Houseblogging: numb fingers

It was blowly a southerly when we visited site this weekend to meet with plumber and electrician to discuss first fix. After three hourse of wandering around the house my feet and fingers were frozen. Hopefully the windows will start to be installed this coming week...

Coffee etiquette

I always think of Friday’s as kiwi day – laid back and making the most of an easy life. Wellington turns a different colour too, the traditional black in the CBD turns denim blue. The office atmosphere is always much lighter and brighter, usually with...

Domestic fit out

OK, I know I’ve become very tardy with my blogging in recent weeks. The fact of the matter is that being a domestic executive is sooooo time consuming. I’ve got two full time jobs at the moment, the one that earns the money and the one that spends...

Houseblogging: it’s the detail that takes the time

Another almost perfect building week although I think it’s been the windiest and chilliest yet. You have to look much closer at progress this week since the devil is in the detail. Key things to note:- weatherboards to the front and some of the back- base boards...

One step closer to bringing the cup home

There’s much excitement in kiwi land as Team New Zealand swept to victory in the Louis Vuitton Cup. It’s hard not to imagine the big prize coming home and we don’t want to tempt fate so perhaps it might be better to just wear the lucky teashirt and...