what a credit to you, it looks gorgeous, love to see the inside

Looks fantastic! Only thing I would have done different is paint the chimney the same as the other brick. Also, are you going to be doing the landscaping, drive and front fence at some stage?

We have spent about 100k all up. And my husband did a lot of it himself so we saved. We bought our house very cheap as it was almost a knock down so we were happy to spend that much to get it to what it is now.

The entrance is around the side of the house. Thats the next project! Just regaining some strength lol. We also are putting in a sandstone retaining wall at the front with a picket fence.

It looks beautiful. Have you got any before and after shots of your bathrooms. Also just wondering what windows you have put in the front of your house. Is the door in the bedroom original or is it a new door. Similarly are the floors the original floors? They appear to be in great condition. What finish did you do on them. How great to do the transformation yourself and for it to come out so well. It must be a great feeling.

Hi Creativelychallenged, thanks!!

We are so in love with the house and are now planning an extension off the back to get some more floor space :) I can't be stopped!

The front of the house has original windows. We restored them and they are pretty much the only thing that we kept in the house. Everything else was completely stripped out. At the front we also have huge bi-fold doors that open onto the balcony, I'll post a shot of this so you can see those. We look at the ocean so wanted to open the house up to those sea breezes.

The floors are brand new. The are an engineered timber floor board that we put over the old floors. The original floorboards were in great condition but we took so many walls down that it would have cost a lot to fix them, so we just went over the top and my husband installed them to save costs. They are "Latte" by Preference Flooring. I love them!

Our bathrooms are also brand new. The ensuite used to be the main bathroom but was tiny and didn't even have a toilet. We swapped the floor plan to make it the ensuite and the old dining room became our main bathroom.

Here is the original main bathroom (we converted it to the ensuite)

Ensuite - Excuse my filthy shower

Here is a shot of working on the front windows. They were worth the effort!

Thanks The Styling Edge. It is great seeing your before and after shots. ;o)

The floors are beautiful

It looks awesome! Amazing work. My only suggestion is that you insert plastic red, black and gold pieces into the front fence to complete the Aboriginal flag it was hinting at. Joke! Please could you post your retaining wall with picket fence when up? I am pondering the same idea and was even thinking gabion with grey or whiter rocks with a white paling fence.

Just an amazing transformation, well done and all that hard work as you don't get much done for 100k so you have done a brilliant job, the only thing I would salvage the fence it is awesome! And reminiscent of the period. Congratulations on such a great job.

Fantastic

Hi The Styling Edge...I was just wondering....how are you finding the dark tiles in the ensuite in terms of look clean (the floor ones)...I was also thinking of using dark floor tiles, but I have seen some comments on this site about how they always show watermarks and are harder to keep clean looking. What about the door with the hat on it...is that what the original doors were or is it a new one...it is lovely...my house has those ugly flat doors with the knobs up high....it is a sixties house...

Hi Creativelychallenged! I love my dark tiles.. they show nothing! The doors were all replaced but were replicas of the original 1930's doors. We were going to restore them but decided to go brand new. They are gorgeous!