latest on renos etc

As per usual, it’s been a busy week and I’ve been slack with blogging.  However I’m sitting in front of the idiot box, full of food and coffee, and I have the time to assemble my thoughts into something resembling coherence.

Reno #4 is progressing nicely.  We have undercoated all but the walls of the living area, which we’ll do tomorrow.  SO and his dad have also painted all the ceilings bar the living area, so we can also start painting the two bedrooms’ walls and also the bathroom’s walls.  Really, the only major task to do after that is get the flooring installed, and move in furniture.  We’re currently discussing our approach to flooring.  I’ve got a bit of a bee in my bonnet about laminate flooring, so I’m hoping SO will give it the go-ahead.  Our other units have used carpet and vinyl (lino) flooring.  However, I’m not overly happy with how the lino flooring is going.  The end bits tend to get grotty looking fairly quickly, and we don’t want to have to replace it every other year, it’d be a hassle.  So yes, I’m hoping SO will go for the laminate flooring.  Best price we’ve been able to get, fully laid, is $39 per square metre.  As we’d only need about 45m maximum, that’s not out of our price range either.

Otherwise, we still have some furniture items to get.  We need a wardrobe for the second bedroom, a TV unit, and a cupboard for the laundry.  The laundry cupboard is easy; I’ve spied one at Bunnings which is exactly what we’re looking for, shelves on one side, empty space on the other for mops etc.  Perfect, and only about $200.  I’m thinking of getting a TV unit from Crazy Clarks as they sell inexpensive but attractive DIY units for around $90, in the lowline style we prefer.  Other bits we need to pick up include two chests of drawers, which we’ll probably source from Ikea.

Not much has happened apart from the reno.  The only thing of interest is that our oven at home has been broken for three weekends now.  I keep meaning to get someone out to fix it, but it doesn’t seem to be something I remember during normal working hours, so I haven’t actually made contact with an oven repairer as yet.  Whoops.

At this stage, I’m just so glad it’s all coming together.  I can’t wait until the end of the whole process, when I can post before and after photos.  That’s when you really appreciate how much work has gone into the whole thing.