Time to get lights

I get to do some of the fun stuff this week. I am finalising the lighting and I get to go shopping. Woo hoo!

Today I did some research online to find some lights that I liked. I saw Beacon lighting has 25% off at the moment so dashed out and got these beauties.

I saved $117 today so I am happy with that.

I got the Southampton Square pendant to go in the stairwell. We didn't have this on the original lighting plan but now we see how dark it is (even with step lights) we are getting the sparkie to add it in.

So tomorrow I am off to Early Settler and Masters to look as some other lights that I like. There are also two online ones that I will probably order also.

I love this stage of the process.

Cheers,
Nat

Planning for the fireplace and seating

If you follow me on Pinterest, you may have noticed a lot of fireplaces being pinned at the moment. This is because I aid I want the fireplace in and working by May. This has prompted much discussion between Dave and I about what the fireplace and surrounds should look like. You may even remember my previous mood boards that I posted about.

Well I just couldn't decide and none really grabbed me. Tonight I have been revisiting these mood boards and have come up with the following. What do you think?

We were going to have downlights above but now I think some pendants would look great above the built in seating.

The white mantle and seats would work in with the staircase and other mouldings in the house and the blue/grey will match in with the red bricks behind. If you have any better ideas I'd love to hear them

Cheers,
Nat

Boys room panelled ceiling

You may recall that we had a delivery of EasyCraft VJ paneled sheet on Thursday; well this weekend we got up the first sheet. There was quite a bit of preparation that had to be done first. We had to add in extra timber to carry the sheets. This involved sorting through our big timber pile in the backyard to find some nice straight and non-mouldy lengths. Ended up with very close to enough to do the whole ceiling saving us money! Yay!

Then they had to be straightened by planing and packing them.

We did have to buy a sheet lifter which was about $250 and some screws and more stud adhesive.

But finally we got one up in Sam's room.

Our new sheet lifter in action

I also painted two gloss coats of water-based painted on the two front windows. The colour I chose is called The Hamptons by Valspar.

I think I might do one more coat though to be safe.

Cheers,
Nat