The Farmhouse – Week 11 & 12

Hi , Firstly, a huge THANK YOU to everyone who’s been reading my Farmhouse blogs. Almost 30,000 of you are consistently following these updates each week / fortnight which spurs me on to keep writing them! I’m pleased to say EPISODE 7 is NOW LIVE! […]

The Farmhouse – Week 9 & 10

Hi , Finally, the guest house is starting to look like a house! After weeks of stripping things out and rebuilding the structural frame that was never originally built right, the guest house is finally coming together – fast! One of the biggest transformations has […]

The Farmhouse – Week 7 & 8

Hi , Well, miracles do happen… In the last fortnight in what feels like forever, it didn’t rain. After 5 out of the first 7 weeks in constant rain, the weather gods finally took pity on me and wow…what a difference a dry week makes. […]

The Farmhouse – Week 6

Hi , If you’re wondering whether I’ve somehow upset the weather gods… I think the answer is yes. Last week marked Week 6 of The Farmhouse build and incredibly, it’s now officially rained during 5 of the 6 weeks we’ve been on site. We’ve kept […]

The Farmhouse – Weeks 4 & 5

Hi , If you’ve ever renovated a house, you’ll know there are weeks where everything moves at lightning speed… …and then there are weeks where you spend a fortune and it looks like absolutely nothing happened. Welcome to Weeks 4 and 5. The biggest challenge […]

The Farmhouse – Week 3

Hi , We’re officially into Week 3 of The Farmhouse and after spending most of Week 2 watching rain fall from every possible angle, construction has finally started moving again. My site has dried out, the machinery is back in action and progress is happening […]

The Farmhouse – Week 2

Hi , For those of you who missed reading my first project blog last week, I’ve bought an 8.3 acre property on the outskirts of Western Sydney that I’m transforming into my very own modern farmhouse – complete with a guest house, veggie gardens, chicken […]

The Farmhouse – Week 1

Hi , Well… it’s official. After 12 months of council drama, bushfire reports, ecology assessments, enough paperwork to kill a large tree and one very expensive mortgage… My latest project – The Farmhouse, has finally begun. And honestly? This project is slightly unhinged. For those […]