renovation diary: we bought a house (project)

In very exciting news, we bought a house. An actual house.

It was built in the early 1940's with gorgeous old red bricks and classic double hung windows.

Unfortunately, it hasn't seen a lot of love for a lot of years. 
So for months before deciding to buy the house,  I've been visualising how it could look if we made a number of aesthetic changes throughout. Husband man believes that my 'focus on little things about houses that would annoy me' meant that the only way we could find a house that I would be happy with, is if we bought one that I could make all the bits just the way I'd like the to be. 

And so we find ourselves with this here house (read: project) and a final list of renovations  'to do' before we move in:
- new kitchen
- new bathroom
- new floors 
- internal paint throughout
- new doors
- exterior brick work and painting

I'm sure this list will just grow. While I'd love to be able to DIY this whole renovation, Husband Man and I aren't particularly handy, so we're hiring in some experts. I've also drawn up and iron clad contract with the Husband Man so that he cannot claim to have 'not discussed' certain items and responsibilities before we started work on the place. 

So i'll be sharing my renovation musings here for the next little while....

oh joyous spring

After a very cold and indoors winter here in Orange, it's been lovely to see the blooms come out in spectacular form in spring.

I'm getting out for a walk with the bubba in a pram most days and luckily I live right near to a huge park with a very well kept garden, here are just some of the loveliness of spring that I've snapped so far.

baby belly

I went to high school with the very lovely Lyss. She has become a very good photographer, with a style that is really natural and almost softly spoken.

As her skill has been crafted in the past few years, I've followed her work with weddings, babies, families and also baby bumps. What I love in particular about her baby belly pics is that they're whimsical, romantic and don't appear posed.

So I asked Lyss to photograph my baby belly and at 38 weeks, she made the trek to Orange, braving the freezing middle of winters day to take some shots that are truly amazing.

Here's a select few of my favourites from the day.

To see more of Lyss' work or to contact her, go to lyssandhercamera.com and be impressed.