TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE

I came across these pictures that were featured on  Trends.com , of our old house. 

It brought back such happy memories looking through them.

YELLOW FORNASETTI GUEST BATHROOM

  

4M DEEP COURTYARD

 DINING ROOM

 

DEEP BUTTON WALLPAPER GUEST LOO

KITCHEN

 KITCHEN VIEW INTO DINING ROOM

 BARBERS CHAIR

OUTSIDE VIEW

 PATIO

STUDY WALL WITH LETTERS

HOUSE AND LEISURE HOUSE OF THE MONTH

Being chosen as the House of the Month for the October 20th Birthday Issue of House and Leisure seriously made my day, no my week , actually make that my year!!

What is even more awesome is that it is also my Birthday in October, what a perfect birthday present.

Be sure to go pick up a copy. How cool is the cover.

Here is a sneak peek of the article.

Hope you enjoy reading it.

LOADS MORE TO SEE ON FACEBOOK

Find us on  FACEBOOK , there is loads more to see.  - Pop in and come say Hi, we would love to hear from you.

"CHECK THIS OUT"

My entry for  this year's Apartment Theraphy Room for Colour 2012 Contest.

If you like what you see, please pop on over  HERE to go favourite it! It would be super awesome to get some more votes.

Thank you!

TOP BILLING VIDEO CLIP

So here is the full clip of the insert, if you missed it or were wondering what it is all about...

Hope you enjoy it.

TOP BILLING - The Best of the Good Life.

Catch our house this coming Tuesday the 11th at 8pm on SABC 3.

Here is a sneaky snippet

Hope you enjoy the show.

FIND US ON FACEBOOK

Find us on  FACEBOOK  - Pop in and come say Hi, we would love to hear from you.

Vintage Design Fair @+27Cafe

A must do this weekend!! Take home your very own Once upon a Time piece. See you there!
 c/o South and Duncan Streets, Hatfield, Pretoria, South Africa
For more info check out their Facebook page here.

And we have LIFT OFF.....

 

"The kitchen
The kitchen is all grey walls, wood cupboards with aluminium inserts, steel under-bar fridges (converted to cupboards) and catering prep tables. We’re going for a Steampunk look in the kitchen; which is very popular in the States and involves a setting where steam power is widely used. It all started during the late 80’s and early 90’s and uses elements of science fiction, fantasy, alternate history and horror." read more HERE

Johan bought me this awesome gumball machine as a birthday present.

But times they are a changing...

Man, you gotta love Paint Stripper that actually works. It really was so cool to watch it in full attack mode.

And we have LIFT OFF...

I totally love what we did with it and am so happy with the end result.

FINDING AN IMAGE SOURCE

I stumbled across this article from Jeanine @ I heart Interiors - WOW !! I never knew one could do this. Jeanine I feel your pain and frustration at having my images all over the internet without a credit.

Tutorial :: Finding An Image Source

I think everyone has images they saved from somewhere that they've either forgotten where it was from or the source wasn't named to begin with. 

Here is how to do it:

First go to google images, then click on the little camera icon on the right of the text box to search by image.

I hope this is helpful to everyone.  I used it on a few of my images but it was so frustrating seeing how many images from my little blog are out there and not credited at all {hence my recent attempt at watermarking}.  I have to admit I found out how to do this when I was in a bad mood and I sent out emails to some of the offenders.  

TIME SURE FLIES

 WHEN YOU BUILDING A HOUSE

So this is what has been keeping me so busy. We getting there slowly.

Welcome to our stand, the site which will be our home very soon. Looking at this photo makes me so sad as my darling best assistant in the world Sooty, tragically died at the end of 2011. She just loved running around on site.

 The arrival of the long awaited Containers. The day they stood these babies up has got to be one of the most stressful days of 2011.

And the building finally started!

 We got these Stunning French Antique Bedroom cupboards.

A Bath! Can't wait to Splish and a splash.

A very interesting roof.

That's just me being a Builder Betty.

And some trees for the courtyard.

 Walls

 View from the patio into the loung/kithen/dining area

 Swimming Pool or what my Mom refers to as the Foot Spa...LOL

Main Bedroom - View from the Shower into the room.

View onto the patio from the kitchen corner.

Swimming Pool is done.

Entrance

Street View

Guest Bedroom En Suite

Main Bedroom.