14 January - Cleaned up for a party

We had our Baby Shower BBQ this past weekend at our house, so it was a good reason to get everything tidied up...so I managed to remember to take a couple photos of the house, just to show what it's looking like these days. The only room where there's really been any work done is the baby room, and there are a couple new photos of the back garden as well...

Upstairs open plan living area, view from the entry way.

Same area as above...opposite view. 

Downstairs living area...still need to get the TV and entertainment sorted, but it's nice to see the floors not covered in cardboard and carpet protective layers!

The boys room / pool room!

Downstairs guest bedroom.

Downstairs outdoor seating area, with our new comfy seats and our big, beautiful palm!

The side passageway, all finished after Andy's hard work...hardly recognisable from when we first moved in!

The baby room view from the doorway.

Opposite view of the baby room.

New Year Update - 5th Jan

It's hard to believe we're already in 2014! Looking back at old photos the other day, it's even harder to believe that we've already lived in this house for 2-1/2 years!
Enough on the reminiscing, though. Andy has been super busy lately working on the back garden. Unfortunately, I've been quite bad about taken progress photos over the past month, but there's been quite a change!
Andy and Rob, our gardening expert, laid new turf just before Christmas, which is still looking green and lush! They also built the curved wall at the back of the grass lawn, to separate our nice garden area from the driveway.

Andy and Rob finished the paving around the pool where they had been working on the deck. Andy then cleaned and sealed all of the pavers, which then resulted in a week of cleaning the pool to get it back to the nice blue colour you see here...so inviting now!

Just a ground level view of the garden...

And looking back towards the house...it's really coming together now!

The next jobs on the list are to get the pool fence installed and to get our friend back in to render the new part of the wall. Meanwhile, we'll start shopping for plants to fill the garden beds!