The Master...

Suite that is... This is our bedroom. I have to admit that I still think its cool!

The wallpaper is just awesome - if I do say so myself. Its got a texture to it, and the sheen of the paper changes as you walk past it. The sheer curtains are great too - we've hung them over the top of the drapes, so they draw behind them.



The light fixture came from Sydney... Matthew and I bought it back as oversized baggage! There's two more upstairs in the spare bedrooms - but they're slightly different.


And here's the ensuite. It's not huge, but it works very well. We searched long and hard to find fixtures that we liked, that we could afford - store after store, every sale there was - and eventually we managed to get stuff that we liked.



And the shower is huge! Its about the same length as a bath, so plenty of room to dance about - or do whatever else you like...

The outside

So as promised, here are some pictures - starting with the outside.

This one's pretty obvious - the front door. The window on the wall does look quite low in this picture, but it sits at bench height inside, so makes sense from the inside.



If you look in the middle of this picture, you can see the little plants in the planter box on the other side of the windows. I wasn't convinced about putting these windows in, but they do make quite a feature, and let light into the entrance area. The plants are Lancewoods - they're really weird, but quite cool!



Here's the courtyard! It took a while to get it all sorted out - and then it took even longer for us to finish painting the fences and staining the deck and the planter box. It was a pretty big decision for me, but my 10 year old yuccas have been planted in the ground! I've carted those round about 6 flats and the apartment, but well, now they have a permanent home.



Just underneath the washing line is a herb garden. It doesn't look that great in this picture, but I can assure you it is currently a picture of health. Parsley, rosemary, oregano and mint are doing really well. The rocket went absolutely nuts, and is now producing huge amounts of seed pods. Hopefully it will self-sow and spread through the garden. The thyme is doing ok, but the sage doesn't really seem to be doing much. The coriander was a fizzer!



And last, but certainly not least - here is the finished cottage from the street. The fence is finished (finally finished the painting!) Doesn't she look great?!

yeah, I know - I'm a bad blogger...

So I had the best of intentions to actually do a post on here with some pictures of the house - and a bit of an update. But, as they say, the best of intentions... I honestly AM going to put some more pictures up though - I was inspired by meeting a person who was following my blog! You know who you are...

Anyway - of course I have gotten to the end of the holiday weekend (Wellington Anniversary) and, as I am prone to do, decided to start cooking something which I really don't have the time to do, and I've still got to finish all the chores that I haven't done yet! So much for finding pictures of the house - or taking more - and actually getting them in a state to go on here... It is going to happen!

So the ultra quick update before I go back to the kitchen is:

• still loving the house
• outside landscaping complete!
• Most of the garden planted
• nearly all the fences painted!

We're still working on the actual decoration - i.e. the interior is finished, but it still looks a little bare. We've bought a spanky new dining table and some fabulous chairs (that will be a whole post), but we need to work on some art for the walls, and some cushions and things. I did make it (early) to the Kirks sale today, so have now got some lovely Egyptian cotton sheets for our bed! They're so thick and luxurious!

Ok, the dinner's probably burning so must go!

Definitely more soon!