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Joined 12 January 2011
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10 years10 yearsjemsafjemsaf posted:
Give me your lists.....

Thank you all soo much for your replies. (apologies for the delay inresponse, I'd forgotten to check this post again). Some very helpful advise given, especially Strawlizzy - thanks for…

10 years10 yearsjemsafjemsaf posted:
When can I start planting!!!! Impatient but how about .....

I am hanging out to start planting in our garden but a little worried about the frost. When do you think it's 'safe' to start planting? I've spent the day…

10 years10 yearsjemsafjemsaf posted:
Drought resistant hedges

We're about to plant a Murraya hedge that's suppose to be ok. The one we planted last year has been fit by the frost a bit though

10 years10 yearsjemsafjemsaf posted:
What Plant is this?

Wormwood?

11 years11 yearsjemsafjemsaf posted:
Give me your lists.....

Hi all
I am looking for a list of everyone's favourite flowering cottage style plants that I can use in our front garden. I am looking for hardy and easy to…

Give me your lists.....
11 years11 yearsjemsafjemsaf posted:
Screening plants.....

I might have to check them out dragon. I am kind of leaning towards camellias at the moment

11 years11 yearsjemsafjemsaf posted:
Screening plants.....

Hmm not sure a wattle will suit the look I am after - trying to stick with a cottage feel.
I already have one Murraya hedge going which has taken…

Screening plants.....
11 years11 yearsjemsafjemsaf posted:
Screening plants.....

Thanks Bec, I am thinking something with some kind of blossom/flower.

11 years11 yearsjemsafjemsaf posted:
Jem's custom build - our journey! Flooring dramas!!!

Hi there, long time no post from me... :s
Well we moved in on the 14th Sept and I can't be happier with our location, lovely neighbors, peace and quiet. The…

11 years11 yearsjemsafjemsaf posted:
Screening plants.....

Hi there,
I am having trouble coming up with a screening plant to plant behind a fence in our backyard to block off our clothes line. My initial thought was crepe…

11 years11 yearsjemsafjemsaf posted:
Feature trees

Well have a mix of natives and other plants. I want these feature trees to be massive 15m maybe?? Liquidamber is out as I don't like the seeds it drops…

11 years11 yearsjemsafjemsaf posted:
Feature trees

Hi there,
I have an acre to landscape and are currently trying to find a couple of feature trees. One for the back yard that will be seen as you walk…

11 years11 yearsjemsafjemsaf posted:
Jem's custom build - our journey! Flooring dramas!!!

Charnley - I think he's smoked in the house again too but can't prove it. :( hopefully no more tradies will need access to the…

11 years11 yearsjemsafjemsaf posted:
Jem's custom build - our journey! Flooring dramas!!!

Any ideas on what curtains we should put on the sliding doors? We're going roller blinds for the rest of the house. I have a quote for rollers for the…

11 years11 yearsjemsafjemsaf posted:
Jem's custom build - our journey! Flooring dramas!!!

Thanks Hamilton.
These are the best pics I have on hand.

11 years11 yearsjemsafjemsaf posted:
Jem's custom build - our journey! Flooring dramas!!!

We have a certificate of occupancy! So just waiting on finance to go through so we can have handover. Hopefully we'll be moving in the next week or so.
The…

11 years11 yearsjemsafjemsaf posted:
Jem's custom build - our journey! Flooring dramas!!!

Good news and bad news..... Good news - flooring was ripped up and being redone this afternoon. Bad news - the bloody tradesman laying it has been smoking in our…

11 years11 yearsjemsafjemsaf posted:
Jem's custom build - our journey! Flooring dramas!!!

Hmm well still waiting on the floor to be ripped up for the second time...... getting impatient!
Good news is that the shower screens and mirrors have gone in.

11 years11 yearsjemsafjemsaf posted:
Jem's custom build - our journey! Flooring dramas!!!

Yep flooring guys has got the sack. Apparently they have been having problems with him prior to this :s. Flooring still hasn't been ripped up for the second time yet,…

11 years11 yearsjemsafjemsaf posted:
Jem's custom build - our journey! Flooring dramas!!!

No such luck HomeAngel. The flooring is coming up again despite the SS marking on the floor the lines he was to follow (and obviously hasn't!!). Looks terrible.

11 years11 yearsjemsafjemsaf posted:
Jem's custom build - our journey! Flooring dramas!!!

All better now - flooring guy returned today and has ripped up what he did yesterday and started agsin. :) Still not happ with the way…

11 years11 yearsjemsafjemsaf posted:
Jem's custom build - our journey! Flooring dramas!!!

Now I am just crazy mad about this flooring. Hubby's arrived home and filled me in further. Apparently when the flooring guy arrived hubby open the door for him and…

Jem's custom build - our journey! Flooring dramas!!!
11 years11 yearsjemsafjemsaf posted:
Jem's custom build - our journey! Flooring dramas!!!

Well the flooring guy started today but he might as well have not bothered. The small bit he did laid isn't parrell/square with the entrance walls so looks crooked.

11 years11 yearsjemsafjemsaf posted:
Jem's custom build - our journey! Flooring dramas!!!

Well apparently hubby has advised the builder that we won't require them to do the after build clean. :s So it looks like I'll have not just the rental to…

11 years11 yearsjemsafjemsaf posted:
Jem's custom build - our journey! Flooring dramas!!!

Well the plumber has turned up - toilets, bathroom sinks are in, one shower head in, laundry and kitchen sinks also now plumbed. Think it's mainly outside stuff for them…

11 years11 yearsjemsafjemsaf posted:
Jem's custom build - our journey! Flooring dramas!!!

Lucinda - that's a bench for our kettle, toaster etc... made from the sink or stove cut out of our benches - Hubby's going to make a chopping board with…

11 years11 yearsjemsafjemsaf posted:
Charnleys Knockdown & Rebuild -Mantle & Garden

Congrats Charnley! So very excited for you. Enjoy your new home. :)

11 years11 yearsjemsafjemsaf posted:
Jem's custom build - our journey! Flooring dramas!!!

Always HomeAngel. We looked at some very similar ones at a lighting shop that were on special for $125!! So very happy with these :)

11 years11 yearsjemsafjemsaf posted:
Jem's custom build - our journey! Flooring dramas!!!

Thanks! Not bad for cheap $50 specials from Bunnings are they?

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