Kitchen ....... Its a happenin thang ... Oh yeah

Week 16 is here and we are heading toward the end and Moving Day. We have been in a kind of limbo the past few days as we have heard nothing from anyone. Nothing at all ....... not a call or txt or picture ... zip, nada, no comprendo senor.
I finally decided enough is enough and called everyone to see where they are all at!

Its a happenin thang people *insert really cool disco moves here*

All the Lads are working toward the end and all of them say they will be done and dusted by the time we arrive. The stone Benchtops are ready to be installed on Monday and a round of frantic phone calls ensued as the Floor Sander is going in to start sanding back the floors on Monday.

So for your viewing ~a not normal Blog post ~ an extra special Blog post ..... May I present .....

PICTURES!!!!!!!!!!

 

*swoon* The Kitchen Carcass

I didnt think I would be so excited to see this!!! Yes it is a mess but OMG!

*faint*

Bathroom just before screen install

 

The Floor ~ designed by me and saved us heaps!

 

Love the square mixers

 
I wanted everything in the Bathroom to be squared ~the ONLY round things in the room will be the vintage Mason soap dispenser and the Chandelier 

New Toilets ~ Image via Google

 I am so darn excited and absolutely squirming with anticipation and pretty sure I wont be able to ......


Stay Fabulous


fs vintage
xx

Tradies & Tiaras ~ Week 15

Leftover from Week 14 ~ Kitchen was delayed ....

Of course it was delayed......
Of course the only rain that Brisbane has is when our Kitchen is being painted .....

*sigh*

Ok Mrs Positivity ~come on down!

Lets recap : The removalist is booked. We are using the amazing Rite Price Removals Moranbah ~ Kylie promptly returned our calls , gave us a fair quote, allowed for my brain being in neutral , forgetting things and kept us in the loop constantly.  You need moving? Go see Kylie and tell her fs vintage sent you. All booked and deposit paid for pickup on the 12th October.

The Tiles Have begun ....

The Bathroom Tiles ....

We are doing floor to ceiling in The upstairs bathroom, toilet and the downstairs Laundry/Guest Bathroom. We are also using the same tiles throughout the house. Yeah Yeah ~ I know it was the perfect opportunity to try something different but honestly? We had reached the stage of bone weary where we thought ~ Lets just do it already. Heaps easier for the Tiler thats for sure. We also chose to lay the tiles on the side. Well no that is actually not entirely true ....
I chose to lay them on the side after seeing a friends renovation and saw she had used this idea so I pinched it. Mr Fab HATED the concept and thought it was a little bit to crazy and odd and non traditional.
Pffftttttttttttttttttttttttttttt seriously?
I think it looks AMAZING! (Guess who now thinks it is Fabulous?)
The Border is interesting. It is strips of Marble Tile in various degrees of Black & White with random stainless steel. Yep you read that right ~ stainless steel. Very Industrial, Very FS VINTAGE?        

Floor Tile almost done

The bottom Border came about because I had the tiles laid on the floor here to see what they looked like together and noticed at various times of the day and in various lights ...... the white was noticibly different.
*SHRIEK* (The bottom border was ANOTHER problem for the delightful Mr Fab ~ way too out there for him .......)

So I put one layer of the Border tile in between to see if it made a difference and ............. TA DAH ..... Now the tiles look to be the exact same White. I did not want  the room to look like the floor tiles were a creamy white and the walls a stark white .....
The floor ones came about because it was DOUBLE the cost for the Mosaic version of this look. I absolutely love the mosaic version but had to be strong and find an alternative. We found some large white tiles on sale along with the smaller black ones ..... asked Jason The Super Tiler can he do? ........... 
He did!
Perfectly Fabulous in our opinion! Plus saved us about $30 a square meter.

Inside of window

It's the little things that do you in .......

The Kitchen has been confirmed for install on Monday the 23rd of September. It was a major drama because it put EVERYONE back a few days and we were getting close to the Floor Sander deadline of the 30th start on polishing the Floors. The usual rounds of phone calls to everyone over a few hours and it was kinda sorta sorted out. The most easy going and laid back of the whole bunch is Mat The Painter. He is the most Zen person I have ever met ...
As you already know ~the floors need at least a week for to be really ready to walk on so I had organized that in the down week where nobody really needed to do anything. The best laid plans blah blah blah. Monday morning dawned bright and sunny so armed with my CAN DO POSITIVE ATTITUDE I made more phone calls to my gorgeous Tradies to confirm everyone was on the same ....... page?........ Planet?.... To my utter delight they are all on track to be out and gone by the end of the weekend so our Floor Sander can go do his thing. Chris The Scottish Builder confirmed the Kitchen chaps were installing the Kitchen Carcass ... ( I just love how they call it a "Carcass" ) and apparently the Stone people are there as well.

Oh yeah.

I cant get any of them to take a picture as it seems they are all ... apparently ......... old....... and therefore have no idea how to use the Phone camera ......
(I can use a camera and I am old .......... Do you follow us on Instagram

I still dont understand why the tiniest little thing can set a problem in motion that seems to be as big as Godzilla and causing as much destruction. I have come to the conclusion that Tradies & Tiaras go hand in hand .......
In between this place looking like the aftermath of a small but effective explosion I have been finishing a wedding order and some Vintage quart Masons ....

Everything for FS VINTAGE will be packed away this week and will not be reopened again till maybe the third week in October? I will keep you informed as the new and shiny shop is my number one priority .... after setting up the new King Size Bed of course.

Till next week when it is getting mighty close to MOVING DAY ....

Stay Fabulous

fs vintage
xx

Week 14 ~ Hello Kitchen Week

Ohhhh yeah ~ Finally after all this time ~ it is KITCHEN WEEK!!!!! On the 19th of September our kitchen will be installed. (Along with the Bathroom cabinet)

*squirming*

We made a last minute decision to change the Laundry cabinet top to stone last week and our wonderful kitchen Dude ~ Paul from Starkey Christoe Kitchens made it happen. We just thought if the rest of the house was stone tops then we may as well go the whole hog and ~ DO IT!
There have been hold ups and it all goes back to the whole Mates Rates thing. The Downstairs Guest Shower and Laundry Room is not finished due to other commitments by our tradie so the walls cannot be finished which means the Plasterer cant finish which means the Tiler cant finish which means the painter cant finish and so it goes on ..... I said from the get go I did not want to have to use the Mates System but unfortunately we had no choice. To be fair ~ the Lads have done an amazing job and we cannot wait to see their work! So ~ we have contacted Paul and asked for the Laundry cabinet to be postponed till the 27th September and have fingers crossed it is all done and ready to be finished by then.

Downstairs Guest Area

fs vintage shop all plaster boarded and ready for paint!

I cant even begin to talk about the sheer frustration I am feeling at this time. This last few weeks to the finish line is doing my head in and while I strive to make sure everyone is happy ........ I have reached the stage where I just want to scream :

GET ON WITH IT ALREADY!!!!!!


At least Chris The Scottish Builder has sent us some pics! He is definately getting better isnt he?

I do so love a Nook & Waterproofing in the Bathroom

Brendan our AirCon Dude from Cross Air has installed all our Air Conditioners so that is ANOTHER job out of the way. Pretty neat and tidy job huh?

Main Bedroom Hitachi Unit

Units mounted outside

We had confirmation today that all our screens and doors ~ from Absolute Security will be installed on the 8th October. Adam has been amazing and damn if he is not working round all the little ups and downs involved with a Long Distance Renovation.
It also seems all our Upstairs Waterproofing has been done today and the Tile Bed is done tomorrow in preparation for the TILING!!!!
Then of course the Bathroom Cabinet ~2 pack Cupboard with Black Rock Stone Top and Square Basin goes in on Thursday!
Today we have a Removalist coming to quote and we hope to lock that in ~ it seems all the ones I have contacted have no time to get back to us ........ so it looks like this one may be the one!

Oh my this is starting to get super exciting!

Till Next Week

Stay Fabulous

fs vintage
xx

Fabulous Renovation ~ Week 13

Week 13 has come around and I was right when I said I would go into a blind panic and think ~ OH CRAP WE ONLY HAVE 5 WEEKS!!!!!
Spent the weekend doing furniture so it is ready to go straight in when we arrive..

Fs Vintage ~The Shop

We were discussing the new  fs vintage  shop and I have to say out loud ~ although I probably will regret it and hear about it for a month ....

Mr Fab is brilliant!!! For some bizarre reason he seems to be able to think of the little details which somehow alude me.
(I like to think it is because my head is full of other more creative things ......? *cough* probably not.)

We were discussing how we will set up the Shop and had an idea for the "counter" and also The Opening Night.
We decided we will have an Opening Night when we are settled and invite you all to come along and have a squizzy at what we have done to create a little bit of Fabulousness in our home. Mr Fab suggested we ask the local TAFE ~ do they cater? Of course they would so that has now gone on my To Do List for when we have basically settled in.

He is absolutely glowing with delight and joy at the moment because ........ The Man Deck has a roof and fans AND lights. He is anticipating his first refreshing beverage while surveying his Castle  .....

It still looks small to me but Mr Fab is happy

View from our Neighbors yard ~

Quite a productive week all round ~The Floors are locked in and we have decided to use Brisbane Floor Sanding and Polishing. We chatted to the wonderful Hesham who will be doing his thing from Monday 30th of September. The floors need at least a few days before being walked on and we will have to speak to the Blind and Floor chap to ask can he wear socks over his shoes please?
We have booked our blinds and the downstairs floors for the week of the 7th of October and in a perfect Renovation world ............ bahahahahahahahahaha........ Everyone will cross over without running into each other.
I have everything that can be crossed ~ firmly crossed that it all works out in the end.
Jason The Tiler is going in on Wednesday of this week to start the Upstairs Bathroom and Toilet *squeal with delight* I honestly did not think I would ever get so insanely excited about tiling .... but I am. So lets be honest ~ maybe we can only afford Marble in the border tile but the point is ~ we will have marble in the Bathroom ... *swoon*
It is still doing Mr Fabs head in a leetle bit that we are doing such a dramatic Black and White theme. I have to keep gently patting him and mentioning his Man Deck, cold Beverage, Feel The Serenity ........ that seems to calm him down and divert his attention.
Our only hold ups so far have been the : ~ Plasterer went on holidays so we cant get the Painting done till he returns and the Downstairs Bathroom has come to a complete stop.

*sigh*

The Upstairs is pretty much done except of course The Plastering which leads to the Painting. The kitchen is so close I can almost smell the muffins baking ........ actually that is impossible because it is a well known fact that I simply suck at baking muffins no matter how easy peasy a recipe is. Feel free to send me your Fail Safe Recipes as others have before you ~ so I can effectively ruin them. Must be a mental block .....

Progress of Upstairs ~See my new shiny fan?

The Downstairs Bathroom is a huge job ~ very labor intensive with concrete needing to be dug out for a shower waste trench, fixtures to be fitted and whatever Plumbers do to them, installation of the Laundry Bench and sink, Villaboard for the floor to ceiling tiles, plaster board (*see Plasterer on holidays) ceiling install and painted.
Appliances are booked for delivery so we are contacting everyone concerned to try and have a Time Frame in case we need to bring in anyone else ( MORE money *shudder*).
Today is a day full of lock down on the New Coffee Table,  King Size Bed *swoonworthy* , chat to Paul the Kitchen Dude to find out when he is installing and the booking in of our movers.
The house here looks like a badly managed Storage Facility with boxes and painted furniture everywhere so I am slowly going a little bit insane with antici ............ pation.
(Did I mention the one poster Print that survived the Rental Era of our Home was our Rocky Horror Picture Show Movie Poster? Still looks as Fabulous as it did when I first had it framed.....)

The Electrician was spoken to last night and he only has about 5 hours of work left including fitting the New Lights, moving the plug in the bathroom ( Ok ok I didn't even think about the 80's corner cabinet and where the plug was so had to make some mad Sunday Night Phone calls to sort that out) and little fit offs to complete the Kitchen. I have a list now and every single time I think of something ~ I write it down. I am really trying not to second guess and let my mind wander to things it shouldn't ~ like : Did I make the right choice in Floor and Wall tiles in the Bathrooms and will it look dodgy?. This leads to me up at 1.24am on a Date with Mr Google looking for pictures of Bathrooms with Floor to Ceiling tiles to make sure I have NOT made the wrong choice so I can sleep ......

All things come to those who manage to wait .....

Stay Fabulous

fs vintage
xx