Hi all,
My partner and I have recently moved into a new property that we intend on doing a large scale renovation. The house was built in 1984 with a unique…

The natural light isnt tooo bad.. its kind of surround in an alcove - as per pics below

and YES i do water the crown!! i will stop doing…

thanks for your responses. as per below;
How often do you water it - we are watering it every couple of days - and only enough to keep it moist, its…

Hi all, can someone please ID the plant in these photos.
Also we are having trouble maintaining the plants health - everything was going fine, but in the last 2-3 weeks…

Yeah I know the merbau is really heavy. I have spoken to a supplier and they suggested to use a different wood also as the merbau isn't really 'furniture'…

Hi all,
I am just after some advice of how to fix my merbau decking to my existing gyprock wall. I have some left over timbers from the deck outside,…

pretty much yeah .. we spent so much time and money on everything else, it was just a bit silly to have a dirty old path down between the…

the new pavers+pebbles.
alfresco now complete!

BeartrixKiddo is righto - the tradies will trash it if you install whilst they are there.
However - you might be able to get a chump on it prior to hand…

we have done a little bit more work - took out all the old pavers out and replaced with nice big stepping stones + red river pebbles. i will…

almost home! i can see the light !!
went to our local garden shop on sunday and came away with plenty of goodies, including all new plants for the…

well .. the dogs have had some fun in one of the garden boxes.. and then the sun smashed a couple of the plants, so as it is one garden…

Just black plastic builders wrap from bunnings, nothing over the top

haha how good is that Scarecrow thing! i just ordered one online... arrives Friday !

thanks for the info - ive been to my local garden store + pet store and they have quite a variety of sprays and granule deterrents. im placing the dog…

Hi all,
Chasing down if there is any kind of spray or homemade mixture that someone has come up with to put off my dogs from destroying, or going near my…

oh it adds up quick dont worry about that.. homeloan just had to be bumped up a bit!!

i can give you a quick breakdown of pricing for entire project.. i havent actually gone through this yet so will be a surprise to myself!
ok here we go,…

most of the larger stuff was done by chippies who were friends of mine, pergola, garden boxes, bench seats and most of the deck frame..
i had a couple of…

Hi Mclaren,
Yep just recently added some basic sun shades tarps.. they may have to do over this summer until the plants are fully settled.
as for the mulch, I used Jefferies…

this adelaide weather is killing all my plants! worst timing to plant these poor things they are getting fried hard.. i always knew the…

with the planter boxes, we sealed all corners of the boxes inside and out around the render with a Sellys moisture sealant. Then painted all inside of the boxes…

Ok got some time to add the pics!
I've figured out the building project scheme... give yourself ridiculous timelines at things will get done!
We set ourselves for an Xmas…

You guys won't believe the transformation. I will try get some pics up tomorrow. Has come up amazing !

more pics ! deck frame 90% complete. just need to apply some brackets to keep the joists off the floor. Can anyone suggest a cheaper option than the…

Living Pictures aren't too bad - i have used these guys for first consult and design. http://www.livingpictures-landscapegard ... m.au/home/
But I have an appointment in a week…

not 100% sure of the render colour against the merbau, but it has come up nice. we still need to paint everything, looks for some neutral colours. probably run…

bench seats/garden beds installed over the weekend!! deck starts next week !

our permit went fine, all good with council. we just submitted all the requirements they requested, may be different for each council area. But this included a roof…

they are just standard fascia brackets. this explains it pretty well;
http://www.*.com/f178/anyon ... ola-90939/