Come on a journey of inspiration & adventure while renovate & restore a beautiful Victorian home 'St Elmo' in the picturesque Hunter Valley, Australia & laugh at a few of our family adventures along the way.




Saturday, March 24, 2012

A change is well overdue


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I don't know about you, but even though the Zebra rug has been done to death over the past couple of years, I still love it!!!

I think by the time I get my dream house the trend will have well & truly passed me by & I will miss out on having one for myself,
BUMMER!!!

I'm sure there will be an equally divine new trend to sooth my decorating soul!!


 After 2yrs of having 4 properties listed for sale in the one town, all with good tenants and priced competitively for the local market, you would think at least something would have sold by now.
But we haven't managed to sell a single house.....

I think we need to change our real estate agent.
 Property data tells us that the average time a house is on the market in Lithgow is FIVE MONTHS. Its a small town & we have had FOUR on the market for TWO years.
WHAT THE.......

What do you think, are we trusting fools that should have swapped agents at least a year ago?


CHEERS
Trish xxx

Monday, March 19, 2012

Coastal Style

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Is this just a perfect space to relax in or what???

I love it!

The colour scheme is perfect, a relaxed coastal style is always so inviting. Don't you just love the oars in the corner. I wonder if it would look as good without the two vases with leaves in them, they really do lift the room, don't you think?

CHEERS
Trish xxx



Thursday, March 15, 2012

Blue for a cure

On the 30th of March 2012 the beautiful dream child No 4 is going to participate in one of Australia's greatest fundraisers
In case you haven't heard about it,
 The worlds greatest Shave is where people gain sponsorship to either shave, wax or colour their hair to raise money for the Leukaemia Foundation, to help with their ongoing support of people with blood cancer.
My fabulous daughter is going to colour her gorgeous long locks
 BRIGHT BLUE!!!!

I don't appear to have a pic to show you just how long her hair has gotten, but as you can see it is very dark  & in order to go bright blue it will need to be bleached right up to BLONDE....eek!!!
You can see some tiny snippets of blue foiled into her fringe in this pic, but her hair will become brighter than that all over her head.
I'm very proud of her for joining in on such a fantastic cause!!
If anyone is interested in sponsoring her  all you need to do is pop by
Your support will be greatly appreciated!
She is hoping to raise a minimum of $1000
I'm not actually doing her hair as she lives 4 hours away but a family friend who is also a hairdresser is undertaking this humongous colour task. Geordie or dream child No 4 as you all know her has about 3 times the amount of hair compared to the average person, its super thick & reasonably long, although I imagine a lot of it will need to be cut off after such radical bleaching session.
As they say on TV
 " Don't try this at home folks!"
If your natural hair colour is only 2 shades off being black, you are not meant to be blonde or blue for that matter!!! 
I will keep you posted on how she goes & of course some lovely photo's of the end result.
Have you ever shaved or coloured your hair in the name of fundraising?
CHEERS
Trish xxx

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