laundry

 before

 after

 before

 after

cost

tiler........................................$1,600

tiles (floor to ceiling wall tiles)..........$234

tiles (floor tiles)..........................$76

plumber......................................$400

electrician..................................$300 

drop in sink (who bathroom warehouse)........$200

laundry mixer (teknobili)....................$269

new louvred window...........................$450

new frosted glass door.......................$440

cupboards (ikea).............................$934

benchtop (ikea melamine).....................$180

paint (british paints wet area white 1L/4L)..$15

paint (taubmans water based enamel 4L).......$70

architraves..................................$60 

total cost...................................$5288 

on a final note, we need your advice....... the new back door is timber with frosted glass single panel (which allows loads of new light in). at the moment we have just coated it with a marine grade clear satin varnish...... not sure about it...... i think i want to paint it grey..... what do you think?

x

bathroom

this post is long overdue....... we are pleased to announce that our bathroom is officially completo! hooray! 

you will notice that we kept the general layout the same to keep costs down. as the house is on a slab, the position of the waste had to be kept the same. we nutted out changing the layout but this configuration seemed to be the best for space without getting rid of the bath.
 
remember this:

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after

after

and the process begins...... total time taken is approximately 3 months but was 90% complete after about 2.5 weeks

step 1: demolition- remove asbestos internal walls- we paid professionals to do it (seen too many cases of mesothelioma- it's not worth it) and jackhammer original tile floor.

step 2: find termite damage in studs from leaking shower (yay!)- fix stud work, build bath plinth, "rough in" plumbing and re-sheet walls with villaboard. new louvred window.

step 3: waterproofing (learnt that lesson) and pour new concrete floor.

step 4: tiling!

 (tiler using spacers for rectified tiles)

step 5: installing bath, tapware, vanity, shaving cabinet and lastly the shower screen. 

Cost: (kinda don't want to know this one)

asbestos removal.............................$1,000
tiler........................................$1,600
electrician..................................$500
plumber......................................$500
villaboard...................................$300
wet area gyprock + final finish..............$100
treated pine.................................$150
new louvred window...........................$800

bath (caroma classic 1500)...................$360
shower (dorf crystal)........................$269
shower mixer (phoenix gen x).................$199
bath mixer (as above)........................$199
bath spout (scala swivel)....................$199
basin mixer (phoenix gen x)..................$250

vanity (cibo vida 1200)......................$1,400
shaving cabinet (tradelink adf 1200).........$465
towel rails..................................$250
shower screen (custom frameless).............$1,500
door handle..................................$40

paint (british paints wet area white 1L/4L)..$15
paint (taubmans water based enamel 4L).......$70
architraves..................................$60


total........................................$10,027

marimekko gold

i've really got to stop buying things i can't afford..... but until i learn that lesson take a look at the amazing marimekko towels i bought online.

if you are interested, you can find them here - they don't actually ship to australia but if you have a trustworthy friend in the uk like i did they post to the uk and the rest of the continent.

it's like christmas!

look at what i received in the post today when i got home from work! a beautiful box of goodies from aesop.com. never mind that i ordered the products myself for myself. such a beautiful online shop and delivered in 2 days! plus i got a bunch of beautiful samples- i thoroughly recommend!!!

i got the resurrection hand wash and hand balm set and the rose body cleanser....... all for the new bathroom. and remember no aesop product contains colourants, artificial fragrances, mineral oils, silicones, animal derivatives or pearlising agents (whatever that is!). and they don't test on animals! hooray! 

 

fuck your noguchi coffee table

bahahaha ok this is the funniest blog ever..... so simple but so funny. don't click on this link if you don't like gratuitous swearing

fuck your noguchi coffee table