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    My Husband’s Big Deck: Our Backyard Before & After

    November 15, 2019April 16, 2021

    Well, that got your attention, didn’t it? Blame my shrunken, shriveled brain, but somehow I have totally neglected to share a big part of our home renovation here on the blog – our new patio and deck, which is about thirty times nicer than what what our once-daggy 70s house had there before. (Those before

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    How We Turned Our 70s Bar into a Walk-In Pantry

    May 26, 2015February 14, 2020

    So I have exciting news – our new walk-in pantry/scullery renovation is finished! I think this may actually be my favourite renovated room in the house now (although I think I say that about every room once we finish it, even the toilet). But I AM in love with our new pantry. I first learned about

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    WIN ✨ Your choice of the most beautiful satin br WIN ✨ Your choice of the most beautiful satin brass or matt black cabinet hardware with a $250 @manovelladesign gift voucher 💛 . I'm so excited to be teaming up with this Melbourne-based small business for this giveaway! I have thoroughly enjoyed changing up some of the pulls in our home with their exquisite range. They are so nicely made and solid. You will feel so special using them in your kitchen, bathroom, laundry or robe - or to give a piece of furniture a fresh new look. (Manovella's expert tips on choosing cabinet hardware will be on my blog later today!) . To enter: 1. Like this post. 2. Follow @manovelladesign 3. Tag friends for entries. Two friends, two entries, 5 friends 5 entries and so on. Good luck! 🌟 . Winner drawn 8pm 23/07/21. Shipping to Australian addresses only. Promo not endorsed, sponsored, administered by or associated with Instagram. There is a complete release of Instagram by each entrant. . #gifted #brandedcontent #manovelladesign #manovella #housenerd #70shouse #70sreno #australianblog #homeblog #cabinetknobs #cabinetpulls #blogging #giveaway #competition #giveawayau #contestau
    In lockdown we put up two of the new rattan wall s In lockdown we put up two of the new rattan wall shelves from @kmartaus in Miss Nerd's room 💛 They're so cute (and only $19) and have saved me from an IKEA DIY I was going to attempt! Like a lot of 70s project homes, the kids rooms in our house are small. So I really have to think about how to make them practical without feeling too poky. Miss Nerd is stoked she has her own reading corner 📚 🥰 . And THANK YOU for all your amazing recommendations for kids books on my post from the other week! You are awesome! I bought a dozen or so books for the kids birthdays last month and still have a booklist I'm slowly ticking off. It's made reading at night a whole lot more enjoyable. (Except when I have to suffer through a banal Frozen story for the 84th time. Someone gave her a box set for her birthday. I'm yet to figure out who🧐) . #housenerd @housenerdhome #kmart #kmartau #rattanshelves #bookcorner #kidsrooms #perthblog #australianhouse #70shouse #70sreno #bookworm #kidsbookstagram #kmartrattanshelves #toddlerroom #kidsbooks #frozen #readingnook #homerenovation #kidsbooks
    I stood in the pouring rain wearing my husband's r I stood in the pouring rain wearing my husband's rain jacket to take this photo and I'm sure our neighbour pulling into her drive was thinking, 'what on earth is she doing now' and my picture doesn't even look like it's raining at ALL! 😤 What is this trickery. Well. Let me assure you it was bucketing down ☔ . With the pot belly fire drying out our laundry, I just wrote a blog post on all the ways we've slowly made this old 70s brick house warmer. I love winter, but I swear so many older Aussie homes weren't really designed for the chilly season at all! I daydream of building a beautiful, light-filled solar passive house one day, but in the meantime, gotta work with what you've got. Link in profile. Hope you're all cosied up at home! 🌨️ . . #housenerd #housenerdhome #raining #winter #winterinperth #perthblog #australianhouse #70shouse #70sreno #renovation #overclad #hygge #rain #rainydays #blog #blogging #homerenovation #retrofit #fixerupper
    Our kitchen isn't quite this tidy in this lockdown Our kitchen isn't quite this tidy in this lockdown 😅Realised the other day our kitchen reno is six years old! Swipe for a before after we'd done a mini budget reno painting the brown tile splashback. But still hadn't replaced the flooring or that gross fluorescent tube light 🤢 And swipe for a progress shot of all that horrible brick dust from squaring off the doorways. I was monstrously pregnant and we lived in the house through our reno... I was so tetchy! Never anything super-trendy here, but I think the kitchen has aged well. I think if we (I 😆) ever really wanted to modernise it a bit more, we could swap out the hardware for more square ones and overgrout with a white or light grey. (Maybe reinstall that 70s arch too now haha 🤪) But I still like it as is 💛 . #housenerd #housenerdhome #ikeakitchen #ikea #kitchenrenovation #renovationblog #perthblog #houseblog #karndeanvinylfloor #budgetkitchen #kitchendesign #perthhome #lockdown
    FOOD ENVY 😒🍽️🥞 Little Nerd (when he was FOOD ENVY 😒🍽️🥞 Little Nerd (when he was proper little) making that face everyone makes when you realise someone's meal trumps your own 😕 Going out for breakfast is something we basically DO NOT do any more (Miss Nerd is not a restful cafe babe 😅💣) The silver lining is hubby and I have learned to make some really nice breakfasts at home - including a pretty good knock-off of the amazing Eggs Benny Chan from @roastingwarehousesf - one of my fave breakfasts in Perth! Swipe to see a pic of it, plus Miss Nerd just before she learned to walk 😈 😫 Link in my profile for our DIY version of this recipe 🤤 🍳 Thanks to @ebayau for working with me on this fun post! Give me your fave Perth breakfast recommendation so I have something new to try when we can enjoy eating out again 😋 . . #housenerd #ebayau #collab #perthbreakfast #foodenvy #perthblog #perthfood #breakfastclub #perthcafe #pancakes #blogger #homeblog #interiorsblog #lifestyleblog #recipe #perthbreakfast #bibandtucker #eggsbennychan #breakfastideas #parenting #toddlerlife #perthparents
    Today I read a Perth real estate article that said Today I read a Perth real estate article that said if you had a sign in your house that says LIVE LAUGH LOVE or COOK or HOME you were basically letting down the entire neighbourhood and you needed to get rid of it and ideally burn it STAT 🙅🏽‍♀️🔥 But.... I actually really like my little key hook thingie, so it'll probably hang around my house another nine or ten years or so 🤷🏽‍♀️ #trendsbedamned. Kmart cheapie for the win there (and yet somehow Mr Nerd is still always asking me if I've seen his keys 😐🤨) . . . #outoffashion #housenerd #housenerdhome #kmart #shoestringstyling #homesweethome #entry #entryway #meatsafe #blackwalls #perthblog #interiorsonabudget #thrifted #vintage #finditstyleit #organisationideas #unsnobby #kmartfind #70shouse #70sreno #perthhome #eclectichome #individualinteriors
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