Oh so soft...

The carpet that is.

A final floor polish

The various tradies are starting to sign off: concrete floors - tick!

The kids have been told very clearly they are to remove their shoes on entry when we next visit (tonight on our way to W'bool, especially because the carpets will also be ready for viewing. I think I will be reasonably relaxed about such things once we move in, but because the move-in date is a little way away yet, I have a need to keep it pristine till then.

A light out of a box

We picked up our David Trubridge coral pendant. Well, we actually picked up a box of environmentally friendly packaged plywood pieces and then spent a merry Friday evening putting it together. Then we had a coral pendant and now it's hanging in our future entry.



Question: What's wrong with this photo?

Answer: There's nothing in it that still needs to be done (oh alright, except for the plastic wrap off the light). It seems that when the end is in sight, the to-do lists are getting longer!

The green, green grass of the backyard

All looking lovely and neat after Bill came with his slasher. Can you spot a) the pile of stuff that from which will emerge a three-bay shed? and b) the new water tank (close-up below)?

A sliding wall

Now it's open...

Now it's closed...

This sliding door/room divider took a lot of thought and Internet searches. In the original sketch from the architect it was 2/3 wall and a big sliding door for the last 1/3, but last Christmas, whilst sitting in Mum & Dad's large loungeroom with extended family we felt we really wanted the flexibility of a big room when we had a crowd over i.e. around the Christmas tree whilst maintaining the ability to make two quite separate rooms.

An end of September status report

September was to be the month in which the house was finished. Luckily, we are not waiting to move in at the earliest possible convenience. There is a lot finished. There is also a lot on the still-to-do list. New additions include:

A front door - Dulux Tristan



Shower screens



A new concrete slab awaiting water tanks but good for picnics in the meantime.