Room Reveal ~ teenager's retreat!

Hello dear friends! Thanks for stopping by to visit me in my little corner of the world Down Under! It's so nice to see you! Thanks also to Julie-Ann from the Decorating Forum for kindly featuring my blog on her site this week! I'm so excited-thank you!

I am also excited to finally be sharing some pictures of our downstairs renovation. We haven't finished everything yet as we still need to re-paint the whole area but it's getting there, slowly but surely.

New visitors to my blog might not know that our house was flooded a couple of times due to the enormous amount of rain we had here in Brisbane over the last couple of years. We were in drought for a while so even though the rain was refreshing and very much needed, it came very suddenly and it came down hard and fast! You can read about the terrible cyclone in Queensland here and you can  read about the floods here  and here. We were so lucky as we only had very minor damage and we were insured. There were thousands of people who were left homeless after the devastating floods and many were uninsured which is making their recovery even more difficult.

We lost a few things, had to replace flooring and we had to redo the plumbing and drainage for the house.

How about if I show you some before and after shots?





Here is a before shot of the downstairs family room. This is where our kids spend much of their time. It's a real "Teenager's retreat" area!

Now here are a few shots of the empty rooms, sans floor coverings and furniture:

This is Maddy's bedroom...

And here is Big Al's room.

Now to the after shots!

What a difference new floor tiles and shutters make!

Everything has a place now...let's hope it stays that way!

Here are some pictures of the finished kid's rooms.

Maddy's pink and pretty room!

Here is Big Al's Red, White and Blue room.

I'm sorry I've bored you with so many photos but as you can probably tell, we are ALL so excited to finally have the downstairs area finished and water-free! Let's hope that we don't get too much rain next summer...I don't know if hubby and I will be able to face doing this all over again!

This week I am joining a few linky parties as I haven't really had much time to join in lately. Thanks to Susan at Between Naps On The Porch, Amaze Me Monday at Dittle Dattle,  Show Off Your Cottage Monday at The House in the Roses and Marty who hosts Tabletop Tuesday. Thanks for having me!

I really appreciate your visit today and if you have a moment, please leave a comment and say G'day!

I hope you have a wonderful week and if you have an extra 5 minutes to spare please visit my Sunday Song post for the week!

Best wishes,

Natasha In Oz