Battlements - Paddington Tower

Battlements - Paddington Tower, originally uploaded by kimleyzboyz.

This is the view from what is currently the main living area. I love seeing the iconic Paddington Water Tower across the way.

From the battlements - to the West

From the battlements -to the West, originally uploaded by kimleyzboyz.

Views from the front landing. The landing is pretty small, and exposed to the Western sun in the afternoon. It would be so nice to have a more substantial landing out the front, possibly with awnings to provide a little shade without interfering with the views.

Pink Palace

IMG_1166.jpg, originally uploaded by kimleyzboyz.

My Pink Palace. She needs some pampering, and a decent colour scheme, but she has solid bones, regal, soaring ceilings upstairs and lovely views from the battlements.

I am fairly new to renovating and DIY. Fairly minor dabbling previously, such as splashing on some fresh paint.

I have a lot to learn and a long way to go to make my palace shine like it deserves. But every good journey starts with an idea and some planning.

I will be using my blog partly as a renovation journal: to record questions, problems to solve or research along the way - and hopefully progress! The journey will be a slow one.

Comments, opinions or suggestions are always welcomed.

Porters: paradise for paint and wallpaper

Not only is Porter's Paints the most fabulous store I know of to feel inspired about paint and wallpaper, it happens to be oh so handy to my favourite yarn store, Tangled Yarns. So much colour and texture to inspire in such close proximity!

So I popped over to Porter's Paints after my regular knit 'n knatter session. I now have a shade card to help me make some colour decisions. I was never keen on wallpaper until recently, but some very nice wallpaper is making my rethink that view. Porter's Paints has the most lush wallpapers at the moment.

Our upstairs has the lofty ceilings and VJs that characterise 1930s Queenslanders. However, in the 1980s, the previous owners built in under in 1980s style: mission brown brick and aluminium windows. Tiles in very pale blue/grey. Not really sympathetic to the original character. However, it was solidly built, and I have hopes that we can improve it.

A few decisions to be made: Replace the windows with more traditional windows, or does it not matter so much because we want to keep the lower level fairly unobtrusive? To bag or render the exterior brick? To do the same to the interior, or use some of the brick walls as feature walls? Can I find a colour which will nicely complement the tiles, and still offset the mission brown brick.

Choices...choices.