Bathroom Shaping Up
It’s been all systems go at the renovation of our Californian Bungalow in Sydney. Architect’s drawings The roofers were there last week and have finished tiling the roof. We asked that the old tiles,...
View ArticleOdds and Ends
And another week begins! Last week was a busy one as we move closer to Christmas and start to get to the pointy end of our own home renovation. Lock Up I spent the week in the car, or so it seemed. Not...
View ArticleGrout should not be ignored
Renovating a bathroom or kitchen? Chosen all your tiles? What a releif, you can now sit back and let the tiler do his thing. Wrong! Once you’ve chosen your tiles the next thing you need to choose is...
View ArticleBuilding a new bathroom
We have been back in our renovated Californian Bungalow now for 4 months. And as we still chip away at our “To Do List”, I am excited to finally reveal the main bathroom. We bought our house 10 years...
View ArticleThe downstairs loo
Part of our renovation involved a new toilet downstairs. It will service the pool, the garden and also my studio. Laundry with downstairs toilet being built Space was at a premium and there was no room...
View ArticleLet your light shine
The renovation of our Californian Bungalow on Sydney’s North Shore is, for all intents and purposes, “finished”. If you’ve renovated, or loved a house, you will understand that renovating is never...
View ArticleFashionable Formica
What comes to mind when you hear the word “Formica”? For me it’s an old kitchen table dating back to the 1960’s just like the one I used to eat at for just about every meal of my childhood. It had a...
View ArticleStaring at the toilet
It’s one of my biggest bugbears. You know when you look into a bathroom and the toilet stares right back at you. And if that bathroom is seen as you enter a home or on your way through the home to the...
View ArticleWhen space is at a premium
Not all of us have the luxury of living in expansive homes with spacious rooms to decorate. Many of my clients wish their rooms had an extra square metre or so. Unfortunately we can’t always knock down...
View ArticleRecent Interiors and Exteriors
Before After It’s taken me a week and a bit but I’ve finally uploaded to my website, photos of interiors and exteriors which I have completed this year. Before After My lovely friend and talented...
View ArticleBathrooms, bathrooms and more bathrooms
Did you grow up in a house with one bathroom? I did. These days it seems there are just as many bathrooms as bedrooms in houses and not every bathroom is the same. Like all renovations, the end user...
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