Recent Posts Tagged With 'renovation'

• For now, it's done!!!

  Posted on Sunday July 27th, 2008 at 01:29 in renovation, house, bernie, louise

  Whilst over the last two weeks we have had some Chinese teachers staying with us, we are now on a 12 day break before we get another couple of teachers. In a separate post in a couple of days, I will tell you all about the latest lot of teachers. So,...

• Who said that the painting was over???

  Posted on Thursday July 17th, 2008 at 08:21 in renovation, house, bernie

  Just when we thought it was all over (for now), I came up with this brilliant idea (not) to paint the lounge room & kitchen on my way home from dropping off the new set of Chinese teachers. Oh what a fool am I! So, here are a few 'before' shots j...

• Why we have not been blogging lately, sorry!!

  Posted on Wednesday July 2nd, 2008 at 00:55 in renovation, house, bernie

  Ok, we know we have not been blogging lately, but we have been kinda busy. The renovated bedroom is finished which led us into the entrance hall, the the hallway to the lounge/kitchen area and then we thought, maybe do the dining room as well! So pai...

• The next project...

  Posted on Friday May 16th, 2008 at 06:38 in renovation, garden, house, bernie, louise

  Now that the laundry & bathroom are complete what's next to do in the burntofferings house? Well that's easy, no resting that's for sure!!Well, the gazebo we are doing for the spa (on order) is underway. We 'won' this wonderfull gazebo on an onli...

• Our 'New' bathroom...

  Posted on Monday April 28th, 2008 at 19:23 in renovation, house, bathroom, bernie

  Well, after such a long time, we now have two fully functional bathrooms... Remember this?Bathroom Reno: - beforeWell, we now have this: Finished Bathroom 18-04-2008All we did, was having the tiles 'Repaired & Painted' thanks to Bathroomwerx, th...

• Whats happening??

  Posted on Thursday April 10th, 2008 at 19:59 in renovation, house, dinner, bernie

  So what's happening in your 'neck of the woods'??Here, we have been busy doing a little bit of this and a little bit of that. The laundry, as you may recall, has been updated into a second bathroom. This is now finished and we have done the bathroom....

• Bathroom Renovation begins...

  Posted on Friday April 4th, 2008 at 23:05 in renovation, house, bathroom, bernie

  OK, so after doing the laundry, and converting into a second bathroom, it is now time to start doing the bathroom. So, here are some shots of the bathroom before we started. Things to note are the unmovable staining along the bottom of the tiles (no ...

• 30 days : days 18, 19 & 20... Laundry Renovation cont...

  Posted on Tuesday February 19th, 2008 at 04:33 in renovation, bernie, louise, 30 days

  Ok, so here is another update of sorts on the laundry...Day 18 saw the security come on board to safeguard the big 'unveil': Laundry SecurityClearly he is busy 'guarding' something...Then, as things were slowly slipping behind schedule, we had to get...

• 30 days: day 17 The laundry, Its almost finished...

  Posted on Saturday February 16th, 2008 at 21:42 in renovation, bernie, 30 days

  Well, progress has come on very fast this last couple of days, and whilst the final bits n pieces are done, here is a teaser...Laundry SoapLaundry Soap & Tap...

• 30 days: days 12, 13 & 14 Laundry continues...

  Posted on Monday February 11th, 2008 at 16:29 in renovation, bernie, 30 days

  Ok, so here is a 'catch-up' post of days 12:So, this is what it USE to look like...Laundry 20 Jan 2008Day 13:Laundry TiledLaundry TiledAnd day 14, something 'L' will be enjoying soon:Lemon Meringue Pie...

• 30 days: day 11

  Posted on Saturday February 9th, 2008 at 01:02 in renovation, louise, 30 days

  Bill's Tilingfloor tiles are inprogress is being made on the laundry renovation, the floor tiles have been laid, Monday the wall tiles go on. Tomorrow we will install the exhaust fan and fit the window frame....

• 30 days : days 6, 7 & 8... Laundry Renovation cont...

  Posted on Tuesday February 5th, 2008 at 03:35 in renovation, bernie, louise, 30 days

  As you can see, we have been a little busy and as such, have not been able to complete a couple of days...So, in an attempt to catch up here we have day 6: Laundry Insulation InstallationDay 7: .flickr-photo { BORDER-RIGHT: #54c571 3px solid; BORDER-...

• 30 days : day 4... Laundry renovation cont...

  Posted on Thursday January 31st, 2008 at 02:02 in renovation, bernie, 30 days

  Continuing on this theme of '30 days' (oh and yes, we did not do one yesterday as we were too busy with this work) I will continue with posting photos of the Laundry Renovation. Yesterday, I had the plumber here. He arrived nice and early, 7:15am, an...

• 30 days: day 2

  Posted on Monday January 28th, 2008 at 05:10 in renovation, bernie, 30 days

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• 30 days: day 1

  Posted on Saturday January 26th, 2008 at 20:07 in renovation, bernie, 30 days

  Laundry Reno cupboards removalLaundry Reno in progressLaundry Reno tiles goneLaundry Reno walls removed...