Let there be light......

We have lights......

The electrician came in yesterday and installed x5 downlights in the kitchen and a chandelier in the dining room.....

and a chandelier in the lounge, entry, family and my bedroom.....

They look really good....maybe the family one should be a bit lighter, but I will try and get a stronger globe, but the others look really good!

Now on to the painting.....

Sandy

My new shed....

is a roller door on the carport :)

Someone at work brought in a couple of roller doors that a neighbour was throwing out. He thought that they were to good to go to the tip! My thinking exactly!!

Unfortunately the height above my carport arch to the ceiling is really small, and a proper carport just wouldn't fit, so Jon the carpenter at work cut the top off one of the carports. He sent me home with a hammer drill and instructions to fit it.

Brody had a couple of mates over on Good Friday, and 1/2 an hour later....presto.....

And on the other side of the door.....

I have put a cupboard up at the side there, and a large plant on the front side. I will try and get a proper gate so that I can go in and out, but so it can be locked.

Anyway, things slowly getting organised :)

Sandy

The plumber.....

came back this morning. Fixed the leak, I think it was the new tap he connected. It was the boss that came today! Fixed the dishwasher to the side cabinets, as it was leaning a little forward when the top tray was open. But......I had to ring him this afternoon, as I realised that the hot is cold and the cold is hot!!! So he will be back to fix that!

While he was here, I rang the electrician because since he had been last week I couldn't get the oven to work!!! Am I jinxed or what???

Anyway the plumber helped with the oven fuse, and bits and pieces, he even offered to check anything else for the electrician, save him making a visit. Then the plumber notices a flash on the timer thing on the front of the oven, and says that the oven won't work if it is flashing! Who knew?? Note to self: whenever the power goes out, change the clock on the oven, otherwise it won't work!!!

Here's some photos of the tiling:

First the rendering....

Then a couple of days later, the tiling.....

Now, the painting....I've got one quote for $2300, but still have 2 painters coming. Have decided to get someone to paint the lounge, passage, dining, kitchen and family room, and I will do the back end rooms. That way I will really feel like I have got somewhere :) Was really hoping for around $1600, might have to rethink it if I can't get one that cheap.

Be good :)

Sandy

One step forward.....two steps backward.....

The electrician and plumber came in next. Plumber connected the dishwasher and the tap.

All looked good for 24 hours. Then.....loaded up the dishwasher and it wouldn't go! and the end of the tap fell off .....

Went back to Ikea, and that tap is now deleted and none in stock. Had to pick another out.

Tiler came over (I was 5 tiles short and had to go and buy more.....and the glue the tile shop sold me wasn't good enough....it never ends does it?) Thought I had a photo of the tiling done, but don't, will load that over the weekend.

Then the electrician and plumber came back yesterday. Electrician fixed the front door light and connected all of the power points and the slideout rangehood. The plumber 'fixed' the dishwasher and connected the new tap. He didn't have the correct size tap spanner, and I had to run down to the hardware and buy one! There was no way I was letting him go without it getting connected. He had suggested that I go back to Ikea and pick out a different tap!! My dishwasher still had the first load of dishes sitting in it, he pressed start and left. 10 mins later I notice water on the floor coming out from under the sink cupboard next to the dishwasher!!! Rang the plumber, who told me to turn it all off and he will come out on Monday morn to have a look. Holy Shit, does it never end????? Don't know if it is coming from the tap connection or the dishwasher connection, so can't use either one now until he looks at it.

Enough of the bad stuff......did a bake up once the oven was installed.... jam drops.....carrot and date muffins.....ginger nuts.

Mum, enjoy your visitors :)

Sandy

Kitchen update.....

Now Ron....don't fall over.....I'm doing a quick kitchen update :)

This was the kitchen 2 weeks ago.....I had put all of the cabinets together and the base cabinets were put in position.

Then the cabinetmakers built the benches and then came in and in one day installed all of the cabinets and benches. I had bought an overhead cupboard to go above the fridge, it was only 700mm and the cavity was 800mm so I bought a filler also from Ikea. The cabinetmakers did a SHOCKING job of doing the filler and the little wall they put up at the end of the bench next to the fridge was on a lean!!. So I called them back in and told them to fix it. They spent another couple of hours and now it is much better. They ended up making a little cabinet to go over the fridge ( I am planning to put cook books in there). Then they told me that none of the appliances would fit in! I rang the electrical shop I bought them from and he told me tough luck, no refund or swap! He said he would look at what else I could buy that was smaller. Over a week later and I still haven't heard from them, and I have rung a couple of times. So don't anyone ever go to Best Buy Electrical in Midland!! Obviously only interested in a sale and that is it!!

I spent ages trying to find more appliances that were a couple of cm's smaller. Ended up ringing Ikea, deciding to buy theirs, they would obviously fit! and guess what.....they were all sold out....and no idea when new stock would arrive....by this time I am nearly in tears!!

I asked Ikea for a list of tradies that install their kitchens on Friday, rang one who happened to be working up the hill that day and he said he would call in to look at it all on his way home. One hour later, and EVERYTHING was installed. He did the cutout on the bench and installed the cooktop..... took down the fan cabinet, made a few adjustments and put the slideout rangehood in and back up on the wall.....replaced some bulky screws with flat screws and did a couple of cutouts and put the oven in!!! Wooo Hooo!! All in! So....fantastic cabinetmakers huh? Just couldn't think outside of the square!

So now nearly everything is in drawers and cupboards, looking gooooooood!!

Have to ring the electrician and the plumber Mon morning, to organise them to come and finish off, hopefully during the week, and then the tiler.

So this is what it looked like this afternoon, while I was organising kitchen stuff ....

And inside......

Of course, still work to do, but you get the idea :)

Now my laundry is back to being laundry and not laundry/kitchen, and my dining room is back to being just a dining room.

Now if I could just get Brody out into the shed, and my craft room done and 2 bathrooms done, and the inside of the house painted, and new floor coverings for 2 rooms, and the spa fixed and .......and if I could just win Lotto :) ha ha!!

Sandy