Subway Tiles and Fans

As our move in date gets closer we can't help but be a little nervous

about the house being ready.

Still a lot to do.

Floors will start being polished on Monday.

Fingers crossed that they pull it all off.

Subway Tiles

Laundry

Kitchen Splash

Kitchen Splash

Kids Bathroom Mirrors

Ensuite Mirrors

Ceiling Fans

Handrails on the Deck

Have a great weekend and pray for sunshine for us 

next week.

Mekaela  xx

Decorating Boys Rooms

Decorating little children's rooms is easy.

They don't really get a say and there are so many cute things around

the only difficulty is choosing.

As they get older, pre teens it becomes a little more difficult.

I have started a navy,  white , red with a little linen / neutral colour

scheme for my boys.

Bunting and lots of stars for the little one.

My 11 yr old is a bit more challenging.

I bought him a red school locker from ebay

and have asked his cousin to do a big graffiti style art

work of his name on a canvas.

Hopefully has the cool factor they like.

And I like these Union Jack cushions that are around
at the moment.



This one I think I need to have in each room

Love these big floor cushions too.
I wanted to put a big reading chair in their rooms but
these would be a great alternative if room is tight.

Love cushions, pile them high.

Off to deliver fans and kitchen pendant lights to the house.

Happy Tuesday

Mekaela xx

It's Here

After racing around on Friday doing endless house stuff,
I arrived home to findI had missed the posty,
 so I raced down to the post officein the hope I wouldn't
have to wait till Monday, and it was there

Staying safely in the box till the move.

Hubby is going to buy me the ice cream attachment for Mother's day.

The final details in the house are all coming together this week.

We have the floors booked in next Monday.

So fingers crossed and pray that the rain stays away.  PLEASE.

There is still a lot to do but the builder seems confident.

And then, let the painting begin!

We opted to do the walls and trim to save a little money.

So I will have a paint brush attached to me for the next couple of 

months.

Happy Monday

Mekaela xx

Reflection

This reflection came in our school news letter yesterday.

Reflection.

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but

by the moments that take our breath away.

I have been so busy lately but am going to try to take some

time over the weekend to breath.

I am heading down to the house today to view the work that

has been done by the tilers and painters.

Lets hope my breath is taken away.

Happy Friday

Mekaela xx

Going Stemless

We have a little joke in our house that everytime my

Mum comes to stay she  breaks a glass.  ( sorry Mum)

She somehow manages to break the stems on wine and champagne glasses.

So I've decided to go stemless.

I saw some like these featured on Oprah a couple of years

ago and have been keeping an eye out for some.

Country Road has some like these

But I am kind of keen on the straight edge and flat bottom.

The top ones are from the USA, not sure if I trust them

in the post.

Let me know if you have seen any.

Hubby is also keen on some stemless red wine glasses.

Causal elegance

Happy Thursday

Mekaela xx

Fit Out.

We are progressing to the final fit out stage of the inside of the house.

The house is full of tilers, plumbers, painters and the builders
 so today I am keeping right away.

 I can't wait to get down there Friday to see the progress.

I always feel nervous about having made the right choices on things
 and it is great to see things actually fall into place.

The pathway and some concreting were due to happen tomorrow
but here is the rain again.
Seems every time something needs to be done outside it rains.

I am keeping busy packing boxes, our house is turning into a bit of a box maze.

Also sewing up some new cushions and covering an ikea ottoman in some lovely

Laura Ashley fabric I found to go on our new lounge we ordered from Freedom yesterday.

It is one of their new ones,  Dalton, in a linen blend.

So comfy.

It won't arrive until after we move in but as there will be painting to do that is probably

not a bad thing.

Also putting together some things for the kids bedrooms.

Found some great bedding bargains from BB&T and Adairs.

I was given some money from my family for my birthday to purchase one of these

I have ordered it and just waiting for it to arrive.

Mekaela xx

Putting it all together

I have been looking for some inspirations for putting it all together.

Furniture, how much, how big?

What colour to paint the inside walls?

Some pretties from Sarah Richardson

I'm hoping that the stairs will resemble something close to this.

We went up to the house yesterday to have a quick look at what

 had been done during the week.

The light was bad and my camera on my iphone is not working all that well due

to the fact that I dropped it and smashed the screen. :-(

It's both exciting and nerve racking to see everything start coming together.

Did we make the right choices?  Will it all look ok?

So far I am really happy.  Of course there are things I would have done a little differently

if we had an unlimited budget.

This week we can look forward to seeing the doors go in, the stairs go in.

Fire place, and all the skirt and architraves.

And the next couple of weeks the tiles and painting. Wow, almost there.

Off to pack some more boxes.

Have a great Sunday

Mekaela xx