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The Deck is taking shape!

Should only take a few days and it’ll be ready to paint!

What a day! The French doors are in!

Well! Operation “Get Heaps Done” is in full swing… The french doors went in today and we’ll finish the deck over the weekend. The only problem today was that the doors were straight – the house isn’t!

The new Deck takes shape!


Sarah, Jack and I working on extending the current deck. This week we have the new french doors going in from the lounge to the front garden. Should be a lot more practical for Jack and Sarah 😉

Some large pines felled today




A big day in the garden!

We decided to lose the ugly garden in the front yard. Well….Sarah did 😉 Good idea though. Looks great now, like a huge front lawn!
Here’s the ‘before’ photos…


Darren paid us a visit with the digger and him, Peter Dobbs and myself got stuck in! Didn’t take long to get it sorted!



The 3 Day DIY mission! – Finished!!

Here’s the finish result! (minus a sun umbrella!)
I can see lots of hard work days ahead, cruising in the sun with a laptop. Anyway, I’ll give myself a pat on the back for this effort.


The 3 Day DIY mission! – Office Garden!

With a new employee starting on monday, I decided to tart up the area behind the garage. Below is what it used to look like. (We’d already fenced a month or so ago).

Look above to see the ‘New Improved’ version! not bad for 3 days and a few hundred dollars 😉