The Family Room Set Up

Last night Graham and his nephew decided the room needed to be re-arranged to fit in the couches which were coming today so they did some moving of furniture. Today with the couches in place I think it looks great for the family room side of things. All my cupboards that were on this wall have been moved to the other side and as you can see Meeka thinks the couches are pretty good. Thanks to Lee-Anne and her mum for the couches. They suit the room well. Also they are comfy. I started to sort through my drawers today and have sorted all the little embellishments sort of things. I'm sure if I tackle a few boxes and drawers a day it will slowly get organised.

Furniture Moved Into Room

Last night Graham moved my furniture into the room for me. It looks so great. We haven't moved the TV cabinet etc in yet but the most important stuff is in there.... all my craft cupboards. Now the big job of bringing in my huge amount of boxes and unpack them and sort things so I can store them where I can find them easily. I am hoping to have the room so I can keep it tidy easily. This is a picture of one wall with most of my cupboards along it.

Laying the flooring and skirtings

This weekend Graham and I have been laying the laminate flooring in the back room. I only passed the boards to him so he didnt have to keep getting up and down, but it made it a much quicker job. The skirtings have all been cut and just have to be glued into place. Do you like the weights we are using to hold it in place?

New Room is painted

Graham finished painting the walls at 11pm on Thursday so the room would be painted for my catalogue launch. One wall is the darker green and all the others are a lighter green. It looks really good. Now just have to lay the flooring and a few other finishing off things and we can start putting the furniture in. I'm such a lucky girl.

First Function in My New Room

Yesterday I held my first stamping function in the new room. Even though it isnt finished yet it went really well. I held a day for my stamp club ladies making cards using retiring sets. It was a fun day. I will show some of the cards we made next.

Paving Down

We decided that Graham had worked so hard on building the room and saved us money on it, that we would get a landscaper to lay the paving for us. It also saved Graham's back. This picture isnt that great as the top sand is still on it but you get the idea. This area is my new courtyard. It is shaded in the afternoons so its lovely to sit out there with a cuppa after Graham gets home from work.

Back Room Nearly Finished

Graham put up all the cornices last weekend. He said it was much harder than he thought but he did a great job. He has also started painting the undercoat. We hope to finish the painting this week and then start on the flooring. On the home straight now.

Back Room Update for this Weekend

This weekend Graham has worked on putting up all the gyprock walls in the room. He has never done this before but managed to do a great job. Now we just have to get the ceiling done and the plastering and the room will be finished ready for painting etc.

We also went to a wedding of a friend of Graham's last night and had a lovely time. Graham danced all night while I watched as I have a sore leg and can't dance. Does this look like he is having fun? He needed to have some fun after all the hard work he has been doing.

Room Update

This weekend Graham finished off the outside of the room by painting and adding the flashing and gutters etc. It looks great. Emily helped with some painting on Saturday.

These photos show the 3 sides of the room and Graham putting the capping on the roof. He has done a great job. Now we just have the inside to do and put on an entrance door.

Back Room Update

The room building has slowed down abit but Graham has put up the brackets for the ceiling to be attached to and David vacuumed out the struts so there is no dirt left in them when the plaster board goes on. Graham now has to put the insulation in the walls and we are waiting for the alarm to be wired before we can get the plastering done. The windows and sliding door has been put in and we have to buy an entrance door now. Hopefully we will get the outside painted this weekend.

Update on the Back Room

This is the room on Saturday morning as the roof is being put up. A builder friend of Graham's came on Saturday morning to help get the roof on.

the start of putting on the outer walls. Our brother-in-law, Nigel, kindly came over in the afternoon to help with cutting and fixing on the weathertex.

After a hard weekend of work this is the room this morning. Its amazing how quickly it is going up.

The Frame is Up

Graham worked very hard over the weekend and the frame for the walls is up. The windows and doors are in as well. I am so proud of Graham for getting this far on his own. He is rather tired and sore. I told him he needs to get some help before doing any of the roof.
I was standing out in the room last night and working out where things would go and am amazed at how big the room is. It will be the biggest room in the whole house. You cant tell that I am excited, can you?

My Room Is Going Up

Graham has started building the back room today. I'm so excited. I do feel bad though that he is out in 34 degree heat while I am inside with the airconditioner full blast. I keep telling him to come inside and do it when its cooler but he is keen to get as much done this weekend as he can.

There is a thunderstorm forecast for tonight which is a problem as all the tiles are off the main roof while he attaches the beams to the house.

I am cooking a big roast dinner for 10 people tonight as my sister Sue is up from Manjimup and its her birthday so I invited everyone here. Bad day for roasting but its an easy meal to do. If it wasnt so hot I would set up the tables out on the slab so I would have room for 10. It will be so nice to have more room in the house.

The Slab is Laid

For those that come to my place for stamp club you will know that I badly need more room in this house. After 6 months of talking about it and saving like crazy, the slab for the "Back Room" was laid yesterday. I'm so excited that I am finally going to have a family room and also somewhere for my stamping. I'll let the rest of the family think its a family room, when its actually somewhere for me to have classes and store all my craft stuff. Next week the frame and outer walls will go up and then we just finish it as we can afford to. Once the roof is on I can always set up my trestle tables on the concrete and enjoy the space.