Eat, Sleep, plant, repeat

So it’s been two years since we last touched base and as the title suggests, our new life essentially involves planting, planting and some more planting. 2020 gave us anxiety and uncertainty in equal measure, but also a whole heap of time to just… garden. So we upped tools, dug holes, flattened land and planted. […]

Planter Boxes

Another job we outsourced to Brix and what a result. The 25 metres of planter boxes span the entire front of the house and really finish this aspect off. The team moved on to the boxes after completing the retaining wall and we couldn’t be any happier with them. Filling them was a little trickier, […]

Retaining walls

It’s hard to get very excited about retaining walls. But they’re an expensive necessity when you’re living on a steep slope, made up mainly of loose clay. This one was a job we couldn’t tackle ourselves so it was time for a call to the boys from Brix. Cue a week made up mostly of […]

The water tank ‘problem’

First problem to tackle is our ‘beloved’ water tanks. These would usually be underground but thanks to some rough and ready tradies ours are not, so the choices were cover them in soil or make a feature out of them. After some time on Pinterest, some time in the library and a lot of time […]

Yardscaping

It’s been over a year now since we moved in and the question of what to do with the two acres of land that surrounds us is pretty much all we think and talk about. Most weekends are dedicated to the topic and activity. If Shane’s not mowing the never ending ‘lawn’, we’re digging, shovelling, […]

And we’re done… kind of. Mostly.

Apologies for the radio silence over the last few weeks, but the good news is… we’re in! A few little hiccups and teething problems to sort once we arrived but the interior is now complete and everyone is in, settled and going to the toilet where they’re supposed to [cat]. So the only thing left […]

One week to go

After last minute delays, a flurry of defects and many, many glasses of wine, it’s finally ‘moving in’ week. So it’s all hands to the pump as we bend over backwards to make sure the cat doesn’t notice anything unusual… It’ll all be ok. Right? A lot has been crammed into the last few weeks, […]

The Final Countdown

With under a month to go, it’s all getting a bit frantic. And a lot stressful. It’s a little like being a contestant on one of those makeover shows where each room is crammed with tradies and every one of them needs something from you. Whether it’s a decision or information or just more cash […]

Taking Shape

As we march towards a completion date, things are really starting to ‘take shape’ for our Napkin House. Most of the scaffolding is down and the walls are up. The building team are almost done and it’ll soon be time for the painter to get started and the rest of the sub trades to ‘ […]

Painting the town blue

A lot can happen in a week on a building site. And when you’re both working full time, keeping up with the pace can get pretty full on. There’s more and more decisions to make, constant checking of all the things we still need to do and of course, making sure there’s enough in the […]

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