Renovate Australia

A home improvement blog about renovating our Queenslander house in Townsville, Australia

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Entries from August 2008

Bedrooms are FINALLY Painted

August 18th, 2008 · 2 Comments

I have finally finished painting the bedrooms. I am very frustrated at myself for taking as long as I have, but at least I am finally done painting the bedrooms. Originally we were going to paint everything in the colour “white shadow”, which you can see on the walls above. That would have included the [...]

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Tags: Painting

Stop the Sway in a Queenslander

August 6th, 2008 · No Comments

All Queenslanders are elevated and built on stumps. Depending on how high it is and on the construction methods used, sometimes the Queenslander homes can rock or sway, much like a boat does in a small swell. We noticed this sway quite a bit right after getting our house lifted. If our son ran around [...]

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Tags: House Lifting