Hallway and Utility Room Flooring...

Probably the most unexciting photos of the whole blog... the hall and utility room screed!! We finally have a floor, yipee!!





After allowing the screed to dry sufficiently (1 day per mm!!), we were able to make a start on laying our flooring and started with a lovely plastic membrane followed by underlay..





Then the fun began.. not! Looks easy, but very tricky especially around the doors and stair bullnose... and especially with two perfectionists doing the job!



One of the perfectionists hard at work...



And here we have the finished product.. drum roll please... voila!!!! (excuse the phone quality pics!)

Back Bedroom...

Our first attempt at picking paint colours almost ended in tears...! Luckily we were happy with the finished results, phew!

More photos to follow of our first attempt at fitting skirting boards... and carpets... and our first hung curtains!!

Bathroom developments!

Getting started on the bathroom.. which was one of the worst rooms in the house!

Here we have the tiling taking shape... with a lot of patience from Dad with our uneven walls!

And finally the finished product!

And here's a quick recap of how it looked BEFORE!! ... YUK!

Spring 2009.. Getting green fingered in the garden!

Tidied up the garden a little and enjoyed seeing the beautiful flowers come through! Can just about see the fig tree from Nonno we planted at the bottom of the garden.. RIP Nonno.. xxx

Here's our baby fig tree... kept well watered over the summer.. hopefully next year we'll have some figs xx



Our tomato plants given to us by Lillo and Angela. They got quite bit and we managed to get a couple of tomatoes from them!



Paolo attacking the dreaded ivy!! Evil stuff...!!!

Fuscias in the front garden, my favourite..x