The Bell Family

Well, it’s all go here…

Since our last update:
* The majority of internal timber has been put up around the doors and windows and the new doors have been hung (although the skirting boards are yet to be done);
* The cupboards and shelving have been put in;
*We’ve finished the bulk of the painting in the new section of the house (although we still have a fair amount of patching to do where the new part joins the old and we still need to paint the doors and cupboard shelving, plus finish staining the architraves and skirting boards when they are completed etc);
* The light fittings have been connected and the electrical finished off; and
* The concrete pathways poured around the back section of the house.

Here are some piccies…

Piccie of JB painting the “Games” room!

Piccie of JB painting the “Games” room, using his special “cutting in” tool!

Piccie of the feature wall in the games room!

Piccie of the finished feature wall in the games room!

Piccie of one of the unfinished kids cupboards in their bedroom!

Piccie of how the house looks from the outside at the moment!

Jason’s done a great job with all the painting and I’m actually pretty impressed that he’s been able to finish it in such a short time… there was a heck of a lot of work there and we must have used at least 120L of paint… so that’s no mean feat given he works full time and we have two young kids! We’ve both been burning the midnight oil… hooking in once the kids are in bed each night, so we’ll be looking forward to a good break when all this is done!

In the next month or two, the following things still need to be finished off:
* The internal stairs;
* Install sliding mirrored doors in the new bedrooms;
* Install the security screens;
* Install the new bathroom shower, toilet and basin;
* Tile the bathroom;
* Tile the games room;
* Tile the main part of the house (the old bit);
* Lay new carpet in the bedrooms;
* Replace the back timber ramp;
* Finish patching and painting;
* Return the backyard to some sort of order; and then
* Return our house to some sort of order!

We’re all looking forward to graduating from our temporary ‘one bedroom flat’ back into our new and improved four bedroom house with extra storage and living space!!!

Cheers,
Jason and Chrissy