Yay my little house is going up for rent today. I feel very pround/nervous/releaved.
We have finally finished the renovations, which is the biggest relief. We have weekends back and a lot less to tiff over! Hooray! But it is also kind of sad. We have put so much effort into our little home over the last 10 months its sad to see someone else getting to move in and just enjoy it. Here is a little list of what we have gone through
o The first night we moved in we had a table top on one of the removal boxes to eat our take away pizza on
o Sugar soaping every wall/bench/shelf/nook and cranny(I just realised I hate that word, reminds me of fanny)
o Chipping away the evil tiles in the entry way-- which were glued straight to the pine floors—that took about a month of every night sitting there with a screw driver and hammer trying not to damage the floors only to realise that Boy was allergic to the glue so he had to be covered head to foot before going anywhere them!
o Pulling out all of the staples which covered the WHOLE house spaced about two inches apart. Yeh, figure that one out! One month, extemely ugly hands and a ruined posture!
o Having to camp out in the garden in the middle of winter while the floors were being sanded. We had a lounge room set up on our little (uncovered) deck. This had a TV, couch, bar fridge and a microwave – I have never eaten so much take away in my life (and I’m not talking good Chinese, oh no, we were poor, I’m talking dodgy pizza)!
o Cutting the phone line while sanding the floors so we had the home phone hooked up under the house… so many unanswered calls!)
o Taking down the walls in the kitchen only to have bug/rodent poo shower down on you – not nice sunshine shower either, I mean like full on Perfect Storm kind of shower!
o The mouse carcass that got stuck in the end up the vacuum cleaner while sucking up the mountains of shit fallen from our walls
o Trying to plumb in the new bathroom vanity but not having the right tools so boy had to cut through the brand new polished floors with a steak knife – kudos to him it turned out perfect!
o The bedroom being storage the lounge room being the bedroom and the dining room being the bedroom. Then the kitchen being the bedroom and the deck being the lounge/dining/kitchen. Then the bedroom being the bedroom and the lounge room being the lounge room and the dining room being the kitchen
o Gloss paint. That is all the needs to be said. EVIL.
o And lastly- Me deciding – the day before real estate agents came out to value the house - “how hard can it possibly be to replace a showerhead? Honestly, there are instructions on the back!” Only to tear the whole thing out of the wall and have to remove the window trims and half the wall to fix it. Gosh that was smart!
It has been a huge ride; we have learnt so much its kind of scary. Coming in to this I didn’t think it was possible to take out a wall unless you had builders a few thousand dollars! But alas, we have come through the other side with heaps of great memories, an amazing house and calloused hands. I have to thank Boy’s family for their continued help and 6 am phone calls asking if they have drill sets or if Jack of All Trades (Boy’s awesome Step daddy) could come over because we have no idea how to cut cornice or hang walls or do just about any of it!
Here are the photos from the real estate agent. Hooray!
o The first night we moved in we had a table top on one of the removal boxes to eat our take away pizza on
o Sugar soaping every wall/bench/shelf/nook and cranny(I just realised I hate that word, reminds me of fanny)
o Chipping away the evil tiles in the entry way-- which were glued straight to the pine floors—that took about a month of every night sitting there with a screw driver and hammer trying not to damage the floors only to realise that Boy was allergic to the glue so he had to be covered head to foot before going anywhere them!
o Pulling out all of the staples which covered the WHOLE house spaced about two inches apart. Yeh, figure that one out! One month, extemely ugly hands and a ruined posture!
o Having to camp out in the garden in the middle of winter while the floors were being sanded. We had a lounge room set up on our little (uncovered) deck. This had a TV, couch, bar fridge and a microwave – I have never eaten so much take away in my life (and I’m not talking good Chinese, oh no, we were poor, I’m talking dodgy pizza)!
o Cutting the phone line while sanding the floors so we had the home phone hooked up under the house… so many unanswered calls!)
o Taking down the walls in the kitchen only to have bug/rodent poo shower down on you – not nice sunshine shower either, I mean like full on Perfect Storm kind of shower!
o The mouse carcass that got stuck in the end up the vacuum cleaner while sucking up the mountains of shit fallen from our walls
o Trying to plumb in the new bathroom vanity but not having the right tools so boy had to cut through the brand new polished floors with a steak knife – kudos to him it turned out perfect!
o The bedroom being storage the lounge room being the bedroom and the dining room being the bedroom. Then the kitchen being the bedroom and the deck being the lounge/dining/kitchen. Then the bedroom being the bedroom and the lounge room being the lounge room and the dining room being the kitchen
o Gloss paint. That is all the needs to be said. EVIL.
o And lastly- Me deciding – the day before real estate agents came out to value the house - “how hard can it possibly be to replace a showerhead? Honestly, there are instructions on the back!” Only to tear the whole thing out of the wall and have to remove the window trims and half the wall to fix it. Gosh that was smart!
It has been a huge ride; we have learnt so much its kind of scary. Coming in to this I didn’t think it was possible to take out a wall unless you had builders a few thousand dollars! But alas, we have come through the other side with heaps of great memories, an amazing house and calloused hands. I have to thank Boy’s family for their continued help and 6 am phone calls asking if they have drill sets or if Jack of All Trades (Boy’s awesome Step daddy) could come over because we have no idea how to cut cornice or hang walls or do just about any of it!
Here are the photos from the real estate agent. Hooray!
This is the side of the house, not a great shot but you get the gist.
This is our bedroom with our fishies and our very squeaky King sized bed 
This is our pretty vanity which Boy picked up from the auctions for $260. He has good taste for a male, yes?
Lounge room - LOOK AT THOSE FLOORS PEOPLE! LOOK AT THEM!
And lastly, my beautiful pride and joy kitchen. You can see my little Cookie Knight down in the on the left hand side. He protects my cookies!
2 comments:
Congrats and ohmygod, I love your floors!
Arly and Boy....what a fantastic job you have done. The house looks awesome....you should be very proud of yourselves....
Aunty xo
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