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  • DIY

    How to Stencil Paint an Old Concrete or Tiled Floor

    February 25, 2021May 3, 2021

    Sometimes I think of a renovating or DIY project and then I become weirdly obsessed with the idea until I get to carry it out. And something I’ve always wanted to try is stencil painting an old concrete or tile floor. I always thought that stenciling looked like fun. (My idea of fun might be

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  • Before & After

    Our Tiny Ensuite Bathroom Renovation – Seven Years Later

    June 5, 2020June 5, 2020

    It’s been a while between posts, online friends. Time feels like it has flown past lately. When we all had to stay at home, the mornings and evenings felt a little slower, but the days still rushed past – and are still rushing past. I wonder if that’s normal for everyone who has kids? With

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  • Home Projects

    Our Budget Nursery Makeover: Miss Nerd’s Room

    June 24, 2019April 23, 2021

    Not everything about writing a blog is fun and roses. But one of the things I love most about blogging being a part of my life is that it gives me so many kicks up the butt – deadlines and incentives to finally get my act together and do something. I need these kicks up

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  • Before & After

    Our Cladding Makeover Reveal

    June 21, 2019August 21, 2019

    Don’t fall off your chair. Today I finally have a reveal for you! Our before and after of our Scyon Walls elevation makeover, where we overclad the exterior of our double brick 1970s house. Yep, it’s been a while. If this is your first time to my blog, welcome! Basically we decided to overclad our

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  • Our House

    From Bugcatchers to Bluetooth LEDs: Our Lighting Makeover

    March 31, 2019April 14, 2019

    “I just want lights on a dimmer,” I used to say to my husband every time the topic of new lights came up. I remember when I was growing up and my friend’s house had their lounge room lights on a dimmer and I thought mood lighting was just the most incredible fancy thing I’d

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  • Advice

    How to Update Dated Lighting in an Older Home

    March 3, 2019March 21, 2019

    The right lights can have a major effect on a room or an interior. In fact there are few things that can date a home more quickly than old, daggy lighting. Hello boob lights and oyster lights! No matter how curated and stylish your décor, or how modern your renovation, if you still have an

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  • Our House

    Rejuvenating Our Garden For Summer (and my Favourite Hardy, Affordable Plants)

    December 23, 2018August 13, 2019

    This story is a paid partnership with Scotts. Thank you for supporting my blog’s sponsors. Ahh – summer. I am going to be honest, I’m not a summer person. In my past life I probably was the Wicked Witch of the West who melted to death. Her rage was an accurate representation of my snippy

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  • Our House

    Nearly Finished! Our House’s Cladding Makeover (and How Much it Cost)

    September 17, 2018February 18, 2021

    Little Nerd is at his Oma’s house, Mr Nerd is at work, the dog and the baby are down and I’ve had two coffees by 9am. What better time to snatch some blogging time at my desk and hastily share some progress photos of our Scyon Walls cladding makeover. (If you haven’t seen our before

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  • Our House

    Our Living Room Makeover Series: The Before Pictures

    June 27, 2018April 5, 2019

    Even though our living room is one of the two rooms in our home where we spend the most time, after years of living here, I still never felt like we had fully finished it or properly styled it. A little embarrassing – most people seem to do the living room first, don’t they? I

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  • Home Envy

    From 70s Brick Box to Timeless Beach House

    March 31, 2018August 5, 2019

    I love Perth. But in my humble opinion, the rugged NSW coast has to be one of the most beautiful and special parts of Australia. A few years ago my sister-in-law relocated from Sydney to live in a beach house in a small town a couple of hours south of the city (just near Berry,

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  • Home Renovations

    Making Over Our House’s Elevation: The Progress!

    February 8, 2018February 8, 2018

    Well this has been one very exciting and very busy fortnight! January 15th finally came round – the date the guys from TJP Carpentry were scheduled to start on our Scyon Walls mixed material makeover, and they’ve almost finished! We’ve still got to finish the painting, tidying up and a little replanting of the gardens

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  • Home Projects

    A Tiny Bedroom Reveal: Little Nerd’s Nursery

    January 28, 2018January 31, 2018

    So, most bloggers probably share their baby’s nursery when they’re still pregnant, or maybe in the months after the newborn has arrived. Most probably don’t share it when their little person is two and a half years old… and they’re uh, pregnant again. Clearly I am not most bloggers! But better late than never, right?

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    Our Laundry Renovation (and my Tradie Recommendations)

    December 29, 2017December 31, 2017

    Today I’m finally sharing our laundry renovation on here! I absolutely love our laundry makeover. If you were to ask me which renovation project in our house has given me the most satisfaction, I have to say I think it would be this room. And I don’t even LIKE doing laundry. This is my favourite

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  • Our House

    Making Over Our House’s Elevation: The Design

    September 13, 2017October 6, 2017

    So I’m excited to share that we are about to start our Scyon Walls™ elevation makeover! Not long ago I shared in this post that we were going to be making over our house’s elevation with a modern mixed materials look in collaboration with Scyon. We also had a designer on board to help us

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  • Home Envy

    A Federation House Renovation in Mount Lawley

    August 25, 2017August 2, 2019

    What better way to celebrate turning 100 than with a makeover that makes you feel beautiful? If houses could talk, this stunning Federation home in Mount Lawley would certainly agree. Once beautiful back in its heyday, this old Federation home had many charming character details. But over the decades it had fallen into disrepair and

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  • Before & After

    Our IKEA Kitchen Renovation: Before and After

    March 17, 2017February 22, 2020

    So today I finally have a before and after to share with you – our kitchen renovation! (Finally!) I had putting off doing this Before and After story for ages because I was waiting til we could renovate one of the biggest elements (the floors). But now it’s done and I couldn’t be happier, even though

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  • Furniture

    A Roadside Find: Thonet Chair Makeover

    January 13, 2014February 25, 2020

    Don’t you just love an exciting email out the blue? When a design-savvy House Nerd reader dropped me an email a little while ago to tell me that it was verge collection time in East Fremantle, I was out the door and driving thataway before you could say let’s-drag-home-some-more-junk (thank you, Deb!) Hey, I can

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  • DIY

    Our Budget Sunroom Makeover – & How to Spray Paint Aluminium Windows

    February 13, 2013February 13, 2020

    If you grew up in our sun-bleached country, like me, you will be familiar with one of the great Australian home features – the ubiquitous sunroom, or sleepout. When I was a kid so many of my friends’ houses had a sleepout – and so many still do. Commonly tacked onto the back of 60s

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    Woah my Stories blew up today when I started talki Woah my Stories blew up today when I started talking about kids birthday parties and our present drawer! For about a year or so now, I've kept a drawer of gifts in this old dresser (and wrapping paper and gift bags nearby in another). Now that the kids are in kindy and school they get invites to SO many parties - and I swear June and May have been particularly hectic! 🥳🎉😅 At one point, Mr Nerd and I were like, "Maybe we can just ask them to pick the parties they most want to go to?" 🤔 but apparently that is not how kids operate 😅 
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I had my reservations about starting a present drawer again (you can read my odd reason why in Stories 😆) but now having one seriously saves me SO much time - and money, because buying for multiple parties a weekend can sure add up! Do you have a present drawer? I'm really enjoying the conversation - how you guys budget and organise for birthday parties, and also what you think is an appropriate and sensible spend for kids gifts! 💰 I'll put the Stories and responses in my 'Adulting' tab of my Highlights 😉

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Also if Nala looks proud, it's because she thrifted this dresser with me a few years ago, we found it on the side of the road going for a walk. We cheap like that✌🏽😎 🐶
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    I fell in love with a house this week. Went to wri I fell in love with a house this week. Went to write some copy on this little warehouse-style home in North Fremantle for @sarah.bourke_real.estate and didn't want to leave! Look at it! 😍

Many moons ago, before my head grew cluttered with trends and overwhelmed by the noise of Pinterest and Instagram, this is exactly the kind of house I envisioned I would have one day: small and cosy with a loft bedroom, lots of reclaimed timber and recycled materials, exposed brick and soul. I LOVE IT 🖤 It was designed by now-retired architect Tom Roberts, built in 1984 and it has aged so gracefully - to me that material palette is still just as timeless today. It  has dual zoning - the front room could be used either as an office OR bedroom. Bonus points for the cute potter's studio in the garden. (And the Stop the Toad sticker 🐸)

If my hunch is correct it will go under offer in roughly two minutes, so go buy it quick haha. Once you're settled in, I'll come over with a bottle of red. 

🏠 11A Jewell Parade, North Fremantle
2 bed 1 bath
Open 10am Sat 18/06
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    Who knew a cute adult nightlight was the home item Who knew a cute adult nightlight was the home item I never knew I needed? 😊💡 @beaconlighting sent me a lovely little thank you recently. This is their Odette LED Portable light (in Olive) and I love it - the stylish shape, the colour, the way it dresses up the MCM drawers I found on the kerb, and the practicality. A while ago, in an attempt to decrease how much time I spend mindlessly scrolling (a lot 😅) I started keeping my phone OFF my bedside at night, so I wouldn't scroll before sleep and upon waking up. But of course this means missing out on one of the best things about a smart phone - a torch at the ready 🔦 Now I tap the spot on this little touch lamp and carry it around - perfect for checking on the kids when they're asleep, reading a book without keeping Mr Nerd up, or getting up to write a reminder to yourself for that urgent task that *only* comes into your brain as you're about to fall asleep (I know a lot of mums in particular will relate 😅) Will link in Stories!
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    If the perfect piece of furniture doesn't exist... If the perfect piece of furniture doesn't exist... DIY your own! ✨ I've always wanted to add a drawing/Lego desk to Miss Nerd's room. But typical of lots of 70s houses like ours, her room is little - 2.7m x 2.7m (about 7.3ft) - and those of you with small spaces will understand, every inch counts! 😅 No desk I found would fit or was exactly what I wanted (swipe for the before, a hand-me-down make-do). So I roped in my clever sister @simoneanderson to help the kids and I make one. I know my strengths and weaknesses, and Simone is much handier than me and less likely to chop off a digit 🤘🏽😎
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We used two pieces of wood from @bunnings affixed together, added brackets to the walls, and Miss Nerd helped me paint it with some paint leftover from a @duluxaus collab (Dulux Edvard) 💙 
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The kids loved their little upgrade. It's a tight fit, but it makes the room more practical.
And gives just enough cosy space for them both; for Little Nerd to produce his wholesome stories, and for Miss Nerd to produce many creepy drawings to come 👹🕷️💀😶
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    One of my long-time favourite local MCM houses is One of my long-time favourite local MCM houses is for sale! 😍 I would buy this sweet house if I could. I've loved driving past this house since I was a kid. Imagine curling up with a book in that cosy sunroom while it's raining, or playing board games in the dining room, the lights of the city skyline in the distance 🌃🤩 AND when you wake up the morning after your wine-fuelled Take Two and Dutch Blitz shenanigans, in just two minutes you can walk to some of the best coffee in Perth, @grouchandco! ☕ The interior is so cute - the house been kept in the same family since it was built in 1962, which I think is so special 💛 They have selected the lovely @siobhanmicaleyardproperty to sell their house for them. 
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First pic my stalkery snap, professional pics by Clint Baker @musemediaperth ✨ Someone please, please buy it and invite me over for wine 🙏🏽 I will help you throw a 1960s-themed housewarming party. I'll bring pigs-in-a-blanket and devilled eggs 🍸
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29 McCoy Street, Melville
Built 1962, 4 bed, 2 bath
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    "No dogs sleeping on the bed next time we get a do "No dogs sleeping on the bed next time we get a dog," Mr Nerd and I vowed to each other before we brought Luka home. As you can see, it's going really well. Our resolve isn't crumbling at all 😶

Also, that big linen blanket is from my friend @bedtonic, and it might be my favourite thing I own. If you invest in one thing for your bed in the next couple of years, make it one of these! We haven't used the heater in our bedroom since we got one a few winters ago. Good time to ask for one with Mother's Day 😉 🌸 Hope you all had a lovely morning ☕
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