New House in Brisbane - Dec12

It's been a busy month for us as we've taken possession of our new home in Brisbane. The first few weeks were manically crazy moving in and clearing out the back garden (we were 'Cookie proofing' it).

We have some renovation plans for the new place, so a good starting point are the 'before' shots. Click on shots to enlarge.

(Below) The entrance room. Eventually will become the 'mud' room - for storing shoes, coats etc

(Below) Looking down the hallway from the entrance room

(Below) One of the three bedrooms - this one has become Jenn's office

(Below) Shot of the lounge from the entrance room. Master bedroom first on the left and my small study second on left. Looking out towards the dining area

(Below) The master bedroom with Cookie taking a nap on the bed!

(Below) Ensuite bathroom

(Below) My little study a.k.a. the 'man cave'

(Below) Looking back up the hallway towards the entrance room

(Below) The guest bedroom which is very empty at present!

(Below) The lounge looking back towards the entrance room with master bedroom door on the right

(Below) Main bathroom - pretty dated and needs replacing!

(Below) The dining room which feeds onto the veranda outside

(Below) Our 'lovely' kitchen which has loads of 'character' (read hideous...). First project will be to replace this

(Below) This room is adjacent to the kitchen and currently houses the fridge plus Cookie's sleeping quarter. The plan is to knock the kitchen wall out and combine with this room for a large kitchen

(Below) Yep - lovely...(not)

(Below) The outside veranda. In the short space of time we've been here, have already sunken a few beers here and enjoyed the outdoor life!

(Below) Steps leading down from veranda onto backyard

(Below) Our backyard