http://www.orble.com/little-house-among-the-canefields/ Little House among the Canefields en Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:59:00 GMT Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:59:00 GMT info@orble.com info@orble.com http://www.orble.com/its-finished/ Following are photos of the day before we moved in. There are still small amounts that need to be done but the most important thing is that council have passed... http://www.orble.com/its-finished/#comments http://www.orble.com/its-finished/ Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:59:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/flushed-with-excitement/ It's becoming more like a real house now. The water tank has been installed, so has the hot water tank and the toilets. What more can a person want in... http://www.orble.com/flushed-with-excitement/#comments http://www.orble.com/flushed-with-excitement/ Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:02:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/going-up-in-the-world/ Our first few forays into checking out the upstairs of the house meant we had to climb a ladder inside. There was no way we were going to allow our... http://www.orble.com/going-up-in-the-world/#comments http://www.orble.com/going-up-in-the-world/ Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:38:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/the-home-of-the-laundry-shute/ There were two requirements that I had when we designed our new home. Aside from the obvious (bathroom, laundry, 4 bedrooms etc. etc.) the extras that became necessities were a... http://www.orble.com/the-home-of-the-laundry-shute/#comments http://www.orble.com/the-home-of-the-laundry-shute/ Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:20:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/miles-of-tiles/ The following photos show the newly laid tiles in the kitchen and bathroom upstairs. The tiles need a bit of cleaning but they still look great because they are where... http://www.orble.com/miles-of-tiles/#comments http://www.orble.com/miles-of-tiles/ Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:57:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/we-have-a-kitchen/ It's finally in. Our lovely, lovely kitchen and it looks exactly how I planned it. The only extra we put in was profile doors. I love them and despite friends... http://www.orble.com/we-have-a-kitchen/#comments http://www.orble.com/we-have-a-kitchen/ Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:26:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/downstairs/ It's hard to believe that an archetrave or skirting board to be exciting, but as they keep appearing around the house, that's exactly what they are. The following photos are... http://www.orble.com/downstairs/#comments http://www.orble.com/downstairs/ Wed, 16 Sep 2009 06:10:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/backyard-blues/ I've been talking so much about the house I have forgotten to mention the backyard. The block is 811m2 and had a huge pile of dirt on it leftover from... http://www.orble.com/backyard-blues/#comments http://www.orble.com/backyard-blues/ Sun, 13 Sep 2009 07:57:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/the-colour-is-autumnal/ A friend asked me recently why we painted our house orange when we had a red roof. I corrected her and said it was 'autumnal' which really means it has... http://www.orble.com/the-colour-is-autumnal/#comments http://www.orble.com/the-colour-is-autumnal/ Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:43:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/now-for-the-cladding/ I came home late from work, to find that the skeleton now had meat on it's bones. It's actually beginning to look like a house. After chatting to the neighbour... http://www.orble.com/now-for-the-cladding/#comments http://www.orble.com/now-for-the-cladding/ Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:38:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/the-beauty-of-the-canefields/ For those who are committed readers to this blog you will be very aware that our new home-to-be is surrounded by canefields in the Northern NSW area. Since the rental... http://www.orble.com/the-beauty-of-the-canefields/#comments http://www.orble.com/the-beauty-of-the-canefields/ Tue, 11 Aug 2009 09:10:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/the-skeleton-has-a-head/ The roof is on! Now over the canefields we can see a shining red roof, like a beacon guiding us home...I know, corny, but very exciting! It went on in... http://www.orble.com/the-skeleton-has-a-head/#comments http://www.orble.com/the-skeleton-has-a-head/ Sat, 08 Aug 2009 08:58:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/a-skeleton-in-the-canefield/ The roof trusses are finally up which means when we drive into Woodburn now we can actually see the house above the canefields. Exciting stuff, especially as I went shopping... http://www.orble.com/a-skeleton-in-the-canefield/#comments http://www.orble.com/a-skeleton-in-the-canefield/ Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:46:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/the-second-storey-is-up/ I was driving home from Ballina today when I got an SMS from our cousin who lives two doors down from where our house is being built. She told me... http://www.orble.com/the-second-storey-is-up/#comments http://www.orble.com/the-second-storey-is-up/ Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:18:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/we-have-a-doorway/ After a week of frenzied work the bottom floor brickwork is done! We have doorways and windows and even a double garage entryway. We've been told that the next step... http://www.orble.com/we-have-a-doorway/#comments http://www.orble.com/we-have-a-doorway/ Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:52:00 GMT