I have a question for you …… do blinds and window coverings excite you? Have you ever seen a blind and gone “WOW – that’s friggin’ amazing!”? No? Well that was us 6 months ago.
Bon, myself and Erin shared the view that window coverings were pretty boring stuff and aside from white shutters, there was basically “nothing to see here”. Well how wrong were we!?
Read MoreStyling can be a daunting task, even for those of us who have a natural eye for it, like Bonnie... and styling lounge rooms can be one of the more difficult spaces to do well - there are just so many questions to answer:
Read MoreWOW what a day! Bon, Erin and myself are still floating down off cloud nine after getting the opportunity to share our house with everyone who attended our Exclusive Open Home today. It was very special for us, thanks to every one of our loyal supporters that attended and everyone that supported us from afar, your support of us as renovators, business women, busy mums and best friends seriously makes us beyond grateful.
Read MoreHave I told you that we’re using more colour than ever in this house!? I think they must have changed the coffee granules at The Tuckshop cos Bonnie has gone a bit colour crazy. Don’t worry, we’re not talking bright fuschia or chartreuse, you’ll see Bon’s choices are still very liveable and will work beautifully with our predominantly white walls #snowdrop.
Read MoreTICK TOCK TICK TOCK …… with only 2 WEEKS TO GO it’s hard to imagine how we’ll get this house finished on time!?
I decided to ring Erin and check how things were going...
Read MoreAnd within the blink of an eye, we are already past the half-way mark for House 5 #thehillsarealivewithrenofive.
So for those of you that blinked, here’s what you missed.
The House as it was – original fibro cottage in Baulkham Hills.
Read MoreHave I ever told you how Bonnie and Erin holiday together and never invite me? They even have the audacity to talk about it right in front of me and then look dumb-founded when I say, “you know I’m sitting right here? I can hear you”.
If it’s not Byron Bay they’re off to, they’re convoying up the freeway to Bon’s beach house at Pearl Beach.
I have never been invited to the beach house – in fact I eventually had to invite myself up there. But just as we were reversing out of our drive to head up to Pearl, car packed to the hilt, she calls with some lame excuse – something about her waters breaking and going into labour. I mean really!? The nerve of that girl.
Read MoreCan you believe we are in the FINAL WEEK of this reno!? I can’t. In fact if you asked me if it were possible, I’d say “no way, Rosé”. But Erin assures me we are on track to finish by Friday. So with the pressure on I was quite reluctant to take a day out to write this blog (yes it takes me that long). Surely this is how the Masterchef contestants feel when there’s 3 mins left on the clock, they’ve just burnt their sauce (and fingers) and suddenly Matt Preston appears for a quick interview. Argh!! So forgive me this week, there are more pictures than words and let’s all cross our fingers that we don’t end up with burnt ones on Friday.
Read MoreWe’re past the half-way mark for this reno and as with all big sporting events (I acknowledge this isn’t one of them, but perhaps it should be, is it too late for Rio?) we will be crossing down to the sidelines for a half-time report of the team’s performance. I’ll take a look at who’s been playing out of their skin and who needs to step things up in the second half.
Read MoreThe facade of our House went under the knife this week for a much-needed facelift. It was just the start of a major process and she will take a few more ops in the coming weeks to complete.
Read MoreThis week kicked off with a bang! We chose our exterior paint colour (yay). And when I say ‘we chose’, you know I actually mean ‘Bonnie chose’ and funnily enough it was the first colour Bon picked out of the 5000 choices from the Taubmans Colour Chart. So what colour did she choose?
Read MoreI remember. It was 12yrs ago and myself, Bonnie and Erin were at a nightclub (god knows where) and we were badgering the DJ (poor guy) to play “Let’s Get It Started” for us. And like that night, on Monday morning of this week I made the same song request on my iPad. Why? Because after a loooong wait, we were finally starting our House 4 reno!! It’s official - the party has started at House 4 and us Birds are now nesting in Northmead for the next 6 weeks.
Read MoreWe know you have been patiently waiting for our next renovation, we could not be more excited to announce that HOUSE FOUR will start on Monday the 18th, thats only four sleeps away, yes that's right FOUR SLEEPS AWAY!
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