Home renos - bodgy style

Working on a shoe string with minimal space is not normally something that I would call fun, but I'm actually enjoying toying with the prospect.

So really I'm not renovating, more interior decorating. I've been looking at various internet sites and I'm hooked on Real Living magazine and between the two I'm starting to formulate more ideas.

So my boys room...well it usually looks like a bomb has gone off in it and there is not enough room to swing a child in there. Here's what it looks like on a usual day:

And this is little Miss's room (on a particually bad day when I was folding washing in her room):

So my big problem in the boys room is lack of space, but after reading this months Real Living mag I think I may have a solution. I came across these pics of a shared bedroom. It'd hard to tell from the photos (as it wouldn't scan so it's a photo of the pages), but the beds are pushed up to each other with the bedheads at 90 degree angles. Like so:

So I'm currently trialing it with the bed kind of like this - now just to do the rest of the room.

In beginning Imogen's room I've got a 4x4 white expedit from Ikea http://www.ikea.com/au/en/catalog/products/40047675 and a few boxes for the drawers. I'm watching a toddler bed on Ebay but I'm happy to keep her in a cot for a while still. My latest purchase is the one I'm the most excited about though. I managed to get a Eames style armchair on Ebay for a whole five dollars. While it's been recently upholstered, the pattern is horrible and I have these grandieur ideas of recoving it in maybe a white and pale pink candystripe. Hmmm, not sure but I'm sure I'll know the material when I see it.

This is what the chair currently looks like:

So there is the beginning of what might become either beautiful bedrooms for my kids or a nightmare for myself. Hopefully not the latter.

For the non-facebookers

I guess you guys won't know that I bought myself a little present (well to be correct the bank did), so it's out with the old and in with the new.

Goodbye old friend, you served me well ♥ ♥

Hello, new little beast

Swimming in September, who would have thought??

The first day of school holidays I ventured out to the far side of town to join some friends at a beach. The weather was nice, but typical Melbourne in September day. The kids were all dressed in jeans and jumpers so who would have thought the day would have gone down this path?

The moment the mother of every little girl is waiting for...

After having two boys first, the day is finally here.....the day that I've been waiting for...

Yes, that's right, Miss Imogen has her hair in a pony tail. How cute and how little is it? Oh and how much does it look like business at the font and a tied up party at the back. LOL

Test photo blog

Just doing a test.

And from the mouth of babes

Yesterday while driving down a ford (Cottrel St for those in the know) Jack made an interesting observation.

"Mum, I like driving down here. It makes me doodle go down"

Okaaayyy then. What do you say to that other than "That's great Jack"

One can't help but laugh at other's misfortune

I know there are so many "Funniest home videos" naysayers. Those that don't understand how someone hurting themselves is funny. I'm not one of them. Yeah I don't laugh if someone really hurts themselves and there is even stuff on the show that I cringe at - but this, this IS funny.

This is Jack learning to play footy.