Building our new Castle.: August 2016

There's not much left to do. The painting is complete. Not as white as I originally thought lol as that was the undercoat. The actual colour is alabaster. A creamy white. With gloss white for all the doors, skirting and architraves. Looks fresh.

Shoulder is better but not good. Still off work. Thankfully I'm driving again this week.

An issue has developed as we are lacking a water meter on the land. Hopefully this will all be resolved quickly as we are hoping to move in very soon. Have paid the council!! No shortage of things to pay at the moment. Have also been furniture shopping. Now the living room and my retreat area will have furnishings. Can't wait to buy lamps and things. I've also ordered window furnishings for most of the windows, although they won't be ready in time.

Am so in love with our floors. Have never chosen floor coverings before for a whole house. It looks sensational. This is the vynl that looks like wood, it's amazing and feels beautiful underfoot. Much nicer than tiles or slate.

The carpet in the kids' area.

The carpet in my room and retreat.

The drive way, alfresco and washing line areas are done.

The progress that we've had over the last couple of weeks is incredible. We move into our new home in just over three weeks time. I'm so pleased as I'm on leave at the time, which was fortuitous and planned last year when I thought we'd be going on another cruise. Neither Peter or I would have believed that we'd be moving into our new home then instead. Unfortunately I've hurt my shoulder at work and have had time off. While the house is progressing well, Bonney St has sold and we are no longer under stress with fixing up here, I am extremely frustrated and in pain. I'm not able to pack or do what I'm supposed to be doing at the moment...... Ah well things will no doubt all work out. My bossy and organising genes are not enjoying this level of helplessness.

On Friday we went to IKEA and we bought lots of bits and pieces. My arm was quite sore, so Billy-Joe did the driving. We took Peter's ute down which was pretty full of the iconic flat pack boxes. Billy-Joe bought his bedroom and a lovely double mattress, I bought a few small things, bathroom mats, the rubber stuff for the bottom of my kitchen drawers, a fake plant and also a cheap chest of drawers to put into my walk in Robe.

The painter was at the house yesterday. Am so happy with he colour I've picked for inside. It's virtually white. I have a white thing happening! Thank goodness I love colour as I can go crazy with colour for everything else. I need to buy so much furniture as at this stage rooms will be empty. I have heaps of storage space, complete with my own 'Harry Potter room'. I'm so grateful to Amrock and specifically to Carmen Percy who designed our home to my specifications...... It's just perfect.