Now you see it...

Ok! So photo posting is MUCH easier when you are not doing it from an Ipad - lesson learned!

Anyway, above is the little box that is going to make way for the new place. We've pulled out the few items of vague value, but really it is just a box with nothing special to feel bad about pulling down, I promise.

It's Saturday, a good day for starting the little jobbies on our to do list. In addition to building a house, we also have to remember to sell a house eventually - and that means taking care of all those little maintenance and updating chores we've been meaning to get around to (before things like moving overseas and having babies came along).

Jason began repairing the roof on the pool equipment storage area. It copped a tree while we were in the US. While he lugged lumber, I made Lumberjack Cake - helpful, yes? Deep discussions about replacing leadlight and garden re-designs were had, additional paving considered.

This week I'm getting the temporary fencing put up ahead of the imminent demolition. We were "on site" (like my use of builder-speak?) today staking out what is to stay in the garden - mostly just a few perimeter trees and a "characterful" couple of sheds that might provide a handy dry spot during the construction period.

The kids did their bit too, rolling some paint onto large sample boards for me. The exterior house colours are all but settled thanks to an extremely helpful heritage colour consultant at the Haymes store in Deepdene - brilliant lady got those and the roof colour all sorted in the space of 15 minutes!

"What colours did you choose?" I hear you ask. That would be Silverton and Silver Shadow, with a little touch of Montalbo. 

It'll be a deeply happy day for me when that paint gets rolled, large-scale, onto the actual house. - But we have a clever, clever plan for a sneak preview on that in the near future so watch this space!