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I have been thinking a lot about how to achieve high end renovations with a low end budget. Champagne taste on a beer budget! There are many drivers behind this thinking. Perhaps you want to renovate or rebuild your home to be your Forever Home, but are economically restrained (or just prudent). Perhaps you wantContinue reading “Champagne taste on a beer budget – Bathrooms”

I have been cautious about embracing terrazzo. Or is it really re-embracing? Once I moved past my aging public toilet flash backs, I could appreciate its beauty and functionality. The speckles are very forgiving of those with less than adequate domestic abilities and motivation. Unlike dark tiles and light tiles (both of which show everyContinue reading “Terrazzo is back, Baby!”

My next new personal project is to rebuild my home on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. The project is to retain the side and front walls of the current 1905 single fronted and single storey brick cottage into a three storey Hamptons style (please don’t yawn) rendered brick and timber clad home, including an internalContinue reading “Things I need – An invisible garage door”

I hate sand. Like I really hate sand. I hate sand on the floorboards and in the bed. I hate how sand inexplicably finds its way into sandwiches. (Yet another reason I should give up carbohydrates.) This is unfortunate, as I live on the Northern Beaches of Sydney with a magnificent, but VERY SANDY, beachContinue reading “I hate sand”