Measuring up for curtains

Before we moved in, we went across to measure up for curtains, while Ukki was staying. Check out the views.

Above and below upstairs "lounge area" at the top of the stairs which goes onto the world's largest deck (source of the leaky roof) - the deck has just been laid on top of the original roof when the extension was done and something is not quite right............well there must be some holes in it.

Check out the cool architect designed downstairs...........oh the lovely lines.

Just below we see the sliding doors to the kitchen from the living room. Super cool.

And the feature panels of wood at the end of the dining room.

Apparently the house originally was white with red highlights - front door, door frames. Mainly it's been re-painted to a more sedate grey but this side window has escaped.

After work, of course there must be play, so we went for a little bushwalk, the last bit up the hill, little legs were tired and needed a lift from Ukki.

Hello new house

Bianca, so happy in her natural environment of MESS!!!! Every time you tidy her room, about 5 minutes later it looks like this, neatness makes her nervous. Below, the view that greeted us from the bedroom window upon waking. yeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Cut of as we were from technology for the first few days (TV), the poor children had to go old school and resort to playing in the garden.

We went up to the local school to enrol and found lorikeets (Jake "this is the best school ever"). It also has lunch snatching Ibis - we were warned to make sure your lunchbox is secure at all times.

As the gas wasn't connected for a few weeks and we don't have any electric heaters, we went old school on the heating too, what a luxury having a fireplace.

First sunday arvo, round the corner for an intense Mum's and under 8s versus 8+ and dad's soccer game with the neigbhours.

And woke up to more beautiful skies (and the sounds of birds and frogs which are fantastic until they start chirping at 5am as it gets lighter towards summer and wakes the kids up.....oh early mornings, why aren't you my friend yet?). Still, it's our little patch of heaven on earth.

Farewell Arncliffe

Ukki was here to visit on our last day, flying out to Finland that lunchtime. Kids went off to school on Thursday morning and got picked up and taken to a new house.

Some final pictures of the garden, which I think looked better in the flesh....the new owner, Joan is a gardener so it will continue to be loved.

Farewell big house. It's been fun.

Oh, how good you were kitchen, so big and modern and with gas cooking (we move to electric at the new house).

Fare the well beautiful ceiling patterns.

You were always my favourite lovely flannel flowers.