maybe time for a makeover?

and i'm not talking about myself, although i think the healthy regime is certainly doing it's job in that regard...since end of November i've lost 4.5kgs (a bit more to go...) and i'm feeling much better! one girlfriend who i hadn't seen since then suggested i looked like a pretzel....that made me laugh! and my tennis coach asked me (after his month off) had i been working out? and i generally do feel better...clothes i couldn't fit into only a month ago now fit, and if i lose the rest of the weight, then pretty much an entire wardrobe (that has been unwearable) will become available to me! yay me...

but i wasn't really talking about myself! i was actually talking about my kitchen cupboards (which were supposed to be getting a makeover last year, but the guy had numerous issues and never called back)...so turns out the hubby of a good friend of mine is going to do it for me, and since said tradesmen left me a sample door, he knows exactly what he's got to do! and he reckons he can do it for just a little over 50% of the quoted cost! yippee...

which of course frees up some funds for a coupla other things...like changing the lounge curtain to panel blinds, and getting new blinds in the dining room and kitchen...of course i can't work out if i want the lounge/dining to have the same fabric or not? and i haven't landed on what to do with the kitchen...

oh and new lighting in the kitchen - today there is a revolting hexagonal shaped fluorescent light with a disgusting wooden/gold thing around it - all bad, i hate it...so i'm thinking instead of a nice simple strip of down lights in stainless steel to match the appliances...of course the handles i love for the cupboard doors are a copper/bronze so not sure how that will all work, but we'll see...

eventually i will have my en suite done too! leave tiles in the shower area but then i think i'll opt for just paint in the rest of the room - not sure i like floor to ceiling tiles in a room that has fabulous ventilation...and then the study will also get it's turn...new coat of paint...

my room (bedroom that is) has pretty much had it's makeover - chandelier in March last year, fresh coat of paint and nicer colour in August, and new bedside lamps are on order (thanks to my Mum and Dad)...

if i get super organised then the balcony will get a coat of paint, but that's not looking likely and it's not a priority!

sooo, let the makeover begin!