waterproofing

The bathrooms are finally starting to take shape. In the upstairs bathroom the frame for the bath has been built and yesterday we had the waterproofer here for about 10 hours.

You can finally see things take shape because them waterproofing provides a kind of outline of where the showers will go. The downstairs bathroom, whilst not as big as the one upstairs, is looking pretty good too.
Back at the ranch (i.e. UPSTAIRS) I'm continuing to play house and make things pretty. We're both very obsessed with our new Christmas tree...

And finally, I'm learning that a pretty bunch of flowers can do a lot to soothe renovation woes.

wires, pipes and walls

Busy times. The red laser beam in the picture below is just about the coolest thing ever. How did people get level ceilings before the invention of the laser?
I love the immediate visual changes that come with the installation of walls. All of a sudden the rooms take shape and there's a sense of their size and proportions. The room below will be our downstairs bathroom and the hole in the wall is a space for a hidden mirror fronted cupboard to be installed. The gyprock guys will be here for another few days, followed by the waterproofer and then the tiler. It would seem that bathrooms are a serious job. I was optimistic that we'd have the two bathrooms and laundry done by Christmas time but it turns out that you can't measure up for things like vanities and shower screens until after the tiling has been completed. Add another delay over the Christmas period and it's looking more like a mid January completion date. Which is soon, very soon...