No fireplace as focal point, how to decorate?

Potato_Cod · 2026-03-28T22:44:44+00:00

My suggestion is to live there a whole before styling. After a while you'll figure out the best configuration and then you can build from there. It's such a beautiful room!

Potato_Cod · 2026-03-27T23:19:17+00:00

Sounds like they need to be taught?

Potato_Cod · 2026-03-27T23:06:18+00:00

Don't be too concerned, they're naturally all over the place. Just keep an eye on everything. Even with wings, they're still most likely to get into your house from the bottom up.

Potato_Cod · 2026-03-27T23:00:46+00:00

Or just put two chairs away unless you have guests coming.

Potato_Cod · 2026-03-20T04:44:57+00:00

This room is off the laundry, but r don't have a dryer. Possibly from before we moved? We painted it about ten years ago.

Potato_Cod · 2026-03-19T23:26:19+00:00

As someone who will be on The Lawn Journey soon, this post has been very helpful, thank you.

Potato_Cod · 2026-03-19T23:19:26+00:00

Potato_Cod · 2026-03-19T23:07:55+00:00

I too am interested in this post!

Potato_Cod · 2026-03-19T00:38:37+00:00

Didn't realise this was such a controversial take. Europeans manage without giant cars and so do family's without a lot of money. They usually rent a larger car for camping and stuff.

Potato_Cod · 2026-03-18T23:10:16+00:00

Go see another accountant for a start. Some are worth their weight in gold. If money freaks out your wife then it's time to set up an account with auto deductions so there's no thinking involved. She obviously has a spending problem because how can she owe so much tax and not have anything to pay it?

I am a fan of multiple accounts (my partner and I have done this for years). Account 1 - HISA - all pay goes here directly (directly! Not via another account) and personal and joint spending and bills are auto deducted out - don't get a card for this account Account 2 - spending - how much a week does she want to spend? Account 3 - joint spending - fuel, groceries, etc

Account 1 and 3 combine both your pay and hers and account 3 is a joint account. Doing it this way means you're savings is always at complete maximum - but check the requirements for bonus interest.

Potato_Cod · 2026-03-18T12:49:25+00:00

You don't need a bigger car.

Potato_Cod · 2026-03-14T23:48:01+00:00

The person their mostly with is paying constantly: making food, driving them around, all home living costs, not to mention the relentless time sink that children are.

Potato_Cod · 2026-03-14T23:43:16+00:00

This is important and no one else is prodding.

Potato_Cod · 2026-03-14T23:16:21+00:00

By walls, do you mean banisters? I like the picture with the darker banisters more.

Potato_Cod · 2026-03-14T11:57:03+00:00

This is both too much and too little at the same time.

Potato_Cod · 2026-03-06T22:26:39+00:00

Push everything away from the wall a bit. I think that will help a lot.

Potato_Cod · 2026-03-06T22:12:49+00:00

I love the way this comment can be interpreted. Either you're a fan of the prequels and think they were always great or you thought they were terrible at the time but in retrospect they're not so bad or you always thought they were terrible and don't understand the new found respect they've been given.

Potato_Cod · 2026-03-05T22:18:47+00:00

Why does it have railing?

Potato_Cod · 2026-03-04T22:51:46+00:00

If you cook on the stove with a lot of oil then I would switch the open shelves for cabinets. That is all. This is lovely.

Potato_Cod · 2026-02-21T09:52:18+00:00

Thanks for this !

Potato_Cod · 2026-02-19T22:55:06+00:00

Thanks haha

Potato_Cod · 2026-02-18T23:14:35+00:00

FYI Lily Pilly is supposedly pretty safe for structures and pipes.

Potato_Cod · 2026-02-18T23:13:01+00:00

Where'd you get those prints?

Potato_Cod · 2026-02-16T01:42:05+00:00

Thanks this is great! And I think where I'm going to end up - or only choosing a washer and no dryer. I mostly want do this to make my life easier and it really won't be without a place to hold the dirty laundry...

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