A Pantry Clean up...

 I have been busy over the week end. Busy getting my cup boards organized. Above is a photo of my pantry   before I got in and cleaned and reorganized it.

Below is the laundry cupboard before.

 And now all nice and clean.

 I even got around to tiding my laundry,

 and putting a shelf up that has been sitting there waiting.

 For some reason blogger has uploaded all the photos in the wrong order arghhhh.

Here are all the teatowels and table clothes in there new home.

 I now have all the kitchen linen sorted and in baskets.

 I have now got more in here than when I started as I have emptied the linen cupboard and stored it all in the drawers at the bottom.

 I am happy how organized it all is now, funny how I let things get into such a mess then I have a major clean out on my hands.

The week end was full of cleaning and gardening, but so much was done that I'm happy. What did you get up to on your week end.

Bedroom 3

I am doing my Happy Dance today as the Boys room is all finished..

It looks just the way i imagined it would...I am loving the floors in this room they are hard wood and the color is a lot darker then the rest which I think is good being a boys room. I still have there photos and flags to put up yet as well.

I did have to buy a new chest of drawers, I have been looking for ages in the 2nd hand shops but couldn't find any..I got this from Eureka Furnishings here in Toowoomba.

The old side board looks like it was made for the room, we have all the boys bits and pieces stored in there.

Robbie has the top bunk which is a double size so he has plenty of growing room. I did put a shelf up there and am yet to get a lamp for him so he can read at night with out disturbing William.

Will has the single bed and the party lights go on at night as he needs to sleep with the lights on. Placing them under the bunk they do not reflect up to Robbie who likes it to be dark.

On the other side of the room they have there storage area.

Built ins either side of the desk, and lots of shelf room. The shelves go all the way to the ceiling. Here they do there home work and have the old computer to do assignments on.

We kept one shelf spare so the little TV and X box fits in here out of the way all neat and tidy.

I got them some bean bags to sit in and they love them, Robbie's is the red one and the other one which is Will's is a glow in the dark world map well globe really....He loves it.

So there you have it all 3 Bedrooms finished..It has taken a while but it has been worth it.

Every thing is so clean and fresh..I have donated so much to Vinnies it's un real..I am now going to slowly go through the rest of the house and de-clutter it, but for now I'm having a break...

Blessings

Mandy

Meet All My Children.....

Warning

You may want to

Sit down and have a cuppa for this post, as it is a photo overload....

Above is a photo of all my children.

Back L-R Chloe, David, Alanah

Front L-R Robbie, William, Jessica and Cassandra.

Not easy trying to get 7 kids to behave them selves for a family photo.

Above.

The women of the family.

Myself, Chloe, Jess and Grace, Cassandra and Alanah.

As you see no easy feat getting them to behave...

I know 3 boys that are very much in love..

In love with there niece that is...

See the look in Lachlans eyes.. I am sure he was thinking when are they going home so I get to hold my baby....hahaha

I remember being young with my first baby, do you? it wasn't really that long ago was it.

Below is David and his wife Karen..

They decided to borrow Grace for a family photo..I think the look on Gracie's face says it all.

So that was our week end at Roma with all my loves in the one place at the one time....

Missing them all already though.

Now for some exciting news...

I am getting a Japanese student Tomorrow for 3 months.

All has happened very quickly...I have had to have a big clean up in the kids old bedroom under the house for her..Sorry the above photo is so blurry.

It is a good size room down there and also she will have lots of privacy ( I am saying she as I don't know her name yet)

Bruce installed a vanity for my (below) as I think a girl needs some where to primp and preen.

All I need is some floor covers as it only has bare cement floors....

So there you have it just two of the things I have been up to lately..

I will explain later in the week about how come I am having a Japanese student for 3 mths...

Enjoy your Monday

Mandy

Bedroom 2...

I am back, did you miss me?

My new Internet has been playing up, and work has been to busy to blog there...But all is good and I have a lot of catching up to do...

First......Bedroom 2 Cassie's bedroom.

Remember last post I decided to put Cassie in the smaller bedroom? well she loves it (now)

As you can tell blue and green are her favorite colours.

The walls are all painted in Dulux Antique white. I am loving how the white walls and polished floors make this room so much brighter and bigger.

The bed is one I had up in The Old Dairy. It is painted gold and is the prettiest bed for a teenage girls room. The curtains and cushions are new, but every thing else I already had, the duchess needs painting yet though.

A little office nook for her to do her studying in. The shelves where all taken down and painted as well. I think these shelves came from my room, hahaa I can't remember now.

This is how the room looked before as the boys room. It is now a lovely bright teenage girls room. I have really enjoyed remaking over the bedroom's on such a tight budget. Amazing isn't it what you can find around the home to help pull a room together.

The boys room is nearly finished..We were up till late putting beds together last night. It is the first time in a month the boys have had beds...

12 mths of renos...Boy it has been a long haul, but I have enjoyed seeing my old house come to life...

Now I am going to get a coffee and have a catch up on you all instead of going for a walk this morning...

Enjoy your day..

Mandy

Before and After....

Morning all, I wanted to share some before and afters with you. Lets start with the kids bathroom. Since I have been so totally lost in my new bathroom (above) and yes I still walk in there and sigh......Well the kiddos room has been on a grungy scale of 1-10 ...91/2 aghhh. It was so bad that I just didn't go in the room. But when in Roma I thought this would make a great soap bar holder...I love this jar might have to get Jess to get me another one I think. How one little thing can influence you to redo a room...This jar did just that.

Are you ready for this?????

Below the kids bathroom

or room of grunge as I call it...

Now as I tend to be a little compulsive I decided yesterday after work was the day to revamp this room.(had to use my new jar) So out came the vinegar and washed walls and ceiling...Took the shelf down and put up some curtains...

What do you think???

Looks much better doesn't it?

I just need to paint it now.

This corner below has me stumped though.

I have so many towels but they are all old, I'm thinking if I just got plain white towels to start. Any ideas at all. I thought maybe a chair??

I love how putting up curtains and moving some furniture makes a cheap difference to a room, any room.

Below is the shelf next to the bath/shower..I used the enamel wear to pretty it up. The potty to hold shampoos and stuff and some flowers to give some color.

Yes I'm loving this cabinet in here...

I put glass wear in here to keep it all light and bright. So that's the kids bathroom face lift...

Now on to their bedrooms.

The boys room....

Before....

After..

Why I ask myself did it take so long for me to get it painted?It is so much lighter and brighter now, and the floors..they make the room....If I could just leave it bare like this... But alas children need to move back in..This will be the week ends job...

Meanwhile......

we move right along to Cassie's bedroom...Time for it to get painted..

Say hello to Neville. I asked him if I could take a before photo with him in it to put on my blog?answer very dumb look with nodding of head.....hahaa I better explain when I get home what a blog is.(and yes I'm blogging at work)

This room will be the last to get redone...It has been 13 yrs since I have done any thing to this room, so the carpet will come up and it to will be painted white...

Also I'm thinking of giving the boys this bigger room and Cassie the other one....I wonder how she will take that????

I hope you enjoyed my before and afters...any ideas on that corner of the bathroom are very welcome..

Enjoy your day

Blessings

Mandy

Home.....

My arms are already missing my little princess, and that sweet little nose that I have to kiss. Yes there will be lots of trips out to Roma from now on....But for now it is back home and back to work.

Above is some of the pretties I found in Roma...You'll have to wait and see what I am going to do with them.

We had some great rain while away and the garden is looking green and happy are the plants.

The boys room is coming along, floors sanded and varnished, the first coat of paint on the walls.

Yes coming home was nice.

Only 1 week left until Alanah and Chloe get home from there trip to Thailand...Goodness I have missed those 2 girls. I am feeling very lonely as I have only 3 of my 7 children here and I do not like it at all...

Well only a week and the girls will be back, now I have to work out how to get my big boy down here....I have it.....My mowers need servicing and he is the only one Dad would trust to do it...(a little guilt should work)

Have a great week all...

Blessings

Mandy