Outer Inner West

She Says: The power of paint!

By Amos

On January 9, 2017

In Blogs, Outdoor, She Says...

We inherited a few gems with the house (like those original doors), and this old tin watering can…

Sad can…

After screwing on the nozzle and seeing that it worked I thought it looked a little drab and sad.

Enter RUSTGUARD spray paint in Flame Red, or as I believe it’s properly known “Epoxy Enamel”.

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In less than 10 minutes and for under 20 bucks the watering can had been given a whole new lease on life, nothing poxy about this newly enamelled can:

Ring-a-ding-ding!
(Maybe it’s the fumes talking, but I think I like spray paint…).

Not a bad little project for a Sunday arvo…and it’s not just ornamental I have even been using it to tend to the garden!

She says: We found a door, and another door!

By Amos

On November 17, 2016

In Indoor, Renovations, She Says...

Old houses are rad… there’s always new things to discover.

Whilst most of our home’s period features had been stripped out sometime in the late 1960s, we have luckily retained 4 plaster decorative ceilings and uncovered some really beautiful floorboards that had been protected by carpet for 90 years.

Sweet, we’ll be having you polished.

Disappointingly as part of the ‘60s makeover the original three panel bungalow style doors typical to these weatherboard cottages were long gone and and replaced with something not unlike balsa wood…

Paper thin! And grey!

Yep, they’re pretty crapola.

Anyway, one afternoon as Wookie went to get the mower from the garage he looked up to the rafter beams and found…

The BOSS says: Introducing myself

By The BOSS

On November 15, 2016

In Life In Auburn, Nature

This is me supervising the de-junking on moving day.

This is me. I am the BOSS of two Humans. Here I am supervising the man-human de-junking on moving day.

He Says: Windows to the world, with some bumps along the way

By Wookie

On September 26, 2016

In Blogs, He Says..., Renovations, Walls

From our estimates, the last time this house had any sort of renovation work done (besides painting) would have had to be been the 60’s or 70’s. Do you know what was in fashion back then besides flares and denim? Aluminium windows. This house was full of them, and some of them quite large at that. There is nothing wrong with aluminium windows. Now, that is, but back then, they just weren’t made to last. Every single window showed major wear and tear.

He Says : The office is complete

By Wookie

On September 23, 2016

In Blogs, He Says..., Indoor, Office, Renovations

Wallpaper. I don’t really know what else to say about wallpaper without it descending into a slather of profanities and curses. Especially when that wallpaper is probably 40 years old. To say it has to go is the easy part. But as the saying goes: “easier said than done”. It was all worth it because this would be the perfect room for an office.

He Says: Making the dining room a multipurpose space

By Wookie

On September 21, 2016

In Blogs, Dinning Room, He Says..., Renovations

Buying an older house that has been renovated in the past results in inheriting some weird additions. For us, its the dining room. What was once the back veranda of the house has been closed in, and turned into a dining room off the kitchen. That oddly suggests that the kitchen used to be external to the house, which I doubt. I think what is now our office used to be the kitchen but Amos disagrees. This house must have had a really weird layout originally. Anyway…

Dining Room – Before

The dining room is long and relatively thin. Our table, which can easily sit six, doesn’t get close to taking up all the space. And considering how little we use the room we decided to give it a secondary purpose, as our library using the back wall as a small reading nook. The original room was full of hooks, used for running cables, hanging pictures and holding that huge rope light you can see in the picture. The windows were old and cracked, and not really all that functional. But it was a good-sized room, probably too much for just a dining room unless you wanted to put in a giant 10+ seater table.

I don’t think so Tim

By Wookie

On September 18, 2016

In Blogs, He Says...

He Says: The simple pleasures of a good stove

By Wookie

On September 18, 2016

In Blogs, He Says..., Kitchen, Renovations

Renting comes with blessings and curses. In one hand, you don’t need to worry about major appliances breaking, like air conditioners, stove / ovens, or the water heater. The flip side is that no matter how bad they are, as long as they work, which is a very subjective term, you have to make do with what you have.

He Says: I hate tiles but I love timber floor boards

By Wookie

On July 19, 2016

In Blogs, Floors, He Says..., Renovations

I’d almost forgotten about the effort involved in bringing back to life our beautiful timber floor boards. Having just stripped the wallpaper off the walls in what will become our study / office, or as I currently call “stupidf&*kingb%@chf@#kc*^t-of-a-room”, I was certain that was the WORST JOB EVER.

Then i remembered the tiles.

Oh…

My…

God…

You deceptive little bastards.

Sorry for the lack of posts, but we have been so busy getting things done, there has not been much time. Expect a few rapid fire posts over the next few days.

By Wookie

On July 19, 2016

In Blogs, He Says...