Happy Camper :: Love the Look

Today I found out that I am the grand winner of the Carpet Court "Love the Look" Promotion.

I am typing very calmly, in a sensible font, but OMG, in my head it's a bubbling jumble of Comic Sans meets Jokerman RIOT.

I AM SO EXCITED!





To win I portrayed some parts of my home I absolutely love, that we have worked on, fixed up and adore.

In fact, you might get the impression i've got it all covered.

But ah, that is the magic of selective sharing ...





So here are some other glimpses of my home.

The ancient frayed rug .. a couch my kids and the cats have teamed together to make .. extra special ..

Light fittings a-la-go-go  ( the middle IKEA lamp is the only light in my kitchen )

Chipped laminex and chipboard kitchen

Leaks & cracks





And finally .. carpet ... I don't mind the petrol-coloured carpet in the boy's bedroom .. it's just a pity it doesn't reach the wall ( why? )

And, of course, the original Westminster in our bedroom .. which I kinda like for the quirk factor, and really, for 60yr old carpet, is in pretty good nick ( in parts ) ..





I'll be interested to hear what fantastic advice Stacey Kouros comes up with .. but one thing's for sure.. there's no lack of projects to choose from ;)

Thankyou Carpet Court, you're the best!

My Kitchen

Just because i've never shared it before, and I always forget to do 'before' pics.

Does this mean there will be 'after' shots?
Maybe one day... :)

BTW, there's things I like.. like my red clock, and the string of lanterns.
And the fact there's wine in the fridge.

Things Happen So Fast Around Here ..

Our plans this weekend: rid ourselves of Ivy, some other small tidy-up stuff, and mow lawn.

So we get an hour into our yard-cleaning this morning and realise our handsaw is not going to cut the mustard. AB gets on the phone to a guy he knows. Said guy is here within the hour with an offsider, 3 chainsaws and a mobile mulcher.

He cuts down TEN trees ( and we've still got plenty ). Most of the trees he labels as "weeds", which doesn't surprise us.
"Do you like this ?" he asks of one tree ( tree 11 actually, I forgot that one ! ).
"No" I reply. "It's ugly, what is it ?".

"Junk", he replies and rips into it. Ok.

We also discover the ivy was disguising a fence about to fall down. Chainsaw man recommends not being cheap, and fixing it before we think about planting new stuff. He reckons $2.5k to a rip out and re-install. *Sigh* Hopefully we have nice neighbours.

So now A's enthusing about re-doing the backyard for Xmas - ie: building the decking, getting a bobcat in to dig out the crap and re-level and put down new turf. The works.

It's sort of funny, I guess. I wonder what other 'new' project we can conceive and then subsequently dump as another one arises ? Which will be finished first ?

As the weather warms, that front fireplace is looking less and less interesting ;)