Saturday, April 24, 2010

Photo number 6

The lovely Amanda from Homely One tagged me in the 6th photo bloggy game. I am supposed to go back and re-post my 6th ever photo again and then remember the moment.


Well, will tredipation I looked back, almost a year ago to discover it was the time when we started on our first major project, our lounge room. As you will see from the post, the room was uninhabitable thanks to the putrid state of it (which doesn't come up in pics). If you had a sniffing capability on you computer right now - you'd turn it off! It had been used as a toilet by a couple of small dogs prior to our purchase. Ugghhh!! The carpet was still wet and we ripped it up within half an hour of getting the keys on settlement day.
You can read the post here.
Man of the house and all-round master of the tools Lyndon took to the room with a vengeance! The only thing I think that would have improved this image above would be the addition of a tool belt - but then that's a whole other story...
What a mess it was...


Here is the room now...


As you can see Lyn jack hammered out the concrete, fitted new floorboards in the gaps, built in a new fireplace, installed the heater, removed old lights and power points and installed new ones. We had the floors polished and fancy cornice installed.We restored the windows, installed new skirting and picture rail that I sketched off the original and had made up. Finally we painted ( I fell off the ladder and knocked myself out!) and moved on in!
We both really love the room and it reminds us of what we will hopefully be able to do to the rest of Molly's Maison over time.
PS, here's a pic of our little furry helper. She discovered old bones under the floor which she ate and then vomited during the middle of the night! Yuck!

Have a nice weekend!

19 comments:

  1. Sarah that was an absolute cracker of a post..you made me laugh so much (sorry I even had a bit of a chuckle about you falling off the ladder...not a mean one though...you know that right!!) What a difference...and I bet it smells good now too. Have a lovely weekend xx

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  2. Wow Sarah! So much work but so worth it in the end. Those floor boards have come up a treat!

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  3. Love what you did to that room Sarah!! Sorry had to laugh a couple of times....Goodness, you fell of a ladder and knocked yourself out!!!! The lounge room looks absolutely gorgeous now, you should be so proud of the fabulous job you have done! Thanks for sharing. Wishing you a wonderful weekend ~ Tina x

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  4. oh yeah right, have a nice weekend after thinking of what dear Molly ate and then spat out - yuck!
    Great job on the room tho, Lyn doesn't have an older single brother does he?? haha, K.

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  5. Wow Sarah, that was a real transformation. I wasn't following your blog back then, so I'm glad you were supposed to re-post your 6th photo. The room now looks fabulous!

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  6. Hi Sarah! Wow, what a huge job you and Lyndon tackled in this part of your house and how beautifully it has come up. I've always admired your lovely floorboards - you must sit back and be so proud of all that work you did. I love reminiscing about how different parts of our house used to look and thinking about all our future renovating plans. Can't believe you knocked yourself out painting :) I also love your gorgeous fireplace - must be so wonderful to curl up in front of in the chilly months. Have a fabulous long weekend x

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  7. wonderful to see the transformation ... what a job! Sorry to hear you knocked yourself out "ouch"
    ... hope you have a fabulous weekend too, in your amazing renovated lounge room ;)

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  8. It looks amazing!!!
    Funny post.
    Have a great weekend

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  9. woah. memories. gotta love the 6th pic game. such fun, no?

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  10. Sarah, what a great makeover!! It probably wasn't as funny to you as to us!!

    Karena
    Art by Karena

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  11. That is very funny~! x Love Molly! xx

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  12. Wow What a makeover!!! You guys have done a fantastic job I just LOVE your fireplace and didn't realise that it wasn't an original one. You're man is sure a handy man. Thanks so much for sharing Sarah (thanks for your lovely comments re Will's party too!!)
    Jxx

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  13. Looks like a job well done! Love that photo of Molly haha.

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  14. What an incredible transformation! It looks lovely now. It always makes me so happy when people who love older homes buy them and restore them..! Beautiful work, you guys!

    warmly,
    -maria

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  15. Wow this is a seriously impressive change Sarah! It looks so great now, it was such a big job to take on by the sounds of it. Hope you had a lovely weekend, so disappointing we don't get a long one : )

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  16. What a transformation! I have to say I love this game because as a fairly new blogger who is just finding many great blogs to visit, it's so much fun to take a scroll back into their early blog days :)

    Marija

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  17. Amazing before and after photos - just shows what can be done with enough energy and motivation. Well done, the result is beautiful, especially the floorboards.
    Sharon

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  18. Wow! Love the beautiful work you've done.

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  19. Holy moly! That's some before and after shot. Aren't you glad it's over with? :)

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