1890's waterfront cottage renovation

[Christine66]

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I am a 66 years old female and have just finished 2 years (well, are we ever really finished) of renovating an 1890's cottage.

I  had someone else do electrics, roof and window installation but by the time it came to building the deck I was feeling my age and got someone else to do it. 99% of what you see was bought at Bunnings.

I patched existing timber walls and ceilings and put up new ones using primed tongue and groove timber.

I replaced front exterior timber walls with H3 primed timber tongue and groove and and sides with FC panels and timber battens.

The back had exposed sewage pipes so I built a planter box and cover the wall with timber.

The kitchen was an 80's black granite and shiny cream cabinets. I took inspiration from a kitchen featured on the front of a Bunnings magazine and went with the black granite and did a black and white colour palette after adding timber cover strips to the doors for a shaker style and used dulux renovator and white knight renew to paint the cupboards.

There was a tall counter surrounding the kitchen which I reduced the height of and added a timber feature to mimic the fretwork we uncovered in the lounge room. I retiled 1 bathroom after replacing one wall and waterproofing. The other bathroom had an original clawfoot tub which I wanted to save so had to paint those tiles with White Knight tile and laminate paint. I blocked off an unused window with villaboard and because the bathroom was tiled in an old unavailable size, I had to cut each new tile to size. the bath was restored with Rustoleum Tub n Tile.

I love renovating but this was my biggest and I think this will be my last.

sorry it's around the wrong way. . . b1 before. during. b1 after. back before  back after. before. after. sunroom before. sunroom after new walls ceiling and floors. . . window I closed off and tiled over. tiled. painted. front before, getting a new roof. after. 

[Jason]

Congratulations @Christine66, all your hard work was certainly worth it. The house looks terrific. 

Let me also extend a very warm welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community. We're so pleased to have you join us and look forward to reading more about your renovation experiences. I'm sure the community will be eager to learn from you. 

Thanks for sharing, 

Jason

[Noyade]

Good afternoon @Christine66 

That looks wonderful! 😁

Is that a railway track - to move the boat in/out of the water?

[Christine66]

Hi Noyade,

Thanks. Yes, that's exactly what it is and it works really well. It did take me 2.2 years to get permission though.