Oh look at me now!

Ooh, I can hardly contain myself! In spite of all advice to the contrary, I decided to have a little preview of how my makeover will look when it's all done and dusted. Can I tell you how much I <i><b>LOVE IT</b></i>?<br /><br />Here's a sneak peek:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvKk3Ro4JNlq8SNw6g14iIwckX3vQlwOTO1Vq_Sf00L5SBbIubI73NONbhBMf7vvW0iEz6BqAgLNwIoGNdA3Xb9LUf2B1sABCHXGpGPKODcTqVQlR3GDSppDNmZD_OxOB9IHQ1uXdHhFA/s1600/DSC03074.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvKk3Ro4JNlq8SNw6g14iIwckX3vQlwOTO1Vq_Sf00L5SBbIubI73NONbhBMf7vvW0iEz6BqAgLNwIoGNdA3Xb9LUf2B1sABCHXGpGPKODcTqVQlR3GDSppDNmZD_OxOB9IHQ1uXdHhFA/s320/DSC03074.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">as you can see, there's still painting to be done around the skirting </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGQZt4Jdu0tJ7Qk7zlncRB8SSUAiYZjLlRvmu6P-W1ROaOtEJvwqpIGDgiOkcmIgYzh8ldfsYR2ENo8fD-0ijUw4iZcBd_CzEZVXVuReb0MICNziewZ2n-h-kmJJbbbgqFWEnLuBS3pmc/s1600/DSC03075.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGQZt4Jdu0tJ7Qk7zlncRB8SSUAiYZjLlRvmu6P-W1ROaOtEJvwqpIGDgiOkcmIgYzh8ldfsYR2ENo8fD-0ijUw4iZcBd_CzEZVXVuReb0MICNziewZ2n-h-kmJJbbbgqFWEnLuBS3pmc/s400/DSC03075.JPG" width="195" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">from this... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ITN7mr6cdsZs5qgqPJmzPyjQo65LvEe8wKkaDU9LZcPHgtOoF0C3HQ1S6GHu8K0-a0qfpKKCY68cvY2JI-woShlWm8bFxnZWYbcJtzNaEiGhE84-TDp-WjBu9OkOQ3Ag9UZvjcOkZsM/s1600/kitchenDSC03035.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ITN7mr6cdsZs5qgqPJmzPyjQo65LvEe8wKkaDU9LZcPHgtOoF0C3HQ1S6GHu8K0-a0qfpKKCY68cvY2JI-woShlWm8bFxnZWYbcJtzNaEiGhE84-TDp-WjBu9OkOQ3Ag9UZvjcOkZsM/s400/kitchenDSC03035.jpg" width="271" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">...to this!</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjavE_j3vRCfCcQ_Xab-L9jAn4-hhb-Y3VlpaEYx2Cv_CiXhCMJX9BnnEhjxInbmBFZzvfPMOIl0UTSmP1QuTZG5VXY_1Qcn2W4NEJox91KjvMIdeYLoAhgV3hnHWH_uWbuBwG3hjgT0jA/s1600/DSC03072.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjavE_j3vRCfCcQ_Xab-L9jAn4-hhb-Y3VlpaEYx2Cv_CiXhCMJX9BnnEhjxInbmBFZzvfPMOIl0UTSmP1QuTZG5VXY_1Qcn2W4NEJox91KjvMIdeYLoAhgV3hnHWH_uWbuBwG3hjgT0jA/s320/DSC03072.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I can't tell you how much restraint is required not to throw all the doors back on right now. But it's raining today, and I do have some concerns that the paint isn't quite cured enough (but shh, don't tell hubby or I'll get the "I told you so" speech!). But I'm so in love it's not funny.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Patience Kerri, patience!  Right, no more teasers until it's all back together again, I <strike>think</strike> promise. Truly :-)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85794/shatay01/57292ae3db79c6d939a1f2a85508a076.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;">all images Driftwood Interiors </span>

Oh look at me now!

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A BIG THANK YOU!

<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yesterday evening I'be had one of the <span style="font-size: large;">sweetest surprise ever </span>since I've started my blog-adventure! Talented <span style="font-size: large;">Kristin</span> at My <a href="http://myuncommonsliceofsuburbia.blogspot.com/">Uncommon Slice of <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Suburbia</span></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> posted about me on her beautiful blog just to say thank you for being one of her reader.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I was amazed...really...I remained without words for some minutes and my husband asked to me: "What  happens?" </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Kristin is a very sweet lady and we started to write each others mails a few weeks ago. She has a very famous blog and I'm always a little bit shy when I stumble upon successful blogs with tons of readers...I say to myself: ""Oh, she will never have the time to write me back, 'cause she has already a lot of blogging friends and she will also be very busy.."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">But Kristin replyed to me so quickly and I was so delighted!!! She wrote me that she was thrilled that I've send a mail to her....well I was MUCH MORE THAN THRILLED!!!! </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">So I have to say a big <span style="font-size: large;">THANK YOU to Kristin</span>, not only because she posted about me and my blog, but especially because of her kind words! </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I agree with you, dear Kristin, as women we need to stick together, without any jealousy, because in the bloglad there's space for anyone and the most important part of all our blog-adventures, is finding new sweet friends with whom sharing interests, toughts, laughs!!!</span><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTONEVpz9Nff4NBymdaNgZZn4hZcSI0wXPH5t8fzcE5qbESDicIsV4YUx5AXXOzOEDCAJf5h4pvbnML2lRK1ZnIojNvOb_V7gO8cDOR0FZG7dKbOM6Vz1Pk96fURknaLhWmUmE2wO0_SQ/s1600/gemma_comas.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTONEVpz9Nff4NBymdaNgZZn4hZcSI0wXPH5t8fzcE5qbESDicIsV4YUx5AXXOzOEDCAJf5h4pvbnML2lRK1ZnIojNvOb_V7gO8cDOR0FZG7dKbOM6Vz1Pk96fURknaLhWmUmE2wO0_SQ/s640/gemma_comas.png" tt="true" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Image: <a href="http://www.gemmacomas.com/">Gemma Comas</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I've seen that I've now 100 readers!!!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, in this "thank you" post </span>I want to thank you all, my dearest readers</span>!!! The first ones and the new ones! Thank you so much for all your sweet words and for taking the time to visit me and leaving such beautiful comments!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Reading the comments, visiting other blogs, discovering new blogs is now one of the most happy moment of my day! Who would guess that just a couple of months ago?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">As I've promised I'm working on a little surprise for you all....I will tell you more!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh6giQ6_1kOlOwrNVZMYG2m6ynQDg0nk-2K0PAZCBTXQtuv0oEtDHuIdgZtN5ONROSEPxnQjqO9rM2IBc0rd20_0u3tXfJ2dt5cL-3TafuzRbdQgRazstscuSDzknTqX6ZpmScFcUhFno/s1600/firma1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh6giQ6_1kOlOwrNVZMYG2m6ynQDg0nk-2K0PAZCBTXQtuv0oEtDHuIdgZtN5ONROSEPxnQjqO9rM2IBc0rd20_0u3tXfJ2dt5cL-3TafuzRbdQgRazstscuSDzknTqX6ZpmScFcUhFno/s320/firma1.jpg" tt="true" /></a></div>

A BIG THANK YOU!

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My big plan...the epic part 1

We moved into this house with big plans. The 80's is an era not fondly remembered in terms of fashionable interiors - after all, Mission Brown was de rigeur, as was exposed brick and timber, timber and more timber. But the house was in a great location on two and a half acres, with a creek meandering through, set high on a ridge to capture views and cooling breezes. We jumped at the chance to buy, knowing it needed some renovation and much redecoration.<br /><br />The kitchen was a bit of a conundrum for me. Although it was not to my taste, it was relatively new and completely functional. We had more urgent things to tackle, like the bathroom. The layout was fine, so it sat on the backburner, and its ugliness kept nagging at me until I couldn't stand it any more.<br /><br />I wanted this...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibE5DrlRk1lfldXlxZCqiVMdTJSZoMP2_RNUh_wOVApcclVeOfRo1GQ9wPXhHoJyxi3S0Bh9vetvnOWVzWn0PRmpZVtEPjb5FZNCDOeWYF7cV1YYFYD8JgsR_XVE_q3it0vLBaFqhDCns/s1600/kitchen+imgProj741_thumb1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibE5DrlRk1lfldXlxZCqiVMdTJSZoMP2_RNUh_wOVApcclVeOfRo1GQ9wPXhHoJyxi3S0Bh9vetvnOWVzWn0PRmpZVtEPjb5FZNCDOeWYF7cV1YYFYD8JgsR_XVE_q3it0vLBaFqhDCns/s400/kitchen+imgProj741_thumb1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">source unknown, sorry </span></div><br />and of course this...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIgHHhNxc2aHtsdj1ESiJdKPU0Al_8221wKcnzrIpdz3xBGQ8YlBy-V8BxSarjYe44PdlAVfVcpsWEVlTet7dIVbLjnE2eyy2X6C-EvlqF_ULfdv-XFADMxogJi1GxApOVRIDTRXy4XZs/s1600/kitchen+image36_thumb.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIgHHhNxc2aHtsdj1ESiJdKPU0Al_8221wKcnzrIpdz3xBGQ8YlBy-V8BxSarjYe44PdlAVfVcpsWEVlTet7dIVbLjnE2eyy2X6C-EvlqF_ULfdv-XFADMxogJi1GxApOVRIDTRXy4XZs/s400/kitchen+image36_thumb.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> via <a href="http://cotedetexas.blogspot.com/">Cote De Texas</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">But I had this...</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPv4knjaDfMIe0bFNGyDNstt-SRK6SE-d6oFl7-6an4sBo4bqlLGPqMKL4EoRAF60ZEReTh_-5WagB1Nl2SYFAGVxST0WSjv68Bpyy38HrDBHNreAXLlFtjCzO0IcpPOUCzbRjWltiTHk/s1600/kitchenDSC03043.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQuO0twPkbjPMXuk_Gs2GFr4gYLyKlkFH-dSIvJUif3qP_mY4OzFaWenYPGI0_j574zXqcYLUiF5xleJjhBmgJqtLUWS_NO9AEzZVyxP9-m0HISNBkKIRqXnSKP5wROB3QoLBcd_pjnOc/s400/kitchenDSC03038.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRFhZAGEFnAvIjoe0JjYTmFRgdis3GrD6e84fDXG96j4LueJBVsH5QOT4jvbF-x87Tcd-_BzcWxweiLmWi2wumkhUpPAAJ1ASMfourOFPtRmRfDLhvN-YHfAll1oX39gPznUOwhCrNdX4/s1600/kitchenDSC03036.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRFhZAGEFnAvIjoe0JjYTmFRgdis3GrD6e84fDXG96j4LueJBVsH5QOT4jvbF-x87Tcd-_BzcWxweiLmWi2wumkhUpPAAJ1ASMfourOFPtRmRfDLhvN-YHfAll1oX39gPznUOwhCrNdX4/s400/kitchenDSC03036.jpg" width="351" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">special, isn't it?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So I thought hey, hubby's away for three days, I'll surprise him by painting all the timber, covering that ugly brick, and I'll give it a spiffy little makeover. No biggie, right? WRONG!! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Now, those who know me would say that I'm something of an optimist. Impulsive and completely delusional are probably more appropriate. Three days - no drama, it's just a little tart up, how long could it take? </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So...here I am, picking the paint off every exposed part of my body, but I have to tell you, I'm LOVING IT! The results are, I hope, going to be so worth it, I can't wait to put it all back together and gaze upon its beauty. But the voice of reason (hubs of course) advised that to rush things now would mean a less than perfect outcome, and believe me, there's no way I'm taking the chance after all my blood, sweat, tears and tantrums. So I know you'll understand when I tell you I <i><b>promise</b></i> to show you everything as soon as humanly possible.  Until then, it's back to work. See you soon with all the good stuff - can't wait to share it all with you!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85794/shatay01/57292ae3db79c6d939a1f2a85508a076.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /></a>

My big plan...the epic part 1

We moved into this house with big plans. The 80's is an era not fondly remembered in terms of fashionable interiors - after all, Mission...

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