let there be light

I have found pendant lights for our house and I am in love.
I seriously want to make out with them. When I saw them I knew they were the ones.
I always thought I would get industrial pendants from IKEA.
You can see my old post on them here
But having so much time to choose made me start searching for something better. That rang alarm bells because if I had found the perfect pendant, why was I still searching? That was when I realised we needed something else.

So thus began the new search for pendants. I rallied all my work colleagues and friends to help me find them. I had a short list and appreciated everyone's feedback on why they did or didn't like them. It made me open my eyes to a lot of issues that I wouldn't have realised had I not asked so I am thankful I did.
Time was approaching when we needed to have them ready for the electrician.
So today after hours of internet searching we went to Beacon lighting who were having a 30% off the second light sale. Which was quite handy as we were purchasing two lights.
As we walked in and I rounded the corner I saw our new lights. When I saw them I gasped in amazement. My eyes followed the pendant up til they reached the cord, then there was an intake of breath and then the final gasp and swallow as I saw the top of them.
I could barely speak but I think I said "Matt we are getting these", although it may have sounded like "Mart vee geet thaaa".

They are everything I wanted and more. So much more. I never knew a pendant could look so nice. All the way to the top. I never even looked at the top of pendants in the past. Mainly because they were boring and not worth the look I guess. But these are sexy to the very tippy top.
I mean just look at that cord. I'd love to get all tangled in that.

 We told the lady we would take two. We were quite lucky as they had only just been released recently and they only had 3 left. Two in the back and the one on display.  We took the two out the back and went home on our merry way. After paying for them of course. Actually, I may have skipped back to the car and smiled like a freak the whole way home. 

I am still smiling now.

raise the roof yo'

 

This post is about to go cray cray.

We have a friggen roof people. Already! A. ROOF!!

exclamation marks!!!!!!! 

They commenced the roof works on Thursday 11th October and completed it on Tuesday 16th October.

Four days to build a roof. I know they say Rome wasn't built in a day, but had they had the right builders it could very well have.

Thursday was the installation of all the guttering. And anyone who follows me on instagram (the_suppatown) would have already seen a sneak peak of this.

 

 Then on Friday they started the prep work by laying the blue roof batons ready for the colorbond roofing to be installed the following week. At this time they also starting putting in the sisalation which is an insulation foil that we are using on as well as insulation due to the colorbond roof.

On top of this, they also started work on installing the roof to the back half of the house. Phew, those roof men sure were busy.

 

 On Monday, the well rested builders finished installing the sisalation through the whole house.
I wonder if in the morning they thought to themselves "ugh I don't want to go to work today"? (as I have done many times on a Monday morning)
I am so thankful that they did, because just look at what they accomplished.

And lucky last was roof day.
And this my friends is the final product.
 

Ain't she a beauty?
They, along with the brick layers and all other tradesmen working on our house, have done a spectacular job. It can't be faulted. I feel like they deserve a standing ovation.
Up you get readers.
Clap clap clap clap.

officially all bricked up now

It is complete!
The bricks are done.

They actually ran out of bricks. They used spare bricks for the top part of the house and under the windows. It doesn't matter as they are going to be rendered anyway so we will never see them. I do wonder what the neighbours thought though when they saw it going up.

I am going to do another post with the progress of the bricks being installed but just wanted to share these with you now.

Starting to look like a house now.
It sure has come a long way.

have a look around

 Thought I would share some photos of our house from the road, and the views down our street both ways.


 

facing our house, turning right

facing our house, turning left

Now lets have a look around and see the progress that has happened on our house.

our garage

in our garage facing the hallway

view of our street from the garage

in our lounge area facing the spare bedrooms and bathroom

plumbing for the main bathroom

progress on the alfresco piers

view down right side of our house from the back yard. At the end of this picture is the door to exit the garage

view down the left side of our house from the back yard. The laundry door is to the left. Matt is up near our bedroom.

showing the In-Laws

Just a short post which is really an excuse to show more photos.

Matt's mum and dad have been away on holidays in Western Australia for a few weeks and wanted to see an update of the house. 

Before they left they saw mud and dirt so it has been quite a change for them. Plus it was a good excuse to go back to the house to see the progress.

 These were taken on 3rd October.

 

Matt is in the bedroom and this is the bedroom showing his folks the lay out.

 

 View from the hallway. Now with plumbing done and windows in.

 

 The brickwork has commenced around the piers.

 

windows and door frames and bricks, oh my!

We now have windows in, door frames in, roof beams on and bricks beginning to be added.
We almost need them to slow down so we can take each stage in.
This is just flying along.
It went from the frame to this in less than a week.
These photos were all taken on 2nd October. 
How gorgeous is our big double door entry way. It makes me want to hip thrust and fist pump all at once.

 And here I am stirring an imaginary pot with an imaginary spoon on our imaginary kitchen island bench. BUT it is under our real roof. I know this will sound crazy but it makes the room feel a lot larger. I think because it makes it more real now.

And our alfresco is really coming together.

I wanted to include a close up of the bricks. It not only shows a true representation of the colour but also shows how talented a brick layer really is. I was so amazed by how clean and crisp it looks. It is almost a shame to cover them up in render.  

What do you think?

we have windows

 Forget Nasa's boring old "we have liftoff" speech, because ladies and gents WE HAVE WINDOWS.
They were delivered on Saturday the 29th September and relaxed for a few days just soaking up the gorgeous sun that was on offer before they were installed.
I love how they are positioned. It's like they are ready to pounce onto the walls to fulfill their dreams.

  Something else I love is the trail the workmen are leaving. I know it is a weird thing to like but it shows how many times they must have walked down that hall way and into the back yard. They are all working really hard to create this house for us and it shows not only in the progress but on the floor too.

 Notice anything different about the house?
If you guessed steel frame for the sliding doors you would be correct.

The excitement we feel everyday going to the land is fantastic. I cannot wait til we can move in but I am really enjoying watching the progress too.

We like to frame it frame it

On Friday 21st September we flew to Brisbane for a family wedding and didn't get home till Tuesday 25th September. In that time they built the frame.
Yes you read right, they BUILT THE FRAME. Who whips up the frame of a house over a long weekend? Our builders do!

Holy Toledo Batman. When our house came into view I squealed in excitement. This made it much more real.

After screaming and charging through our non existent front doors, our first stop was the bedroom where Matt was having a practice lay down in an up right position. As you do.
This is probably the thing I am most excited about (not the practice lay down, although, look how comfy and handsome he looks. I'm talking about the design). When he designed the house we had a relaxing master bedroom suite in mind. Nothing too big, but enough to hold our bed, two side tables, a chair and enough room to comfortably walk around without wasting space. We also wanted a walk in robe and an en suite with his and hers sinks. Plus I wanted natural light to put my make up on in the morning. I am happy to announce that this has been accomplished. The design was Matts genius creation. To see it come to life is so spectacular for me, so I can only imagine how he must feel to literally walk through his creative vision.
 

 Here is another lay out of the house, this time with carpet and tile features. This is wreaking havoc on my eyes so I apologise to anyone else who experiences this. Fingers crossed no one has a fit while looking at it. Hmmm, hope I am not liable if you do. GULP.
But see our own sinks. There is space in the middle for a chair to go under so I can do my make up under natural light. Aww shucks. Thanks Matt!

 Then just picture us going through each room practicing what we will do in them. Toilets, showers, lounge rooms, kitchens, garages, laundry rooms. You name the room, and we did a demo of how we would act in there. So I won't bore you with those photos.
Below is the view from the back yard, looking over the alfresco and into the kitchen/dining/lounge area.

Perhaps you can scroll back up and look at the plan to see how it is all coming together.

When these photos were taken there was still more to do on the frame but boy oh boy it is shaping up to be quite a house. Wouldn't you agree?