BEDROOM 2 (MASTER SUITE)

Bedroom number 2 is what we call the master bedroom. To be honest im not exactly why we chose this bedroom when we moved in. With the amount of choices that we had it’s a wonder we did chose this wall. Let me take you into our room.

This bedroom has got a door on the Northern and Western walls which both lead onto verandas outside. The bedroom has also got windows that cover both the Southern and Eastern walls. The windows against the Eastern wall looks out to the lagoon which unfortunately is empty at the moment but when it’s full it’s the most divine thing to see.

When we first moved into the room – like the rest of the house – it was pretty run down, the walls were green like the rest of the house. We painted the walls a bright white. We chose to paint the house white to brighten the rooms up, the way the house is set up it makes the rooms and inside quite dark.

We went ahead and sanded the floors back – this room was the WORST room to sand back. They had used tar on the floors so it took days to get it sanded back. We went with the water base floor shine again just because we like that it doesn’t have a chemical smell and that it doesn’t   change the original colour of the floors.

My husband and I had furniture in our room that was my sisters from years ago, it was getting pretty bad so we decided to buy new furniture. I found this white suite that I fell in love with and thought that it would fit the house absolutely perfect!

I decided to go with navy as the bold colour in our bedroom, I thought that it would be the perfect blend with white. I wanted to  keep it bare and minimal.

I hope you enjoyed this room tour.

Suite, cushions and bed spread from Betta Home Living.

 

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ROOM ONE

Bedroom ONE; The Nursery

The Nursery is the only bedroom in which you can get in and out of from inside. The main nursery door enters into the open lounge room and the second door opens up onto a open plan veranda which then leads to bedroom #2 which we use at the master bedroom.

The nursery is a funny room, the Western wall had windows which the first owners closed in, however they left the curtains up to hide the mismatched wood haha. The southern wall holds three sets of double windows and the Eastern wall has one set of double windows and the door that leads onto the veranda and the northern wall holds the door that leads into the lounge room.

The walls were a light green colour that I’m sure was trendy back in the day but I couldn’t stand it. We painted the walls pure white and they turned out beautiful.

 

We then went in and sanded the floors back with a rough grit and then went back over to smooth it out with a finer grit – once we had finally got it all back to the original colour we put a water based polish over it to seal it.

 

When it came to decorate the nursery I kept it pretty simple as we didn’t know the sex of the baby.

I love how well this room turned out. In every room I have tried to ensure that I keep in a country style to incorporate the house and keep the history within the home.
 

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Homestead

Hi everyone, we have been busy here renovating our home. We have lived here in our house for 3 and a half years now and our dream is becoming a reality.

When we first moved into our home it was a shamble, it was dirty and a wreck. No three years later we are getting work done.

First step: Gapping and painting the walls and re roofing the homestead...
As you can imagine this was a massive job and it took a long time for it to come together, below are some photos before and after of the house. It took about a month to complete the painting. We got professionals in to re roof the house though.

We went through boxes and boxes of gap fill, tubs beyond tubs of paint, blood sweat a tears. The paint was led paint so as you can imagine we were all a little nutty while getting the job done. The sanding of the house was the worst, we would be covered in the dust not just our bodies, it was up our noses and in our noses. Not to mention the COPIOUS amount that ended up inside of the house; I was dusting and vacuuming for months.

Stay tuned to see the inside of this gorgeous old homestead on 'Myall Park' revamped.

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Cook, live, love

I love cooking, I find it relaxing. When I am in the kitchen I am happy, creative and free. I love being able to look at a recipe and twist to how it suits me. Cooking and baking has this way of putting me in the best possible mood - I love the way that food brings people together.

I always look at cooking and baking as a way of socializing. The way you spend hours in the kitchen creating and then being able to nourish people once you are done. I love watching my husbands face when he is eating something I have made for him, I love watching my son get food all over his face from enjoying it so much that he cant take a breath. I love that when people come over you can offer them a piece a cake and suddenly their day is made.

Food is such a massive part of our lives, we need food to live and it just happens that it makes for the best conversation starters. The sad part of our generation though is that people now like to judge you for what you eat. I began to get sucked into this, I use to care what others thought of me when I ate; what if they were judging me about how much I eat, and what I eat. I began to let this consume me, I worried constantly about what people thought of me. When I fell pregnant with my second baby MacGregor all I was worried about was not putting on weight throughout my pregnancy and then once I had had him I was only concerned about getting rid of my baby weight. So much so that I started dieting at 6 weeks post partum, I jumped straight into it, I cut right back on food and I ended up in hospital with lactation ketoacidosis.
This woke me up! It was a sure punch in the gut! I cam home from hospital and took a long hard at myself and I decided to jump straight into the kitchen and start making recipes and creating meals.

So this brings me to my point, I am going to start sharing my recipes with you to enjoy and to share with your family friends! ** Note that all recipes can be modified to suit your needs!**

CHOC BLISS BALLS

INGREDIENTS
- 1 Cup chopped date
- 1/2 Cup chia seeds
- 1/2 Cup nuts of choice
- 1/4 Cup cocoa
- Splash of water

METHOD
- Place all ingredients into food blender (add water as you need it is mixture is too dry)
- Roll a spoonful together
- Once all mixture is rolled ensure to store them in a cool dry place

 

 

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