I've been in such a panic for the past few weeks as nothing seemed to be happening with the baby's room but all of a sudden everything is coming together. I spent all day today (although now can't quiet walk!!) finally trying to set the room up and am quiet happy with how it is turning out. Still need a few more things like the beautiful quilt my Mother is making and the trim to finish off the curtains and maybe a few more things for the walls.

I haven't set the cot up in the room yet, only the bassinet for now until she is ready to be moved into the cot. Saves on space as well. The bassinet was mine that my Mum handed down to me as is the cot I've got.

With only 3 weeks to go I'm getting very excited to meet our new little bundle.

Two of the cushions above were a present from my very talented mother for my birthday in April and the other was a present from my Nan.

The picture over the bed is something that my Mum made for me. She made it in 1977 when I was just 2.

Have been busy, busy, busy and absolutely exhausted! We have almost finished painting the baby's room and I've been busy gathering "baby" things in preparation for our new arrival which should be in 10 weeks time.

I've been on ebay again...this chair is one of my latest purchases and am now on the look out for another similar to go in our front lounge.

This was also another ebay purchase but for the baby's room, a lovely reproduction wrought iron bed. My mother is making the quilt below for the room and I've also been collecting little vintage pieces. Can't wait to put it altogether.

Another project that is almost finished is Ryan's room and am quiet happy with how it is turning out. Although I'm not a fan of themed rooms for kids, we were having some issues in getting him to sleep & stay in his own room so I thought I'd try involving him in the decorating, he of course wanted dinosaurs, dinosaurs & yep you guessed...more dinosaurs. I must say that involving him has worked a treat and he absolutely loves his new room.

With only 4 months to go (and the fact it takes me so long to do anything) I really need to get started on the baby's room instead of looking at all these gorgeous images...or can this qualify as a "fact-finding mission?"

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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...