Behind the scenes

It sure ain't a glamorous life in this renovating game. But we must make some sacrifices in the short term to achieve our long term goal. Right?

Not only are all three kids sharing a bedroom the size of a regular person's study, our living room is also the playroom/dressing room/storage room. Then we have this in our bathroom sink.

With no laundry, we have to wash the paint brushes in the bathroom sink

Oh and the bathroom is like an icebox at the moment because it has holes in the walls and just sheets of plaster between the inside and outside.You have to walk across a temporary floor to get to the bathroom.

On our vanity, instead of having makeup brushes, there are paint brushes drying.

Our kitchen bench is home to various painting jobs.

Painting the cut edges of the upper storey weatherboards so they can be installed.

More weatherboards being painted

Any spare space in the kitchen area is prime locale for painting in this freezing Melbourne weather. Here is the second window being finished. The talent is not in the painting, but in keeping the 3 kids (and stray moths) from touching the wet paint.

Window keeping warm inside

Then there is the bath tub that has to be washed out well before every bath because we have to drain the washing machines dirty water down the baths drain pipe.

I am sure going to appreciate the house when it has finished, but glad I will have this blog to look back and see how we once lived and survived. Well so far!

Cheers,
Nat