Family Room - Work in progress

Hi all!

Well, it's been slow going 'round these here parts.  Not for any real reason, just enjoying living in the house and busy with regular life commitments.

I am yet to purchase anything new for our Family Room, but have done a little shopping around the house to put the area (slightly!) together.

So, I give you the Family Room...

I am considering purchasing these prints from Etsy, and framing them in Ikea Ribba frames (as per pic below) to hang on the wall above the sofa.

The lamp is also on loan from the Lounge Room - it isn't even plugged in!! - until I decide on the artwork.  I'm then considering a lamp like this.

Another purchase still to make is a rug for this area.  I like these Egeby rugs from Ikea, but would have to decide on colour, obviously!

And, maybe a coffee table, but convincing Husband of this will be mission in itself!

Drum Coffee Table at Freedom

So, we're getting there, slowly but surely!

I hope you're having a great week.

Frameage

I've been holding on to last week's pics, waiting for a completed frame to share it with you.  However, there was noone on site this morning, so I thought I'd go ahead and upload some photos.  The next round should show the roof trusses erected.

I sent our first progress payment off last night, too, so we're certainly moving forward.

Happy Monday, everyone!!

Visionary

No rain, means that our house is actually getting the opportunity to be built.  Here are some pics for your perusal.  You just need to use your imagination...

Stay tuned for more pics this week.  I hope you're having a good one, and that is as productive as ours!

Spot the difference!

Before

After

When speaking to our Site Supervisor earlier in the week, he advised that we would need to build one of our retaining walls prior to the site cut.

So, off Husband went this morning and knocked one together!  This lovely lady gave him a hand...

Of course, this is only miniature, and nothing compared to some of his past efforts.  He even commented on how easy it was!  Nonetheless, I am proud and appreciative of this awesome man.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Contracts signed

I have signed the building contracts!  Yay!  Let's just say signing on behalf of both of us left my signature looking a little different on the last document than it did on the first!

Picture here

Glad it's done, now to spend some quality time with 'the bank'.  Good times!




Overwhelmed!

So, I picked up the final Tender Letter yesterday, along with about 57 other pieces of paper.  After all my complaining about the builder's slowness, I wanted to get everything sorted with them today.  However, this week is the busiest in history and there are still a few issues that haven't been resolved, so I decided not to rush things.

Therefore, I will sort everything on the weekend.  And then... we wait for the bank and council!

Getting more excited by the day, though.

Thankful Thursday

Just a quick one from me today...

Today, I am thankful for a little bit of rain.  We have a whole lot of, very small, potted plants preparing themselves to be nice and full-sized for the new house, but they have been lacking water and will be very happy now.  But, after the non-stop rain we experienced late last year and early this, we prefer for it to only last a couple of days at a time these days.

And, secondly, I am thankful that our building contract is 'in the mail'.  This is what we call progress, people, progress!

Oh, and finally, I am thankful that my lovely bloggy friend 'B', has moved into her gorgeous house!

What are you thankful for today?