We promised!!!

The outside of our house. The colours chosen were Solver colours Balsamic (door and window trims) and Quartz (general)..... Just waiting for a sunny weekend to paint!!!

There will be more pics we promise!

Today we moved some more furniture back in; my office stuff, and also now have the tv and stereo in its proper place (even hooked up to the aerial so we can watch tv!).
The garage is looking clearer.
Steve also painted the entrance way ceiling... not that it is totally clear where the ceiling ends and the walls begin.
Decisions required on floor coverings for family room and Shannon's room, and also light fitings for the same.

Our bedroom

Here's what we started with, once the furniture was out...






The carpet had to go.

and the diffusers moved in (along with a WIDE range of smell-neutralising aparatus)



Lots of plastering and painting later, we attained painted walls...

Cats and their friends

The previous owner loved cats. So much she owned (well fed) 16 feral, stray cats, each worse than the previous. Most left with the owner or were given to RSCPA. Only 1 remains (that we know of).

 Cats have fleas. Or at least these one's did. Take away the cats and the fleas get hungry. So... they ate us. I (Kayli) am currently winning the Grand Flea Bite Competition, sitting at a remarkable 70 points (or 70 bites) as of Tuesday.

The other rooms

The girls bedrooms didn't feature in the advertising pics.
Shannon's didn't have a ceiling, and only ran to three internal walls. Kayli's was all there, but ...
There was also a large entrance/hallway made very cluttered by a redundant door way with curtain.
The previous owner/s were skilled at using recycled materials. Just not necessarily well, nor ones that fitted, or matched. Nor at finishing things.

Outside

A lovely big yard, with orange, peach, apricot trees and grape vine.
Excellent fruit.
And a friendly contingent of native birds (including the sorts kiwis keep in cages!)

Bathroom (as it was)

Pretty much as it is, though we have painted the inside of the "window frame" that used to be an outside window and is now in wall to family room.
This room doesn't needed much more... except when you want to shower. At that point the lace in the sliding doors doesn't do a great job for privacy!

Laundry (as it was)

Hooray, not much to do here.
Removed the green and white fabric (which has left open cupboads which request us to do something with them).
The toilet is in a separate room, which isn't clear from the picture.

Our bedroom (as it was)

The carpet had to go (smelly and revolting), much plastering required.

Lounge (as it was)

Behind the bookcase is a hole in the wall, and behind the photographer is another hole. The carpet had to go (grotty underneath the rug) and sadly(!) the plasterer needed the wallpaper removed.

Kitchen (as it was)

There were lots of pictures of this; on account of it being one of the "finished" rooms... lovely country cupboards. The checked fabric and lace had to go (and quickly) and Steve and Shannon unearthed the pantry from the garage and put it together again.

Happily the mat wasn't hiding any indiscretions on this occasion, so pretty much what you see is what we got. (except for the mysterious vanishing shelves)

The window is a particularly interesting feature though... no glass in the nice wooden one, so they put another (ill-fitting but glazed) one on the outside of the house (we kid you not and will provide photographic evidence in another post). Shame about the gaps, but i guess if you have an excess of cats you needn't be afriad of mice!

The Family Room (as it was)

Just admire the strange sheeting like object where gib/gyprock should be. This was also mirrored in the opposite wall. There are beautiful "puzzle boards" on the ceiling.

As it was

These are some of the pictures from the real estate blurb... bear in mind that only the best angles were shown! And furniture cleverly hides holes in walls and other assorted oddities.

The project

We've bought a crazy-neglected house in Adelaide, and how we have broadband we can post the pictures of its journey (and pure nuttiness!).