Hi Rocketship
Thanks for your post! Despite all our best intentions to be in the house....well, we are not
Why the delay? To be honest, its impossible…

indeed!

I wish! I have 35 windows/doors I need covered. Yes, we have created a monster of a house. Funny, it didn't look that big on paper

Hi Happy
Yes I have contacted them, hoping to hear back in the next day or two. I am covering all bases! I got one quote from Kresta which was 10k…

Hi all
Has anyone used this online company? Their prices are pretty decent providing you're willing to DIY.
I was hoping to use iseek blinds but they don't do panel glides.…

We are already down to around 10kwh which I thought was pretty decent and yet our bill is still over $200. Double that and we are in trouble.
But I…

Hi KAN
Thanks very much for that info. Very useful.
The problem is, the energy companies seem to promising that because they can read your meter as per Time of Use,…

Hi All
I have done a search and nothing is really coming up on these, which surprises me a little.
Can someone please fill me in on Smart Meters?? From what…

Thanks Mel, Xanthrope and Libby. Much appreciated! The positive feedback is great

Thank you so much everyone for your posts and encouragement.
It can be so hard being a grown up!!
As it turns out, Hubby was receptive to the idea of help…

See yr signature eyspy?? Ummm that sums up my hubby!

You see, I would do that, but DH won't because every day he's away is a day he's not at the house. And then he feels guilty. Sooo hard!

Hi all
We have been owner building now for 2 years and have just about had enough. We are so close to being done but it is just killing us, to…

This is what we have decided on:
For our entrance way x 2

For our formal lounge

For the library

for the kitchen x 2

The bedrooms

And we pretty much have LED downlights every where…

Thank you!!

Southies, once we FINALLY move, we will be upgrading to a King. I cannot wait! I hate our queen, especially when the little one ends up in bed with us.…

Thanks Rocketship! Lovely comments are always nice to hear.
And I should be doing some work!!

I think we are going for the the Eva actually. I was surprised but in person, the Eva looked quite classy whereas I found the other more country - which…

Hi Rocketship
The lights are david d'imperio and called compass:
http://daviddimperio.com/products.php?location=pendant3
They are just divine aren't they?? I so wish I could have found them here. Then again, they probably would have bankrupted…

Hi Angelblue
The pipes are just the various plumbing piped that run from a bathroom on the other side. We are building a bulk head to cover them up once the…

So, we decided on either the Eva or the Maluka/Freedom lights. We borrowed two to get an idea. Thoughts??
Maluka

Eva


There will be two pendants over the bench.
Thanks all!!

Any one else??????!!

Ok - I think i've fixed it!

ohhh, that's odd. i just tried to click on the link again and nothing! bizarre!

Strange, when I click on "img" it works. Can anyone else see it?
If not, the bench is 3m long by 1.5m wide. Its made from 60mm alpine white QQ and…

Hello All
I need some advice about lighting over our kitchen bench.
Here is our kitchen:

And these are the lights I am thinking of but just can't decide:
http://www.freedom.com.au/homewares/lighting/ceiling-lights/22801517/?region=unknown
http://www.telbix.com/Tarakan.html
http://www.telbix.com/Sarita.html
http://www.telbix.com/Eva.html
http://www.telbix.com/Maluka.html
I am in love…

Hi All
I LOVE these lights and desparately want them for above my island bench. But I can only find this designer, David D'Imperio, in the US. So, has anyone seen…

Hi All
Does any one have any brilliant cost effective ways to ventilate a WIR so to avoid mould etc? Ideally we would prefer something that was solar, wind or thermally…

Hi Donnam
Do you have a link to the kind of electric fire you have? That sounds interesting.
Thanks
L

Hi Loretta
I have been lurking, just not posting! I guess it has taken so long i figured no one would be at all interested any more!!
Your place looks fabulous. I…