It's only taken 10 months . . .

. . . but finally we have our lounge suite back!!!

Before we left Macquarie Road (ie. last August), we decided to re-furbish the old lounge suite which we'd shoved in the space under the house 15+ years previously. We contacted a furniture restorer and, with the nod of approval from Karen, chose fabric to re-upholster it too. Then we waited . . . and waited . . . and waited . . . and waited. We sat in the new sitting room on camp chairs. Ishbel used the room for cartwheels and dance routines. They all ignored the NO FOOD AND DRINK IN THE SITTING ROOM rule.

This evening it was finally restored to us Colquhouns. It's been taken apart, stripped back, re-caned, French polished, re-built and re-upholstered and looks just wonderful. I'm really pleased with the results. Have a look at the slide-show to see how it's gone from wrecked to stunning:

Now I just have to re-educate the children - they have had such a long time to make themselves at home in the sitting room that they think it's their space - and it SO is not!