But now, after finally buying the last of the light fittings we got the electrician in to do a heap of stuff - and some more to be done this week too.
Firstly, my favourite - the entrance. This is an old light that I got a few months ago at Chapel St Bazaar in Prahran. The other older lights are from there too. Love it!
Our lounge room. We not only have a light, but curtains too! One of the three lights isn't working, so shall get that looked at when the electrician is back this week. Again, an old fitting, so hope it can work. This room finally feels pretty much finished - although looking at this photo I realise I need to get the piles of stuff out of that cupboard that can be seen through the doors! Must hook up the dvd etc in here... The room now feels cosy with the curtains in, so I imagine we will start using this a little more.
Our kitchen and the new light over the island bench. This one is from IKEA, and I am very happy with it. We really needed some light on the island. I probably should have put some more lights on for these photos - but was also trying to avoid including the dirty dishes near the sink in the photo! Two of our down lights have just blown, so will be replaced this week. Hopefully they last longer this time as I don't want to be changing them.
And finally for today, the light fittings for the minor bedrooms. Firstly a close up of one (ignore crooked photo), then each of the spare bedrooms (I didn't take a photo of the study). We have finally done up the second spare room as a twin room for guests. All the spare beds got a work out recently with family visiting, so great to be able to fit in a whole family of guests! Also, the spare rooms all have blockout roller blinds now - just white but with a self pattern.
Also - have replaced other main hallway lights with downlights, and just put in simple batten light fittings in the back hallway, WIR, laundry etc. We have put a fan/light in our bedroom and a fan in the alfresco.
This week some outside lights will be put out the front either side of the garage. Somehow we forgot to include these in the electrical plan with the builder. Plus the sparky has some exhaust fans to finish and the stereo speaker set up. We have little speakers on the ceiling in the back room!
That's about it.
Next things to happen - blinds will be here soon for the back room and then all windows done. We will probably get some wardrobes fitted out better. But most importantly the focus shifts to the outside landscaping and getting plants happening soon.
I love that IKEA light! (BTW, your font is a little too small - go one size up)
ReplyDeleteHi Congratulations with your new house.
ReplyDeleteDo you mind tell me how much the monaco cost and looks like the carslie's builder made a great effort finishing the house in 6 months! And how much did you spend for other features ie. driveways, frontyard, lightning, blind/curtain, decking? thanks a lot.