Renovations and decor

If you are wondering why I have been so quiet, it is because I have been very busy with home renovations and decorating! I painted my dd's room purple -she is 5 and this was her color choice....love how it came out. Then the brown wooden desk and chair (which I have had since I was a little girl) didn't quite match or fit in anymore, so I painted them white.



Then I though, seeing as though I am painting, I might as well carry on and I bought paint for my study and redid that. A french style blue which is gorgeous. I also then painted my brown bookshelves white and it is amazing what a lick of paint does to the place-freshens it up and adds life and space and everything seems bigger and brighter!





This weekend my husband started in my daughters room, during the week I unpacked her entire room and basicaly moved it lock, stock and barrel into my room, and then he ripped out her carpets and skirting boards and we layed bamboo flooring. We finished on Sunday night. It is gorgeous. We have put the prima and sealant, varnish on and now we have to wait for a few days to allow the floor to "cure". And then this weekend we are tackling my son's room and the weekend after that my bedroom! And then it will all be done.

Flooring makes a huge difference, I don't know about you, but with carpets in the kids rooms, they don't last. My kids are not allowed to eat or drink in their rooms, but even so, all kinds of stuff ends up squished into the carpets and you end up steam cleaning a few times a year which here in SA can be quite a costly business.

I took some cute photos of my cat on the weekend, I swear she knew I was photographing her and began to "pose" for me! And played aroudn with a mini Paris souvenir I got while there!