C U R T A I N S

Yerp you know you're a home owner when things like curtains get you excited! I think I have every curtain rod, curtain track, 'stack back', curtain heading, spooling and all you need to know about curtains down pack. Took me a while but I eventually got there in the end with the help of a long-term family friend who worked with curtains and sewing her whole life (thanks Luda and good'ol Google!). Who knew there would be so much to learn about curtains?!

We went with a sheer (kinder) curtain for the alfresco doors and all of the bedrooms. To keep it feeling light and breezy in our master bedroom and the alfresco doors we went with white and for the bedrooms we went darker and they are in charcoal. The fabric we chose is Warwick Aesop which is a linen blend and looks beautiful and natural (slightly addicted to linen - bedsheets and curtains are both linen) and the curtain heading is an Inverted Pinch Pleat (or IPP). We chose to have the curtains rods with the curtains slightly spooling on the floor in the master bedroom and on the alfresco doors to give it a luxe feel. The bedroom curtains are on a curtain track with a pulley system and are level to the floor, the bedrooms will also have a roller block-out blind installed behind the curtain to give them extra coverage when needed.

Plantation shutters are yet to be installed in the bathrooms, master bedroom and media room. Hopefully we will have them and the roller blinds in soon.

Feels so great to finally have (some) coverage on the windows.

Next on the to do list - further shutters/blinds, upholstered bed head and frame, WIR fit-out and garden shed (and plenty more but we'll tick these off first)     

G A R D E N

We have one garden... isn't it beautiful?!

Long awaited progress on the gardens has finally begun, we spent almost a whole Saturday sourcing plants from the markets and local nurseries, ordering soil from the landscaping shop and a trip to Bunnings for the garden edging. We played around with the plants in their pots until we came up with a design that looked the best. Sunday was spent creating the garden beds, digging holes, planting and voila! Our first garden. We have a little bit to finish off still - mulch and river rocks along the house to separate the garden from the house for termite regulations. 

The garden bed along the entire length of the driveway was also prepped but didn't plant any plants in the end as we weren't entirely happy with the design so we'll keep playing around with that until we get it looking good.

We purchased our dining table and chairs! Just a little excited. Curtains will be ready and installed next Friday too! Hoorah!