The last two months...

Finally bought a house! These pics are from October 09. Its been a long process of getting a lot of things sorted out. Right now, we are in the final stages of renovation (i hope) and should move in with in the next fortnight. Will put up some before and after pics.
We've been looking for a house since we moved back to Adelaide in Jan 09 while staying at my parents. Saw many, like few, and basically things just didn't fall into place. One day, i take the kids for a walk to our nearby park, and see this house for sale. I also notice the address - No. 9, my fave no. Well 2 weeks later, we'd bought the house...and then the journey began.
It all sounded too good to be true, a house right on a park with a playground, 5 mins walk to parents, and even less to my uncles' and a good friend who lives right across the park!! Plus, our first house in Australia was not far from this park and i used to jog there while a student...... Just perfect. Until I walked in the door.
Initially, all i saw was yucky brown. EVERYWHERE. you know the 1960's mish mash of 10 completely unmatched shades of brown and cream and everything in between.
Anyway, all that brown is a thing of the past, as my awesome uncle 'Harry' pitched in to help with the renovations, and we gutted the place. Carpets ripped out, layers of vinyl and chipboard flooring, walls removed, old kitchen out, many hours of muscle and sweat later and its slowly looking like something half decent. I secretly LOVE all the ripping out DIY stuff. Especially when its a getaway from kids;)
More pics coming after we move in.