windows + wallpaper

A little while ago now I was invited to the housewarming of friends of ours, Rob and Charlene. I was so inspired by their little home that I decided to come back and feature their house on my blog!



Rob and Charlene have been living in this house for about a year and a half now, but the house itself is a lot older.

“ As far as we know it was built in 1954 as part of the government housing for returned servicemen. We also think it was given a face lift in the seventies. At this point the back veranda would have been closed in to make the sleepout and this is where the colour scheme and wall paper would have originated from.”



The wall paper was certainly one of the things that caught my eye when I visited, and the home’s vintage style has not gone unnoticed by the owners either.



“What we love about or house is at it has the charm of a different era, i.e. the open fire place the high ceilings and the warmth of the jarrah floorboards (not any actual warmth it’s freezing in winter). But in addition to this it presented us with a blank canvas that we could work with and make the house our own.”




For Rob and Charlene, part of making this house a home is “the little things you have to live with” – that includes their dog tearing things up a little and a few water issues..however, “its things we’ve done to make it our own like the new kitchen we added and opening the kitchen to the lounge, as well as, the decking, veggie garden and chooks out the back that really make it a “home” so the longer we’re here and the more we do the more homely it gets.






And as for the future of the house? Rob and Charlene have lots of plans! we will be converting the roof from tiles to tin soon, and the sleep out will be converted to a guest bedroom. Further down the line we hope to completely overhaul the bathroom and laundry, as well as enclose the front yard and put in a new driveway, and the whole house could use a coat of paint both inside and out. Its going to be long process.”





A process that is going to be worth it, for sure.

“We still have a long way to go to reach the goal of what we would like to see in our home, so currently we would love for people to see past the chaos and see a little of what we are trying to achieve in trying to keep the charm of the old place adding some of the convenience of a new house and sinking a fair bit of our own character and style to the place.”



And as for fiasco?




”ruff ruff” (ie I love playing under the house where there is lots of room to dig holes!)

Thank you Rob and Charlene for letting me take pictures of your house – it was great!