I'm finally back in the land of electricity! We had an absolutely wonderful camping trip with our whole family and friends of the family. We stayed at friends of my parents called Elm Grove Mountain Retreat and it was magic. What I call a real holiday, and I didn't even miss having no electricity (or flushing toilets!!!).

So back to reality...work, preparing Ryan for "big school" on the 2nd February (or should I say - preparing myself for Ryan starting big school!) and for my exciting news that I alluded to in my previous post...

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Yep...new baby on the way...

So another room to start working on. The following are my inspiration pictures for the babies room.

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I have had the one above in my favourite image file for awhile. Take a look at Katrina's take on this...fantastic.

So there you have it...a very busy year ahead for our little family.

Hope everyone has a fantastic year ahead.

Didn't realise I had been MIA for so long! But this is what has kept me occupied...the dreaded "wall" room from my previous post. In hind sight it might have been easier to completely remove the wall and put up a new one. But I persisted and the following are some sneak peeks...yes the room still isn't completely finished! Just need to get the carpets cleaned and then decorate but almost there.

And I will be back soon with some very exciting news...

Old homes are so much fun! What I thought was going to be a quick make-over for my son's new bedroom has turned into a major job. We discovered some old water damage which we fixed up, then painted undercoat to smooth out the walls. The next day we found a huge bubble covering half the wall...needless to say this is now what the wall looks like (after a few hours of hand scrapping...thus the mess on the floor!). Back to bare plaster, and of course it isn't the normal gyprock but the old fashioned horse-hair plaster so can't be sanded to much. Will be back (hopefully) with some pretty pictures of this room soon.

Onto much nicer things...my lounge is missing something. I keep changing it around but just doesn't seem to feel right. I am going to get rid of the wing back chair and replace with chairs similar to the ones below. I am also on the look out for a lovely Aubusson rug. Some curtains would also be good. Does anyone have any suggestions for this room? It isn't used every day but is the first room you see when you come in the front door.

Don't you just love chalkboards...I finally finished this little project after admiring all the images that have been shown on some lovely sites/blogs, and with my shocking memory I thought this would be a great idea to put on the wall in the kitchen for reminder notes and dates...although my little man thinks it is also fun to draw dinosaurs eating the flower I drew on it!

A few more things to finish off in this room and then we are done...onto the next!

Some inspirational images I found.
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How gorgeous is this children's bedroom

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Gee even on 2 weeks leave I couldn't find time to maintain this blog! But I have managed to get so many things done and have enjoyed every minute of my time off. It is so much fun playing house, changing things around and spring cleaning.

Even the sewing machine came out. Thought I'd try my hand at making this simple little cushion out of hessian (my favourite thing at the moment). Actually turned out ok for my first try! Next I'm going to attempt a ruffle and some sort of detailing.

Spring is definitely here...twin goats born on the farm at my in-laws.

Such a nice way to spend a Saturday, morning tea of pikelets, jam & cream followed by lunch and then a spot of shopping at our local nursery. Even managed to plant some new vegies and my super fantastic parents bought some plants for our new garden at the back. Thanks for everything Mum & Dad...I hope they know how much I love them x.

We went for a lovely Sunday drive up the Blue Mountains today to drop off my niece who stayed with us the weekend and also to pick up this lovely little piece. I am loving the the colour of this little cupboard, it brings a little something to the family room that is mostly neutral, black & white. Will most probably change the handles but apart from that nothing else will be changing. Gotta love Ebay...

We have just had a very hectic weekend here, well the week leading up to the weekend was even more hectic with a few midnight bedtimes but that aside, my little munchkin turned 5 so we organised a Reptile Party for him and some friends on Saturday. Steve from Walkabout Reptiles was fantastic and I highly recommend him. So Sunday was clean up day and I potted around the back yard, digging in the vegie patch and created this little spot on the back verandah, just in time for a well deserved rest.

Can't wait for Tuesday night...the final of HomeMade. I have gone for Jason Sullivan, one of the finalist, since the show started, the following are some of the rooms he has designed.

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Progress made on the back garden...finally! Hurry up and grow little hedge...