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March 11, 2012

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So it begins.

Cleaned out and ready to go!

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Ikea Hack!

Sometime about 3 years ago, my daughter asked me for guinea pigs as pets. I said… "maybe when you're six years old"... thinking she'll forget about it and we will have moved on to something else by then. Well… it was a definite mummy-fail of the highest proportion because not only did she not forget… she's been telling everyone who will listen how she is getting guinea pigs when she's six. *ugh* I don't have the heart to make up an excuse as to why I'm dashing her dreams at such a young age. Add to this, a multi-tool for Xmas, my relatively recent discovery of Pinterest and BAM - the skills, tools, inspiration and rapidly approaching deadline of late July to have everything ready for my daughter's birthday. In the last blog, you saw the beginnings of the indoor guinea pig hutch…. remember this? Well, it now looks like this… Wanna know how I did it? First, I removed the drawers and the drawer hardware.

Floor Day!!

It's 5AM and I'm wide awake. Crazy? yes. Maybe it's just the excitement of the day which makes me unable to go back to sleep. It's floor day! The guys will be here at 8am (ish) to install the new hall floor and I can't wait! Five months after I started, I am now getting close to the finish line. Here are the before shots. Because I have no patience, once I cleaned out the hallway of paint cans and such, I just had to lay down a little bit of floor. The floor looks black but it's actually coffee stained oak. The spindles are almost done and stairs have begun. I was initially very certain I wanted white stairs and now I'm not. While the white does look very nice, it also shows every single speck of dust, dirt and fallen hair. I don't think I can take it. SO, the question is.... what colour to paint it?? I would probably keep the stair rises in white but what colour would you paint the treads?? I am open to suggestions. Please!

Long Time, No Talk! or Paint Fail.

There has been progress. Really! Slow progress but progress nonetheless. Ready for the big reveal? I've painted!! I know it's hard to see the colour but it is called Gooseberry Fool 5 from Dulux at Homebase. (in case you're wondering). It's a very soft green/gray colour which will look very green in some light and very gray under different light. It's very calming. In fact, when I was finished, I commented to Paul that I felt very calm walking into the house now, even with the chaos of paint cans, ladders and everyday living crap underfoot. I have now finished three coats on all the walls which gives it such a depth of colour. I love it! I just have to get the trim done (Cream White by Crown paints) and then we will FINALLY be ready for the floor! I have also finished two coats of primer paint on the stair spindles. It looks SO GOOD! It's such a change which has lightened up the whole area. The area under the stair railings is also do

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