Our home, is already the most social I have ever lived in. We regularly have friends dropping by to say hello, neighbours are here most days, we have had a few passes by stop and ask what we are doing with the house, we even have buses of tourists stop out the front each Friday… read more →
Monthly Archives: September 2014
Pen Y Llechwedd-Week 8
Week 8, might be a little fib, I cannot remember if we are up to week 8 or even later. It seems like forever! So many little things have changed since we moved into our dream home, it is a slow process as we try to continue fulfilling the dreams of others along the way,… read more →
Tech Talk-Hoardings
Not this……… This Hoardings are another confusing word I only discovered myself this week. Quite simply a Hoarding is a barrier or fence, usually made from steel, but can also be made from wood. In the case of the fence above, a steel fence is then covered with plastic or printed shade cloth to… read more →
Space
One of my favourite parts of having this house is the space. A Corner of Space on the Front Deck Having a large family, one of our prerequisites was to have a home with space. We had a very large home previous to this, some 700m2, however the space wasn’t used to best suit our… read more →
Inspired Space-Window Seat
We have 4 beautiful window seats in our home, in the master bedroom, library, dining room and lounge. Each space is bright and breezy with a beautiful outlook. The challenge for us it how to decorate this space, with keeping in mind, how heavy the children can be on furnishings, the cats claws, and the… read more →
Mr Fredrick Goleby
We have heard some amazing stories about our home over the last few weeks. I had spent quite a lot of time researching the home and its history prior to taking ownership, however we have since found that the best source of history are the neighbours that surrond us. I have the last 40-60 years… read more →
15 Trees
We have a big family, and as parents of this big family, we try to be very thoughtful about the choices we make and how those choices impact the environment. We want to do our bit to leave a better world for our children. Recently we decided to look further into how we could work… read more →
That Moment
I’ve had a moment, a moment when I’ve realised we are just not going to get through as much of our renovation as we hoped, before we moved in. There may have been a few tears, some self-indulgent words, and a pout. I really didn’t want to move our 5 kids into a building site.… read more →
And we are In!
That’s it, we made it…..just. Whilst not a difficult move, after the last few weeks it was really taxing. We have only just begun to surface, well sort of. There are boxes everywhere, and a million things not yet done, but all Adam and I can see, is a home we love. I have never… read more →