The making of an entryway

I love entryways. I love hallstands, and welcoming spaces, and homey touches, like hooks with scarves on them, and a place to sit while putting on your shoes.

An entryway was something we did not have in our last home - see that door there, not even 1 foot from the sofa - THAT was our front door!

So I was super excited when we moved to a house with a hallway and an entryway. Unfortunately, the said entryway has no walls - they all have doors on them, and is not wide enough for a hallstand. Boo!

Also missing is a few walls is our living room. Major dilemma - the main entryway to our living room is off the hallway, through double doors, that lead you straight into the back of our sofa! (yes I should draw you a floorplan...and I will...soon!)

Solution - close up the double doors, gain a wall for our sofa to live on, and move the door just a little further down the hall, so you walk into the side of our living room. There are so many benefits.

But I had to run it past our trusted advisors - first, my Dad, a builder for about 30 years, who was well known for his talents in making spaces work!, and Jeni, a close friend - also my Dad's partner - a seriously talented draftsperson (just ask Steve and Jules - my brother and sister in law!) and interior designer who totally 'gets' what we want to achieve.

Last night they gave us the tick of approval for our plans, and moving forward, we will be calling builder next week for a quote! And hence, my excitement about entry-ways. I can see it already - large white cabinet with mirrored front, a dark stained, turned wood stool, a hall runner...and a chandelier! I feel a mood board coming on!

Settlemenspection Day tomorrow!

Tomorrow we settle on our new house, and our old home is open for its first inspection for prospective renters! So its a big day. My husband is painting, I should be packing and I just found out I am on a work excursion (to a paper mill...pretty cool!)all day Thursday from early til late, so need to make sure I take 'casual clothes suitable for a day out with boss and clients!' with me tomorrow. I may even have to iron tonight....yikes! (or maybe I can pursuade my lovely sister to help me out with that at her place tomorrow night!)

Oh and amoungst all this excitement, my bedside tables arrived. They are so awesome...full run down soon!

Better get back to it...those boxes are calling my name (or is it my bed!?)

Old house

Our current home is featured this month on the Real Living website, here, which gives a good idea of the styles I love!

I got quite emotional writing it all down, but then, of course, realised we are moving onto something bigger and better.

I am freaking out about the actal process of moving all our stuff today, though!

Why!

Why 'Making Limecello' I hear you ask?

Based on the saying 'When life gives you lemons, make lemonade'. The global credit crunch was on, a recession was potentially approaching and house prices were falling. This was our chance to move to 'stage 2'. Leave 'stage 1' - a 2 bedroom townhouse in the west (now a renovated two and a half bedroom townhouse with private courtyard), move onwards and outwards. 'Stage 2' - a 3 bedroom weatherboard home on a subdivided block, in need of a major facelift!

Life gave us lemons, but I thought limes were more appropriate, because I love green and we have a gorgeous lime tree...And I prefer limecello to lemonade...its tasty!