Bright Ideas

Building a house means making decisions. Lots and lots and lots of them. Luckily there’s help on hand, so this week we met up with the electrician to discuss, funnily enough, electric. Which basically means power, plugs, switches, lights and most importantly, where will the sub woofer sit? Most of which the experts can help […]

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Decisions, decisions, decisions…

It’s crunch time. Our little Napkin House is shooting up and we’re only a couple of months from being finished. Which means all those little decisions we’ve been putting off now have to be made. And quickly. Wall colours, wallpaper choices, bathroom tiles, carpet, exterior colours, the size of Florence’s cat flap… the list seems […]

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We have walls!

After months and months of looking for a decent builder and then a few more waiting for building consent to come through, it seems the pace is really picking up. We got quite the shock last night after arriving on site and discovering the walls had, quite literally, shot up! And the time spent creating […]

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A test drive

What’s the most important part of the new home? The garage. Of course. And this one needs to house the toys. All four of them. Plus trailer. So much excitement this weekend when we discovered the gravel is in and it’s time to try out the new driveway.

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