A & E's House! Pg 85 - a year or 2 worth of updates 11/12/14

Hi Erin,

Just had a look through this thread; amazing work as usual Just FYI my parents have an ornamental grape vine at the front of their home and it is great. Does make a small amount of mess when it flowers (green pollen-type stuff everywhere) and then in autumn when it drops all of its leaves. But on the upside no messy fruit on the ground.

One quick question; I remember some time ago Aaron installed some Lack shelves (the ikea ones) in your family room that you used to store DVDs. Have tried to find the pictures on your other thread to not avail! Anyway, I have now bought the same shelves and just wanted to know; how did you fix them to the wall? (into the studs, only to the plaster etc) They say they only have a load capacity of 5 kilos if not fixed to studs and that's not much at all. I'm just a bit worried about the shelves falling off the wall as, with the spacing on the brackets, I could only ever fix one row of screws to a stud!

Thanks in advance

Hey grom

during construction we put in extra noggins, knowing where we'd put the shelves...

I've been trying to find a photo, but cant find a close up... here's one with the wall in the distance... in the very far corner
http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac165/aaron4erin/DSC_0490upload-1.jpg

Thanks for that Erin. Unfortunately I'm not organised enough to have thought of putting in extra noggins at construction; and it's too late now. Hmmmm, maybe they'll be ok anyway........

Anything new happened in your home? Hope all is going well

PS. I did bronze fig in theatre room (more of a lounge) and i love it!!!

Yep, lots happening I've started a new thread... I'm a bit all over the place

Hopefully my threads are now merged together... all in the one space now!

We had our 12 month inspection this morning... happy to report there were only a handful of really minor issues

Two popped nails in the garage, a scratch along the bottom of our sliding door due to a nail in the cavity, a few screws to be tightened on a door... a tiny crack on the ceiling of the ensuite. That's about it

So happy!

Erin good to hear only minor things.

We haven't even thought about a 12mth inspection. Is this standard for every builder?

It is for Henley. I know other builders offer a 3 month & 12 month, or only 3 month.

They called us a month ago to organise, glad they did, as I would have forgotten

Ah no worries. Thanks.

Glad it all went well!

Hows the feature wall going? I told Aaron today that you'll run out of walls to paint soon

I know! First coat is complete, will finish it off today. It looks lovely Missed you yesterday. Wandered around watching Aaron & your OH working... I think it motivated me to do work at home

They said you went in the morning! Should have txt me, I would have come earlier!

Hope painting went well!

Have sort of caught up now. Havent been online much with moving so missed heaps! Haha

Which feature wall are you currently working on?

Will see you this weekend for paint colour choosing

One spare room is complete... just deciding what colour to do the second spare room. Need a warm colour, as the windows face south... Have narrowed it down to few... hoping to get the paint on the weekend



Pool room flooring goes down tomorrow

Very exciting Look forward to seeing the pics!

Erin, you sound excited about the POOL ROOM FLOORING going down Hope it all goes well!

Waitin,waiting,waiting! Have been waiting a year for these photos!

Me too!!! Can't wait to see it Erin! I hope it lives up to yours (and all of ours) expectations!!

Hi guys

Pool room flooring has most definitely lived up to my expectations! Love it! I know it's not everyone's cup of tea, but we wanted something unique for our pool room

It's been a looooooooooooooong wait, but here goes...

BEFORE (12 months of living with this concrete - at least it was sealed, so no dust)
http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac165/aaron4erin/DSC_0565upload.jpg

DURING
http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac165/aaron4erin/DSC_0567upload.jpg

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac165/aaron4erin/DSC_0569upload.jpg

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac165/aaron4erin/DSC_0573upload.jpg

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac165/aaron4erin/DSC_0574upload.jpg

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac165/aaron4erin/DSC_0576upload.jpg

AFTER
http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac165/aaron4erin/DSC_0582upload.jpg

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac165/aaron4erin/DSC_0587upload.jpg

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac165/aaron4erin/DSC_0589upload.jpg

http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac165/aaron4erin/DSC_0590upload.jpg

Painted some feature walls in one of the spare rooms last weekend Plan to paint another spare room today Pics to come a little later. Off to look at the pool room again

Love it Erin! I wasn't sure if I would love it, but yes, it looks fab, and really suits the space.

Well done!!! You have such a knack of decorating

Bel