The spotted gum cladding, an element of the house we were really looking forward to seeing, was delivered to the site in about March, ready to be applied. Well, after 4 months of sitting around, it is finally going on, and we are pretty pleased with how it looks.
Most of the lights are now installed, with the exception of the upside down numbers, (which are sitting, in pieces, in the pantry). This is the 2nd living area/ play room:
In keeping with the spotted gum theme, the high cupboards in the kitchen are of the same, seen here with the only real colour in the house, the green kitchen cupboards and the new cooker. I've spent the last 12 months using an electric cooker with a psychotic personality and the 12 months prior to that with a toaster oven, so you can be sure I can't wait to fire this baby up. Got to love cooking with gas.
More spotted gum in the kitchen, and the handsome italian light which made it here from germany in the post in nothing more than a flimsy cardboard box. I didn't consider the possible logistical problems in shipping a 1.8m long light when ordering it online....
We have a study "nook" in the master bedroom, which was designed to re-use a pre- existing sewing-computer bench we had constructed out of ikea kitchen stuff. The house had already been built when I finally realised that the bench for the space was 2.4m long and the space in the house was 3.3m..... we have still re-used the cabinets, but had to have a new bench top made. I'm now considering creative options for a 2.4m long kitchen benchtop.
Hopefully the next post will show everything looking totally schmiko, but don't hold your breath!
