What's in a name?

Hi everyone!  Well, everyone still checking in, that is!

Now, I have a little explaining to do.  You may have noticed my comments on your blogs - they look like me, sound like me and are signed off by me.  BUT - the name published by Blogger has been 'The Decorating Emporium'.  Are you confused yet?

Well, the exciting news is that The Decorating Emporium is my new venture!  I've taken over the store from some lovely friends, and am proud to tell you that our online store is now live!

www.decoratingemporium.com.au

So, please support the store, by having a look, (making a purchase if you like!), liking our page on Facebook - you might find spot specials there from time to time, and following us on Twitter - @DecoEmporium.

I intend bringing in new stock quite regularly, and am happy to try to source special items for you where I can.  Another feature of the store will be pre-orders for those hard to get items.  Info on pre-orders will generally be published on Facebook and Twitter.  I will also be starting a new blog, just for the store, so please feel free to come and check it out as well.  Oh, and we offer flat rate shipping across Australia (some conditions may apply).

As for the house...  As you can imagine, it has been slightly neglected lately.  However, I'm pleased to announce that I'm only one item away from finishing the big girl's room and the landscaping required to complete the pool is coming along swimmingly (haha!).

I'll see you around, hopefully more regularly than I have recently!

Getting there...

Slowly, but surely, life is getting back to normal around here.  I think I am pretty much fully recovered now, but have a dose of the 'doing too much, too soons', so am a little bit sore.  Thank you so much for all the well wishes!  Your comments were great pick-me-ups when I really needed them.

Of course, just about every room in the house is nearly done, so there are no awesome reveals to show, but here is a sneak peak of a few bits and pieces for you.

No photos in the bottom row yet.  Also need something for the top of the buffet.  
I love this spot, though - we'll get there!

Little Girl's Book Corner.  She also uses this spot for rocking out to her favourite song - 'Usher! Usher!'

Big Girl's workspace

Have a lovely week, everyone!

Reconnected

Well, we're back in the land of the blogging!  Our internet was connected very quickly, which certainly makes a lot of things easier (namely, work!).

We have moved in to the house, albeit with just concrete under our tootsies!  The carpet has been scheduled for installation on Wednesday, and the flooring should arrive on Friday.  Having said that, Carpet Call has not returned any of our calls nor e-mails since last Tuesday, so it remains to be seen whether or not laying/delivery will, indeed, occur.  Suffice to say, we won't be call, call, calling the 'experts in the trade' ever again.  Neither will any of our friends.

Anyhoo, all that rubbish aside, we have enjoyed the first few days in the house.  I love the kitchen, bathrooms and laundry particularly.  Ha, you can tell where I spend most of my time!!!  The Great Room is also feeling more spacious WITH the furniture in, which I love.

It has been crazy busy around here, with lots of projects on the go.  Here are a couple of teasers...

Big Girl's Room

Little Girl's Room.  We started off strong, but haven't made any progress in the last five days!!!!

Without a floor, we have been unable to unpack to much, let alone style ANYTHING at all, so these photos will have to do you for a while.

Hopefully, I'll be able to share some pics later in the week.  Have a great one!!

Masters Home Improvement

I keep thinking today is Saturday, as we all spent the day together as a family today.  That doesn't often happen on a Friday, does it?

So, what does a family like ours do when we have a free day together?  We head out to check out Masters Home Improvement, of course!

Goodness gracious me.  This place (we went to Morayfield, a decent drive from home, but so worth it) was amazeballs and a half.  It was air-conditioned for starters - probably too cold, truth be told.

I found the flooring for the new house.  I've moved away from the bamboo that I was lusting after, and towards an engineered timber floor.  I found more carpet than I knew what to do with, thus haven't made a choice yet.  There was paint galore.  We sourced the timber to build the new sofa table (plans still to come).

I found an artwork, which has inspired a whole new look for our big girl's bedroom.  I bought the cheapest Christmas decorations I've ever seen in my life.

They even had the fridge we're planning to buy, that we hadn't actually seen in the flesh yet.  Let me tell you, that fridge is a winner.

Anyhoo, this is not a sponsored post, but I just needed to share with you the awesomeness that was Masters!  Do yourself a favour, as Molly would say (get well soon, Molly).

Have a great weekend, everyone!