Starting to take shape

We just had a meeting with our builder out at the house to go over some final details.

The electrical work begins Wednesday and the gyprockers are booked for Friday.

The kitchen and bathroom vanities are booked for the 10th March, so fingers, toes and eyes crossed 

that all will run smoothly and on time.

A few piccy's

Entrance lights.  At the moment I have them on the front next to the windows either side of the front door.  Or should they go inside the alcove????

Happy with how the fixed windows turned out, the house is lovely and light inside.

The Pine river breeze keeps the house lovely and cool.

Can't wait to move in 

Mekaela xx

Turning 40

I decided to sneek away on the weekend and let turning 40 pass by quietly.

Not that I was worried about it, as they say life starts at 40.

But with all the building chaos in our life it was the easiest option.

We stayed at Peppers Salt resort and Kingscliff, lovely.

Hubby has promised our Ruby that he will buy an apartment there

when we win the lotto, she would move in in a heart beat.

My Mum and Dad came to stay with us for a couple of nights and 

my Mum and I snuck off for a few hours and ventured down to Bangalow.

What a little hidden treasure.

Completely fell in love with a shop called Island Luxe.

Apparently they have opened up another store in Byron Bay

I have misplaced my camera so have borrowed a  pic from Driftwood Interiors.

The dress on the stand is hand printed in Silk, completely Divine.

Having a background in textile design it caught my eye and as soon as my

little man passes the stage of rubbing messy fingers on my

 clothes I may go and buy one of her pieces.

I will get back to you on the designer , Mum wrote it down and am going to

do some research on her.

They also carry the Lee Mathews Label, which I have seen pop up in a few shops lately.

I worked for Lee for a while sewing and a little pattern making before I had my little man.

Such beautiful clothing.

The house is moving along quite quickly now, and alot of my spare time is being 

taken up rushing around organizing all the details and purchasing bathroom things

and lighting etc.

This is the last lot of photos I have taken but more has been done so 

will get down there this week to take some more ( as soon as I find that camera)

Is any one good at Bathroom Design out there, need to make final decisions on the

bathrooms today and having trouble..  Ahhh!!!

Too much pressure.

Have a great Day

Mekaela xx

Sweat Shop

The humidity here in Brisbane has been pretty high this week, I almost

thought we were going to get away with a not  so hot summer but 

seems it is just coming late.

As my garage / workroom heats up like a sauna  and I attempt staying cool with my

pedestal fan it makes my wish more that our house was finished so that

I can sew in the comfort of an air conditioned room.

My current work space is a bit of a messy disaster and as any sewer / crafter

knows you can never have enough storage.  

I keep hunting around for ideas so that I get it right.

I found this via the Ikea Hackers Blog.

I have been looking for a big table to go in the centre of the room, one that has
storage underneath

Perfect.

This is made up with Ikea Kitchen cabinets

They have used a glass top which is lovely but may just go with  melamine.

I love this space (think I have posted this one before)

I wonder if I could ever be this organized.

More Kitchen cupboards.

Beautiful, easy to see and dust free.

Love it.

Back to the sweat shop.

Have a great weekend.

Mekaela xx

New Girls on the Block

I was very honoured to be awarded the Marketeer of the Month at
the Butterfly Tree Markets on the Gold Coast in December.
Thank you to all the lovely shoppers who voted for me.
I will be back down there This Sunday 6th Feb.
If you are around pop in and check out some of the amazing talent.


New blondies or at least  alighter brown.  I attempted some blondies a while back but they

were a bit yellow so these are my new version.

New fabric range too, very sweet.

Amelia

 Emily

Amy

 Flower buttoned shoes.

                                        

Pencil Rolls have had a little makeover too.

The ribbon tie on the old version looked lovely but a bit fiddly to handle.

So I came up with this idea some time ago and finally got around

to trying it out.  Works like a treat.

Love this cute little Elephant fabric.

The insides have had a bit of a lift too. :-)

The cute Squirrel trees are still available on the website.

Hope everyone is having a lovely Wednesday.

Thoughts and prayers are going out to those effected by the weather up north.

Mekaela

A Roof

We have a roof, and some windows and some cladding.

The floor will hopefully go down sometime in the next week or two so am praying that the 

rain stays away till the outside is all closed up.

Trying to be patient, not very successfully :-)

My little man decided the garage is going to be his new room.

Whenever we go out to see the house he says

"I don't want to go home I want to live here".

Me too little Buddy. Me too.

Mekaela xx

Tomorrow I will be posting an market update and also some pics of 

some lovely new things from Ruby & Belle

Orgaized Inspiration

My New Years Resolution, well one of them anyway, is to become more organized.

As we are currently renting some of the ideas I have will have to wait until we move into the new 

house, but I have decided to start finding some inspirational pictures to get me ready.

My first project will be de cluttering the house and not packing "stuff" into boxes.

PB

Let's see how much of this actually happens.

My Ruby is even more messy than me, if that were even possible.

So I am looking for some fun and inspiring ways to get us both into

a better routine.

Still wish we had Pottery Barn here, but will have to make do with ikea and Howard's Storage.

Still Loving Blue

The house is a little quieter with the big kids back at school today.

I love having them home but also love it when they go back :-)

The roof went up on our house last week so will try and get out there in the

next  couple of days to take some pics.

I have pretty much finished up with the kitchen design or at least I thought  I had until

Veranda House blog posted these pics of J Lo's kitchen, so beautiful.

I was tempted to go back and start over, but would like to remain married :-)

How stunning is this, but I feel that it would only be done justice if it was painted wood.

I don't think a vinyl wrap would quite have the same amazing appeal.

But it would fit perfectly into our house design.

Oh well next house.

A couple of things on my kitchen wish list.

Could someone please tell me why these are more than twice the price here as they are in the U.S

Crazy.  Also I found this lovely colour Glacier Blue but is only available in the UK as far

as I can see.  Shame.  

Some lovelies from Dualit.

How much is too much to spend on a toaster?????

I do love a little colour co-ordination :-)

Enjoy your day.

Mekaela xx