We've built and sold and now renovating an old farmhouse in the Adelaide Hills. Need advice on whether we should go with jarrah or Sydney Blue gum direct stick floors.…

Thx Michelle
I took your advice and steered away from silver. The painters customized a great grey colour for either side of the fireplace and I painted metal rust effects on…

bugger it, I can do the wooden framed decorative mirror in a crackle silver.
Now, I need a colour for the other two sides
Something…

ok point taken. The painters and I agree with you. Still, one wall of that dark dark blue will look overwhelming. I really, really wanted some light…

argh to written communication:
dark dark blue on the boxed in fireplace surround, silver on the two long walls either side. 10 metres in total.

not on sides of the fireplace. on the two walls on either side. I'm also considering Porter's liquid silver.

Hello gorgeous
How bad is the dulux metallic range in terms of roller painting? Maybe I should reconsider?

Midnight Seas the current fave.

New colours on the walls below:
Silver on either side of the fireplace, dark dark blue on the fireplace.
Two 1930's chairs are in green DG velvet

One big open room is tough…

Heyo everyone
It's been a loooong while since I've been on H1. Feels almost nostalgic being back here again
We are painting our lower…

Can't help you with the recommendations but I'd reconsider the sheer on the sliding door. We've got a sheer on our upstairs sliding door leading out to the balcony…

Gosh just looked back at this. After 4 years a couple of hints: go with the hard poly finish on the boards. We changed to a more…

The difference should be negligible. We have direct stick floorboards and carpet. We put the skirtings on after the boards went down. No issues here.

Charley
We've got spotted gum throughout, including the stairs. We originally had a urethane finish but after some water damage we went for a more 'modern' acrylic matt finish. …

We've been here 3 years and there's a few things that work /not for us:
Not so great:
Miele standard oven. The bigger the better—especially around Christmas time
Open plan. …

we have polished timber. Best thing to use for cleaning is metho in warm water. We also wanted polished concrete and investigated the option. If we build…

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The builders next door have taken advantage of our agreeableness and pushed beyond what most people would accept, so there is no way I am going to empathise when they…

I totally sympathise Donuts.
The builders next door don't turn up all week, and then rock up on weekends at 7 am (and even 6:30 am one morning) and use their…

we pulled them out!! once I have the dirt out of the driveway I'll post a pic of the newly formed front yard

rectified is nicer IMO.. all our tiles are rectified. Ask your supplier for recommendations on a good tiler. The straight flat lines make the rooms look larger.

hey kek I like your landscaping ... house looks good too!

we don't use our r/c in winter just the gas heater which warms up the entire house. Our gas bill was pretty good, so I am guessing our gas…

We've added up the cost of our utilities over the 16 months we have been in the new house and have been pleasantly surprised.
The smaller yard and addition of grey…

Gosh yes .. I iron all the time .... NOT.
Our laundry is in the garage which gives…

too many to choose from .. Mrs B, Ladyice, Matt, Mek and many others that I can't recall from the distant past. And Casa2 hurry up with that build…

I knew it ..... .... out they go I don't like them at all. Another fave of…

My partner is out there pruning today! We planted a few pig face and they have spread everywhere ... FM any ideas on how to cull them back? …