2014-10-28 12:30
One of the most pleasant outcomes of participating in Brisbane Open House was how it led to a wonderful meeting with the architects who designed our home. Apparently, the newspaper publicity… Read More
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An Australian home renovation blog about fixing up an old Queenslander house in Brisbane.
2014-10-16 10:13
The joys of aged maple plywood ceilings end when the reality of repairing them slaps you in the face!The hole left behind when we removed the wood heaterAs many of you would know, we recentl… Read More
2014-10-14 00:20
Well what a busy couple of weeks we've had in the lead up to Brisbane Open House which was held last weekend.It's all done and dusted and we were so pleased to be involved in the event as pa… Read More
2014-09-29 06:10
Painting, painting and painting. It's all we ever really do around here...actually, I lie. We've had a few jobs completed, so I will get you all up to speed with our goings-on over the next… Read More
2014-09-11 01:06
The one-wall-a-weekend painting program has been quickly stepped up to one-room-a-weekend now we are unlocking our doors to be part of Brisbane Open House 2014! Nothing like a deadline to ge… Read More
2014-09-08 11:14
Vale wood heater. It was nice knowing you, even though we never used you during winter. You were like the elephant in the room...taking up too much valuable space. We never took any photogra… Read More
2014-09-03 03:33
Attention all archi-tourists: it's that time again when we have to plan our itineraries for Brisbane Open House to be held on the weekend of the 11/12 October 2014.For those of you not… Read More
2014-08-22 01:38
It was a big day yesterday. A new toilet was installed in our mid mod house - a new throne for the royal ablutions.Hmm...the joys of an older home...our throne is slightly elevated sitting o… Read More
2014-08-20 02:27
We had a productive week last week with the hallway receiving some much-needed attention. The fun you can have with a dark hallway, tin of paint and a few rolls of painter's tape! A mid-cent… Read More
2014-08-11 03:27
If you told me that time had stood still over the past five weekends, I would probably believe you...given we are still painting the front door...It's like we are stuck in some cruel time wa… Read More
2014-08-04 02:51
Who knew five years ago when we wrote our first blog post on Fun and VJs we would still be plugging away today, even after a house move? Ha! Clearly I need another hobby...and Jason needs a… Read More
2014-07-23 01:24
The new glossy blue door which we painted with oil-based enamel paintYou wouldn't think painting a blue door would give us so much grief... In the quest for the perfectly painted door we rea… Read More
2014-07-18 02:09
It didn't take long for me to find that DQF (Danish Quality Furniture) dining chair I was so desperately after... An Instagram acquaintance kindly put me on to someone who had a s… Read More
2014-07-12 07:04
Queensland's modernist architecture from 1945 to 1975 is put under the spotlight at a major exhibit now showing at the State Library of Queensland.I was very excited to gain a sneak pr… Read More
2014-07-07 00:58
As part of the restoration of our modernist home, we intend to retain some of the original colours (or as close as possible) used in the home when it was first built in 1963.We're using an o… Read More
2014-07-01 12:38
I ticked another thing off from my bucket list...visiting the landmark Torbreck building in Highgate Hill. Torbreck is one of the first highrise mixed-use (though the proposed restaurant and… Read More
2014-06-28 01:21
We love terrazzo floors, which is fortunate given it is used extensively in our modernist Brisbane home!Terrazzo is a composite material which basically consists of marble chips set in concr… Read More
2014-06-18 23:32
brought to you by Loan MarketWe’ve been in our mid-century home for about three months now. How time flies when you’re having fun! However, the process of buying a house and movi… Read More
2014-06-13 04:03
The long weekend provided us the right impetus to clear out some of the overgrown garden and to continue painting the living/dining room. Three whole days in a row is such a decadent luxury… Read More
2014-06-05 23:39
Not a huge amount has been happening around here, and is the main reason for the very quiet blog...can you hear the crickets?Plans are underway though to tackle a few jobs this coming Queen'… Read More
2014-05-28 04:00
Remember how we were searching high and low for that elusive towel rail bracket for our bathroom? You can read here if you missed it.Well, we found it. Actually, we didn't find it...a blog r… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
We made a quick trip to Canberra, Australia's capital city, over the Christmas and New Year period. If you like your fix of mid-century modern then Canberra should certainly be on your list… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
I've been suffering writer's block and Jason hung up his tool belt semi-permanently over the holidays. We'd never make it in those reality TV renovating shows...given our slackness...Ha!Anyh… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Over the past few months we have acquired a few new (actually old) furniture pieces to reside in our mid-century home. You know how it is when you move house...you have to tweak your furnitu… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
I'm back after having a month off from Fun and VJs - my long service leave, so to speak...Really, there hasn't been a great deal going on around here during my little break. The weather has… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
One of the nicest parts of our new house is the patio. It's a lovely L-shaped terrazzo outdoor space which forms the front of the house and flows to the side where the living room is located… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
If you had said to me on New Year's Day that by April we would be living in a modernist home in Brisbane, I would've said you were crazy. Moving out of the Sow's Ear was really not on our li… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
You just have to wonder why we do it to ourselves when we pack up our entire life to fit into one large moving truck?We've just done it and to be honest I don't think we'll be rushing to mov… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
I've been deliberating for a few weeks on how I would write this blog post...Firstly, let me share with you the very long awaited photograph I received through the distant relatives of the o… Read More
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