The Beguiling Tile

 
I have to admit that I was deeply apprehensive as I walked into my first choice of tilers during pre-start selections. Most women seem to know their dream tile intimately. I on the other hand was a more insecure candidate. A ‘’something like” ”maybe” ”not bad” kind of candidate who was happy to put complete [...]

Thirty Days of Everything 1 - Polished Concrete

I was checking out a friend of mine’s blog and liked what she did with this idea. Thirty Days of Everything involves a 30 day period of  documenting photographically things that you do/see on a regular basis.
My Thirty Days of Everything is going to be a little different. It will be a photographic journal of [...]

House Design Priorities- My Top Five

 
We are just about to pay out our first big wad of cash. This is mainly for the drawings needed to go to council for approval. We have worked with the designer for several months fine-tuning our house design and the time has come when we have given the thumbs-up and we’re on to STEP [...]

House v Dream House

It’s funny to think about building a house.
With image-filled house and garden mags ambushing us in every newsagents, hairdressers and doc’s waiting room we are encouraged to fantasize about the house we would like to live in if we won the lottery.
Take New Zealand and the holiday bach. New Zealand has a small population and a [...]

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