The Stools Are Home

They still need a bit of work, but for a grand total of $15 I think they look pretty damn good. They have traveled from distant parts to find their home in Melbourne and a huge thanks to my family who helped find them and transport them.

 

 

Surfer Boy is going to fiddle around and make sure they all get their swivel back and trim the feet so they are all the same height.

I think I will give the white ones a spray to freshen them up but now that they are in place I think I'll leave them miss-matched.

 

It is rather exciting to put the first piece of furniture in the house.  As you can see the whole place has been cleaned from top to bottom and this week will see the final few jobs completed by the builders and then it's all ours again!!  I can't believe that we may finally be moving back in soon...

My Island Bench

In a previous post I mentioned the timber that we had chosen to use for our kitchen Island - 100 year old oregon beams - Surfer Boy spent last week working on the bench, amongst other things, and it quickly evolved before my eyes.

 

 

 Surfer Boy hard at it.

 

 The kitchen cabinets awaiting their doors and of course the top..

 

 Still working in to the night - the kids and I popped in to see how it was progressing.  It was supposed to take 4 guys to lift it but here it is in place, sanded and filled.  I don't even want to know how he got it up there by himself.

 

Last stage was the finish -  Danish oil - lovely natural finish with all the character of the wood still obvious, just 100 years of lanolin removed.

 Wa-la!

 

 And here she is with her drawn fronts on and handles installed!  (the space down the end is for the microwave).  I'm thrilled with the result and rapt with the handles I chose which SB was able to locate at our local 'Sneddon's' store in Yarraville.

 It's getting close now - just waiting for our new dishwasher to turn up, trying to remember where we stored our fridge, and we should be pretty much finished in the kitchen.  

I have been scouring ebay for some interim bar stools so that when we move in we have something to use at the island bench but so far no luck - until my  sister-in-law remembered that her Mum was getting rid of 3 stools from her home in Robe,S.A.  Prombem, our fabulous FREE stools were going to cost $450 to transport to Melbourne!  It looked like they were going to slip through my fingers until I received a text from my wonderful parents....

"We will pick up stools 10th July. B and C."

Not only are we living in their home and driving dad's car, they are now going to do the 9 hour drive to South Australia to pick up my stools!  You betcha I feel guilty.   Mum's response when I rang to protest - "Shut up, it's all organised, you have no say in it!"   

I'm not sure if Surfer Boy is a big fan of the wicker stools but I think with a new set of cushions they are going to be ace.  A touch of 70's Tiki Bar in inner Melbourne. 

Jen