About Me

Lots of people are aware of the funny idiosyncrasies of the Australian language...... a common tip for visitors keen to sound like a local, add an “o” to the end of each word, a ‘servo’ is a service station, rego is the car registration, the bottle-o is the bottle shop and reno is renovation. We are renovating our home, in other words, “we’re doing some reno’s”! This is our attempt at a blog, a way to describe the journey of the reno’s, an extended tale that's taken us from our little flat near a beach in Sydney, to our little miners cottage in Melbourne, come to think of it... we might call it the “reno blogo”.

Thursday, March 20, 2008

We're half way there!

We think we're half way there...
With the kitchen arriving soon - and tiles getting delivered, this could be the start of something good!
The video on the right shows our empty soon to be glorious bathroom.

Friday, March 7, 2008

Bye Bye Bathroom

If in doubt – rip it out, the bathroom has gone, makes things tricky when people come to visit. If you need to go to the loo, the rule is, head to the garage, grab one of the funky foldaway pushbikes, then ride a block north to Sister Mel’s place, you can borrow her toilet! (Note: don’t forget to grab her spare key just in case she’s out – you don’t want to be riding a bike around Collaroy when you’re busting!)

Beam me up Scotty

I mean.. ‘beam me up Matty’... the wall has been removed and everything looks in order... The 3rd floor hasn’t fallen in, the kitchen floor is still where we left it.... there is dust everywhere... I think it’s a winner

Sunday, March 2, 2008

The Fall 2008

February 2008, there were no mass demonstrations, instead a Peaceful Revolution, East was to be united with West, bidding a final farewell to the border crossing between the Kitchen and the living room, citizens rejoiced as the wall came tumbling down....