might be
 (set in silver, well worn, but not a scratch on the face of the stone)?
Lev also found a small perfume bottle and a bullet today :)





lev wants to share how digusting our water is. that's
our old filter next to the new one (after only 3 months).



i painted the front door frame today. not yet finished.

the colours we're chosen for the door and wall. grey and grey!

painted the fence too. same colour just
necessary maintenance.

lev digging levels, preparing for the arrival of a friends dingo (digger)
 for the slab and carport.

finally some real renovations.

Well, sort of. Spurred on by a feeling of time running out (it's not, we just panic sometimes) we decided to make a start on moving the kitchen upstairs. This is a big job. We're slightly insane. Lev's still finishing the roof, lining up the concrete slab for the driveway and has a few more stumps to do first. But the kids went to bed and we pulled up the carpet.

before. lev pondering over pie. 'I hate that f@#$% wall'

'i'll do it dear'

the house has interesting history.

lev fitted a new light in our bedroom. as you can see
he cut out the first hole and found a rafter.
its bogged up now.

we need some input on our front gate. the original plan was palings but
we've since been considering boxed corrugated iron. like the one below.
tell us what you think, and you could win something.