What's happening at the farmstay!

 We are currently working on the out door area ...and when i say 'we'...it really means some great tradesmen and David . I have watched and told people when they are doing anything wrong and this is a very important job.
This is the outdoor area for farmstay visitors where they can sit and relax as their children play in the farmstay yard. There will also be a barbecue in this spot too.

Embarassingly so...this is the perpetual garden . The tradies have used it to dump their stuff in and I haven't been able to get near it. Any seedlings I have planted have gone into our own beds.
There is nothing more frustrating to a gardener than not being able to get to a new patch to plant.
David wants to put brick edging along here before I start preparing soil . I love his eye for detail and his ability to remain patient about things .

 This is the farmstay kitchen. One thing that has always been a priority for us when we are on holiday is a place to prepare food for our family . Even when we are holiday there is nothing like a homecooked meal. We also find the more food of our own we grow , that takeaway and restaurant salads just can not match it.
This little kitchen is in the sun room of the farmstay and to the right are the two bedrooms (mum and dad's room and kids room .)

 The tiles are in the bathrooms . Each room has its own bathroom. Room one has a spa bath and shower, room 2 has just a shower .

 This is a feature wall in one of the bedrooms. These bricks were sourced from a house that was demolished in Newcastle. When we got the bricks they were all stuck together or covered in mortar. Many hours were spent with a wire brush scrubbing them ready for the brickies....in fact one day I was out scrubbing while the house was being built and I was mistaken for one of the brickies labourers.

 Ah, here is the spa bath!!! It looks very nice but there is no motor installed yet - that's david's next job.

The pianola has been restored to the tower room ready for some families to stand around it and sing along. If you have any songs you want to sing along to let us know..... I just bought 'Brown Eyed Girl' and the kids just love getting out there and belting out a tune.David wants AC DC , but I don't think it really goes with a pianola.


Anyway , that's all the news for now. So, no I am no where near my challenge to get the perpetual garden ready for my first visitors , but I have plenty of time yet. Also every step we take on the farm is a step to being ready by Christmas.