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Home Renovations Part 2: Laundry

White hand-drawn doodles of a renovated laundry, including a washing machine, dryer, cabinets, folded towels and cleaning supplies, on a navy blue background. The text reads “Home Renovations Part 2: Laundry”.

Last year we did some pretty extensive renovations to our house. The laundry, main bathroom, and ensuite bathroom were completely overhauled, and we got new bookshelves (which I’ve already posted about here).

All that was left was to paint.

A huge shout-out to my father-in-law here, who came and repainted the walls while we were away.

We can finally say we’re done! It only took 1.5 years, whoops haha. Almost as long as it’s taken me to write this post. Thanks NaBloPoMo for helping me get through my backlog of things I wanted to write about!

Before the renovation

Here’s the before of the laundry.

Laundry before renovation, with open linen shelves and a freestanding sink cabinet.

Or, if we look at it in its full glory, here’s a photo I found from one post-camping weekend.…

Home Renovations Part 1: Bookshelves

Towards the end of last year, we went through some major renovations at home. The bathrooms and laundry wrapped up just after Christmas, but the bookshelf – the thing I was most excited about – only just recently finished.

This was something I’d always wanted – a bookshelf with a secret door.

Heads up, though: if you spot any dodgy ceiling bits in the photos, just ignore them. We’re still working on repainting some of the ceiling and the walls.

What we wanted

Ever since I was a kid, I’ve wanted a secret door. I put it down to reading books like The Secret Garden, and imagining myself solving mysteries like Trixie Belden or The Famous Five.

I’ve also always loved to read.…

More wins and not-so white towels

I don’t know how it’s already almost the end of February. It feels like I blinked sometime in early January and now summer is packing up its things (in Australia, anyway). I’m very ready for cooler mornings and not feeling personally attacked by the humidity.

This month has been a bit of a slog. The monthly fitness challenge for iFit is 150 minutes a week of a workout, aka 5 x 30min sessions. I’ve got 2 left to go for the month, and yet to do my workout today, so by tomorrow I’ll have one remaining! That means I should finish the challenge with a day up my sleeve.

It’s been hard. Not dramatic hard, just that steady, “I really don’t feel like this today” kind of hard.…

Home Renovations Part 2: Laundry

Before the renovation

Home Renovations Part 1: Bookshelves

What we wanted

More wins and not-so white towels

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