Category: House
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What I’ve been up to (creatively)
I’m working on our family photo book and I realised I’ve actually been feeling very creative the last few months … I’m so darn tootin’ proud I’ve decided I’d show it off! So go away if you like or just sit back and let me bask in the glory of me. 1. Thanksgiving table I…
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Bloody Brilliant – episode 4
Motion sensor lights I can’t deny – I’m totally into home automation. It probably helps that I’m married to a geek, but I still think it would excite me regardless. Thanks to Bye Bye Standby we have a number of things in our house working more efficiently. For instance, during the holidays I’m able to…
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Time to clean the path
Never realised the concrete was dirty until I was able to write in it with the pressure washer… And thanks to my dad, I was able to use our rain water tank and no mains water because of the awesome submersible pump he got us. But now I guess I have to clean the path!
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Fab idea!
Found on apartment therapy: Hidden Storage for the Smallest Spaces Small Space Solutions So can you guess what design dilemma is solved by these two pieces? At only 32 x 22 x 6, they pack a hidden storage punch far beyond their diminutive footprint. In fact, these pieces can dramatically extend the functionality of even…
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Our veggies!
Look how well they’re doing! 🙂
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The back yard
Since Andrew will upload photos to twitter but not here (even though shozu can send to our blog with the touch of ONE button) it’s obviously up to me! Â ;-P You’ll notice there is a strip missing in the middle. Â Unfortunately we have a rather stubborn concrete path and we need to hire a breaker…
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Dirty girl…
We’ve started work on the garden. We’ve pulled up all the turf and are rotovating/rototilling. Then we rake and lay new turf! Here are a few (filthy) photos. More to follow.
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Luther’s First Birthday
Here are some photos from our Birthday/Housewarming party. These are by no means all and I’ll try to post some more later. He’s actually watching tv, I’m ashamed to say (it IS BabyTV) … but how cute is he??? Click for more! –>
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It’s so big when you look at it like that
Andrew and I sat down and wrote a list out of the things we need to do on the house. (Unfortunately) this is not an exhaustive list as we’re always thinking of other things to do (like plant our potatoes)… If you have any particular skill and would like a free meal feel free to…
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You’re in the country now…
You know you’re in the country when you look out of your kitchen window and see this in your front garden… and I love it!!