in partnership with Quicksales We are very big advocates of sourcing and using salvaged building materials in our renovations. It is...

I was having a good old recline one evening on our leather lounge chair  and noticed how we have really settled in here at the Sow's E...

Hooray the French doors are now finished. And funnily enough they look like they were always meant to be there...which they were. ...

There is this trend out there in Renovatingland of  removing walls and doors to make homes lighter and airy, and more open. Sorry to say ...

You gotta love tradies who will work on a public holiday. Mr D and Scotty arrived at 6am and commenced constructing the new side stairs. ...

The work has begun on our side stairs. The old rickety steps were removed today to make way for something safer. The number of times I...

A lot was achieved on the Sow's Ear last year. The master bedroom and sunroom were completely renovated, Master bedroom finished e...

...must come down. Crashing down in our case. Murano chandelier - before Yes, this is the other story about our retro Murano chandeli...

Last week was a big one at the Sow's Ear. Last Friday also marked our second anniversary since we moved to this old Queenslander. It see...

The sunroom painting is done.  All the furniture is back in and we are very pleased to reclaim the space again. It is still not entirely d...

The extra long weekend has been fantastic for finishing off the sunroom. Dare I say it? It is almost finished. Sunroom The study door w...

Vale to our distressed back door. The inside of the back door is white. And check out the new pane of glass in the windows. It is the cl...

Cracked glass is not a good look. And we are sporting such a look in the sunroom. A couple of window panes were accidentally broken during i...

The sunroom: a work in progress Seriously, I feel like you guys are watching paint dry when I post images of the agonisingly slow progre...

After a couple of weekends off, Jason has his nose to the grindstone. Back to the salt mines. Once more into the breach. Rolling up his (im...

The weekend saw one small section of the sunroom completely transformed. I've said it before and I'll say it again, paint is the mo...