I'm a coin collector. If I were you, I'd get a set of Dutch coins from 1936, frame them, and put them on the wall. Maybe a set of Australian coins from the year of Leigh's birth, as well?
Hey Leigh & Nicky..Wow!! What a transformation in the house!! It's really starting to come together!! You know once its all done You can have a house warming party!! Everyone that comes must bring you something for the house!! I am glad you see you changed the place for the dish washer!! I hope my idea helped!! Get a fridge with a ice maker..you can thank me later..😊 haha!! And thank you for painting that ugly green 🚪 door!! Keep up the great work!! Have you met any of your neighbors? See you on the next one!! ❤❤
We renovated a kitchen, hired people who made cabinets and found couple issues, the drawers they install don’t utilize the whole space. They don’t build the drawrs to go all way to back as then much more room . Also was better with cabinets going to the ceiling, giving you another shelf, instead of space above you have to dust, it looked so much nicer as we put crown molding above it to finish off the look. Your hard work Nikki has really paid off, nice work done by the both of you. Congratulations too, it’s a special feeling when you buy your first home. You fix only the areas that are absolutely necessary, don’t spend money on temporary fixes, you are wasting your money. You do it the way you want it, when you can afford it. Kitchen, bathrooms, roof, comes first. It took me twenty years as divorced single woman to do it the way I wanted. It is coming along great. Stucco in walls would not have done as children, toddlers will pick and then you will want to scrape it off and paint it, which looks nicer as you pick out colours, stucco should be put on ceiling only, but you cannot clean it without pieces crumbling off. Our house in Canada, most ar 200 amps due to new technology and amount of hangs plugged in. You can put in barn doors or mine slide into the walls, so doors do not take up space. Amazing what you have done
There's FINALLY a Big Bright Light at the end of the tunnel now!!!! I'm so very happy for you three!!! EEEK!!! Just Adore y'all!!! Thank you for taking us along!!! 🤗❣️🤩
We are buying a home sight unseen that is 2300 miles from where we currently live! Our renovator just sent me pictures showing that we need a new subfloor in several places along with needing to fix a problem with moisture under the house! I am try to keep smiling through it all. We have seen the exterior of the home. We used to live in that area and know the neighbors so we aren’t getting a dump but it does have some problems. Your videos are inspiring to us! Can’t wait to see your finished home!
What a project! House renovation is not simple…. Takes a lot financial and emocional it’s time consuming! But it’s worth! I’m smiling over here you guys can prepare the fireworks…. Many blessings for you guys ….
Pocket door on small toilet area would save so much room! I’ve learned to love pocket doors for all the space they save! Everything looks so nice! Very nice job on everything! Can’t wait to see it finished!
Oh, so good. I can't tell you how happy I am for you two, Nicky and Leigh, who became three. You must have been thrilled and really pleased... the light in your new ✨️ living room , all that looks so good, it looks so relaxing and calm. It looks new and fresh !
Great to see it is taking shape 🙂 It is encouraging to see that practice has mad Leigh more of a handyman indeed. Good luck to both of you in this adventure
Sooo good to see you two all smiles !!! I was a little surprised when Nikky said no oven, suggestion how about a wall oven ?? Definitely shelves to put all your dishes, its the lastest thing no cupboards needed. Refrigerator/freezer with ice maker...yes lol. Leigh great job on all that sanding, looks beautiful !! To see you two so happy at what you've accomplished together is outstanding !! Love you guys, Nikky still looking so beautiful as ever ❤️ ♥️ 💙 😍 I love
Ohhh the smiles are so glorious to see Nicky and Leigh! Well done to all! Those beams are lovely and do set the tone. Great instincts you two. What a roller coaster ride!
Quel transformation après toutes ces péripécies de démolition , et de tours à la déchette , au moins vos murs sont plus léger que ceux en béton . Si vous avez la place pourquoi pas une porte coulissante dans les toilettes pour gagner de la place . Le bois est super , une couche de vernis ou lazure . Bravo à vous deux . Bisous de France .
Everything is looking absolutely stunning in your house. You have all worked so so hard . I love the gorgeous Japanese maple bush just outside your living room window. The colours on it is so gorgeous.
If you're planning to leave those beams raw wood in the attic, keeping the material transition as they are (unfinished wood butted up against plasterboard) requires a high level lot of skill to finish and maintain. For the thinner exposed horizontal "beams" you may want to trim over that, so that you're not dealing with (staring at constant expand/contract) maintenance of different materials butting right up against each other -- tons of trim options to keep the vibe, but give you a clean finish. If you try to caulk to fill in horizontal gaps, it'll be a nightmare to maintain in a climate with extreme weather. It would also be fun to make a design choice about the raw wood defining the peak of the roof.
You can tell you are less stressed Leigh because your skin is looking much better, I'm so glad things are much better for you and Nicky. It's going to look fabulous when it's finished. Love from the UK ❤ 🇬🇧
wow the transformation is amazing , the extension would make a fantastic dining area , what is happening with the bathroom Leigh we have not seen that ? you are going to have such a beautiful home , well done all involved with the work on the house xxxx
Your smiles were wonderful to see! It’s been such a stressful time and I’m so happy to see it all beginning to come together. It’s going to look amazing 😍🖤
Hi from the UK I have thourally enjoyed watching the house 🏠 transformation you nicky and all your friends and workers have done you have all worked so hard it's so different now I hope you both make so many memories with your new baby as well wtg 😊
Hi, Nicky and Leigh. Looking at the thumbnail and seeing the biggest smiles on your faces told me this video would be brilliant.. and I wasn't disappointed. The house looked great. Such a change, not just in the look but also the way in which it seemed to lift both your spirits. Leigh.. maaate.. that's some fine work cleaning up the beams. And you're right. It did look like a completely different house when you were showing us around the main floor. I'm excited to see the remaining 'rendos' (renovation videos [🤦♂️ yeah, I know.. I suck 😅]). Thanks for sharing 👍
I love how your home is coming along. When Leigh backed up in the room way upstairs. I want to say, with the A frame. It looks like the hallway in one of the Star Trek movies. But, I like it. I also, love to watch your Bondi videos.
Well done Nicky and Leigh, your home is looking awesome even without being painted yet it has a real warm and homely feel to it now. I hope you've put in heaps of lighting and power points, that's one thing I learnt when renovating houses you can never have too many hot points and extra lightning... Cheers for the update reel Guys...
So fun seeing the progress. Finish off the master and at least get the sink installed in the kitchen and you can move in. I heard you already did, so can't wait to see that.
Your smiles tell how much your hard work (& money) has paid off!!! I love the natural beams so much and to think how much each of them would cost in today’s market is astronomical!!! Congratulations!
Beautiful work this week ❤ You may want to consider treating the wood with OSMO, other RUclips people use it and it really brings out the natural wood and its made from natural oils etc and should be ok with a baby. It will protect the wood beautifully ❤
Crazy to see the jump from last time. As someone who worked in finishing, there's still so much left to do, but it's much easier for the homeowner to enjoy (see hope in) the process at this point. :D
Great progress on the house, it's looking brilliant. Can't wait for the next one. Not to worry if you don't get in by the time baby is born, it'll be worth it in the long run. Well done you three! ❤
Thank you Nicky and Leigh for a wonderful video and thank you for sharing your story with us. I’m delighted that you are making so much progress and I share your happiness. 🎉. Big smiles all round. Your hard work and dedication will pay off. Congratulations to you both (and little Johnny) xx
Love the kitchen layout, specially with the tight space you have. The rooms are really coming together. Seeing how it is will give you both the boost you need. Less renovating and issues and now moving on to the new look. Awesome job to you both! I love it.
Thanks so much! 😊it was so motivating to see how it turned out because honestly we just couldn’t really envision the end result but we just kept going. Super happy with the results!
You could create Farmhouse pipe shelves, they are made with plumbers pipe and a type of DYI shelves on the wall above the coffee nook or in another spot which are more open to place dishes or cooking/baking cannisters on. They can be very decorative. Looks great guys.
An idea for the bathroom is to look into a track sliding door so you don't have to worry about swinging it into the hhalfway. Filming advice, remember to look at the lens and not the view finder.
Might be too late, but I'd say - make sure you left clearance room for the refrigerator, not just the width of the refrigerator itself, but include the wiggle room to push it in and pull it back out.
If I were you I'd go floor to ceiling pantry with fridge and cupboard above. You will need the storage more. You could use one shelf inside cupboard as coffee and other small appliance station. But you get to hide it away. Might be cheaper this way. On window side I've seen where they do shelves across the window in metal with glass shelves. The house is looking great!❤
I'm a coin collector. If I were you, I'd get a set of Dutch coins from 1936, frame them, and put them on the wall. Maybe a set of Australian coins from the year of Leigh's birth, as well?
Nickie is such a beautiful woman. You can tell she loves you the way she looks at you
You guys have definitely been on a journey. It is nice to see you smiling throughout what I can imagine is a very stressful experience.
Thank you so much! It was definitely the most stressful year we’ve ever had but once we started to see real results we couldn’t be happier 😄
You guys and the two from Do and Be different are awesome @@NickyandLeigh
Hey Leigh & Nicky..Wow!! What a transformation in the house!! It's really starting to come together!! You know once its all done You can have a house warming party!! Everyone that comes must bring you something for the house!! I am glad you see you changed the place for the dish washer!! I hope my idea helped!! Get a fridge with a ice
maker..you can thank me later..😊 haha!! And thank you for painting that ugly green 🚪 door!! Keep up the great work!! Have you met any of your neighbors? See you on the next one!! ❤❤
It is nice to see you both excited and happy! And no trips to the dump!!!😂
We’re very happy! It must be the first time we didn’t go to the dump 😂😂
We renovated a kitchen, hired people who made cabinets and found couple issues, the drawers they install don’t utilize the whole space. They don’t build the drawrs to go all way to back as then much more room . Also was better with cabinets going to the ceiling, giving you another shelf, instead of space above you have to dust, it looked so much nicer as we put crown molding above it to finish off the look. Your hard work Nikki has really paid off, nice work done by the both of you. Congratulations too, it’s a special feeling when you buy your first home. You fix only the areas that are absolutely necessary, don’t spend money on temporary fixes, you are wasting your money. You do it the way you want it, when you can afford it. Kitchen, bathrooms, roof, comes first. It took me twenty years as divorced single woman to do it the way I wanted. It is coming along great. Stucco in walls would not have done as children, toddlers will pick and then you will want to scrape it off and paint it, which looks nicer as you pick out colours, stucco should be put on ceiling only, but you cannot clean it without pieces crumbling off. Our house in Canada, most ar 200 amps due to new technology and amount of hangs plugged in. You can put in barn doors or mine slide into the walls, so doors do not take up space. Amazing what you have done
Been here since day 1 , it’s come along nicely , excited to see the finished version 😊
I can't believe how much bigger the whole house looks. Looks fantastic. Congratulations to you both on achieving your goals
Nicky has the most beautuful smile!😊
Love how you say "Isolation" instead of "Insulation"😂
There's FINALLY a Big Bright Light at the end of the tunnel now!!!! I'm so very happy for you three!!! EEEK!!!
Just Adore y'all!!! Thank you for taking us along!!!
🤗❣️🤩
Thank you so much! We couldn’t be happier with how it all turned out, to think what it looked like before versus now is just such a major difference 😃
Magnet fishing must pay better than I thought! LOL
We are buying a home sight unseen that is 2300 miles from where we currently live! Our renovator just sent me pictures showing that we need a new subfloor in several places along with needing to fix a problem with moisture under the house! I am try to keep smiling through it all. We have seen the exterior of the home. We used to live in that area and know the neighbors so we aren’t getting a dump but it does have some problems. Your videos are inspiring to us! Can’t wait to see your finished home!
It is wonderful to see have proud Leigh is and how happy Nicky is with the progress on the house. It is looking so modern and clean.
You look so excited. I'm glad you love what you have achieved. I think it's amazing 👍😀🤙
You guys should be proud of the work you have done. Really turning into a lovely home.
Such pretty faces. And I learned a new pronunciation for stucco! In America, it's pronounced STUCK-O!
Stoookood
Wh at does the house look like now? If that was in November 2023, it must be amazing now!
You removed the Bakelite electric box!! Whew! Nice one, kids!
Your happiness is contagious. Well done you for all the hard work.
What a project! House renovation is not simple…. Takes a lot financial and emocional it’s time consuming! But it’s worth! I’m smiling over here you guys can prepare the fireworks…. Many blessings for you guys ….
You two have a lovely home already ! Leigh, you've become a real handyman ! You should be so proud. God bless your home and family ❤
Thank you so much! 😄
Pocket door on small toilet area would save so much room! I’ve learned to love pocket doors for all the space they save!
Everything looks so nice! Very nice job on everything!
Can’t wait to see it finished!
They don’t appear to have enough room. The doorway is extra narrow at 70cm but the wall next to it is a lot less than that.
It would be nice but next to the toilet will be doors as well for the utility room, we couldn’t fit it in unfortunately 😃
Oh, so good. I can't tell you how happy I am for you two, Nicky and Leigh, who became three. You must have been thrilled and really pleased... the light in your new ✨️ living room , all that looks so good, it looks so relaxing and calm. It looks new and fresh !
Thank you! It just has a totally different feel than before, we couldn’t be happier 😃
You both are such great people, your home is getting prettier all the time, loving both your channels!
Thank you so much!😃😃
Wow what a difference. You both look so happy ❤
When the house is completed and the baby is tucked in and comfortable we want a live of the wedding!😂💖🤙🏻😍🍾🥂🎂
Wow! What a transformation. Looking really good. I know this was filmed some time ago - what about a sneaky peak on how it looks now?
Haha! You want us to spoil it? 🤩
@@NickyandLeigh I'm rooting for NO SPOILERS! We've been on this journey with you, enjoying every moment. Anticipation is 1/3 of the experience!
So so happy for you beautiful couple you bring a warm glow into our hearts 💕 love you lots Trevor & Linda ❤❤ 🇬🇧
Thank you so much! 😊😊
So enjoying watching the transformation of your lovely house into a gorgeous home! Great work! ♥️♥️♥️🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
Great to see it is taking shape 🙂
It is encouraging to see that practice has mad Leigh more of a handyman indeed.
Good luck to both of you in this adventure
The wood beams look beautiful ✨
That transformation from when you first walked into that house until now is remarkable and this is just the beginning! I’m as excited as you are !
Great design for the kitchen maybe some floating shelves will not make kitchen seem smaller
What a fantastic job you are doing Leigh ! And I think it’s so so smart to do things in anticipation of the future. Saves a fortune later !
Sooo good to see you two all smiles !!! I was a little surprised when Nikky said no oven, suggestion how about a wall oven ?? Definitely shelves to put all your dishes, its the lastest thing no cupboards needed. Refrigerator/freezer with ice maker...yes lol. Leigh great job on all that sanding, looks beautiful !! To see you two so happy at what you've accomplished together is outstanding !! Love you guys, Nikky still looking so beautiful as ever ❤️ ♥️ 💙 😍 I love
Wow it's really coming together now. Sending love to you all xxx
You should be so proud of yourselves. The house is coming along beautifully - Well done. 👏👏
Ohhh the smiles are so glorious to see Nicky and Leigh! Well done to all! Those beams are lovely and do set the tone. Great instincts you two. What a roller coaster ride!
That room next the kitchen would be a nice place for dining room.
It's lovely to see you two soooo excited after all the pitfalls along the way.❤
WOW! A beautiful home for a new family!
You’re getting there. You’ve come a long way!!! Great job.
Quel transformation après toutes ces péripécies de démolition , et de tours à la déchette , au moins vos murs sont plus léger que ceux en béton . Si vous avez la place pourquoi pas une porte coulissante dans les toilettes pour gagner de la place . Le bois est super , une couche de vernis ou lazure . Bravo à vous deux . Bisous de France .
Great job on the beams!! They look awesome! No tips since all this has been done already. Little Johnny I’m sure loves his room ❤
Well done you guys!!
The new windows look so good. The room looks so much better. Good job Leigh - I know you worked like a trooper.
Thank you! 😄
Leigh, je hebt een geweldige vrouw.
It's looking so fresh and adorable with the wood accents! It already has such a sweet style with just the new plaster and sanding!
Totally agree! It looks completely different, we love it 😁
Looks so much better without the fireplace, it took up so much space. 👍⭐️
All your hard work is paying off now and the moving in date is getting closer
Everything is looking absolutely stunning in your house.
You have all worked so so hard .
I love the gorgeous Japanese maple bush just outside your living room window.
The colours on it is so gorgeous.
That freshly sanded wooden beam. Perfectly prepped for a lovely coat of paint…. 🤪
Haha well definitely keep it natural after all Leigh’s hard work 😂
@@NickyandLeigh Maybe a waterproof clear sealant??
If you're planning to leave those beams raw wood in the attic, keeping the material transition as they are (unfinished wood butted up against plasterboard) requires a high level lot of skill to finish and maintain. For the thinner exposed horizontal "beams" you may want to trim over that, so that you're not dealing with (staring at constant expand/contract) maintenance of different materials butting right up against each other -- tons of trim options to keep the vibe, but give you a clean finish. If you try to caulk to fill in horizontal gaps, it'll be a nightmare to maintain in a climate with extreme weather.
It would also be fun to make a design choice about the raw wood defining the peak of the roof.
You can have an lovely kitchen island on wheels to, will give you more work surface 😊
Wauw that house looks good..good job guys😊🌹
You can tell you are less stressed Leigh because your skin is looking much better, I'm so glad things are much better for you and Nicky.
It's going to look fabulous when it's finished. Love from the UK ❤ 🇬🇧
The house is really starting to come together now, it's looking amazing.👍❤️
wow the transformation is amazing , the extension would make a fantastic dining area , what is happening with the bathroom Leigh we have not seen that ? you are going to have such a beautiful home , well done all involved with the work on the house xxxx
Thanks very much! 😄 We’re leaving the bathroom as is, it’s still ok good condition and we can’t afford the change it at the moment!
Your smiles were wonderful to see! It’s been such a stressful time and I’m so happy to see it all beginning to come together. It’s going to look amazing 😍🖤
Hi from the UK I have thourally enjoyed watching the house 🏠 transformation you nicky and all your friends and workers have done you have all worked so hard it's so different now I hope you both make so many memories with your new baby as well wtg 😊
Hi, Nicky and Leigh. Looking at the thumbnail and seeing the biggest smiles on your faces told me this video would be brilliant.. and I wasn't disappointed. The house looked great. Such a change, not just in the look but also the way in which it seemed to lift both your spirits. Leigh.. maaate.. that's some fine work cleaning up the beams. And you're right. It did look like a completely different house when you were showing us around the main floor.
I'm excited to see the remaining 'rendos' (renovation videos [🤦♂️ yeah, I know.. I suck 😅]). Thanks for sharing 👍
Wow .fantastic .it looks like a new home😊
It looks lovely
You may be financially strapped
But wow😮🎉
Some things are better than money
Actually most things are better than money😊
Haha true! We’re so happy with how it turned out 😃
I love how your home is coming along. When Leigh backed up in the room way upstairs. I want to say, with the A frame. It looks like the hallway in one of the Star Trek movies. But, I like it. I also, love to watch your Bondi videos.
Well done Nicky and Leigh, your home is looking awesome even without being painted yet it has a real warm and homely feel to it now. I hope you've put in heaps of lighting and power points, that's one thing I learnt when renovating houses you can never have too many hot points and extra lightning...
Cheers for the update reel Guys...
So fun seeing the progress. Finish off the master and at least get the sink installed in the kitchen and you can move in. I heard you already did, so can't wait to see that.
Bravo you two!!! It is looking amazing! Your hard work is really paying off!!!
Kitchen plans are perfect with the limited space.
Thank you, it was a big puzzle 😄
I can not wait to see the outcome of all you hard efforts.
Your smiles tell how much your hard work (& money) has paid off!!! I love the natural beams so much and to think how much each of them would cost in today’s market is astronomical!!! Congratulations!
You guys built a camper van so being creative with storage in the kitchen should be easy for you! House looks great
I’m so glad you are making proper progress. Question is……. Did you get it done in time for little Johnny arriving???? We will have to wait and see ❤❤
Amazing how it's come together 😊xx
You can put shelves right across the windows in the kitchen, add some plants and items that reflect the sun like a sun-catcher. 👍⭐️
Beautiful work this week ❤ You may want to consider treating the wood with OSMO, other RUclips people use it and it really brings out the natural wood and its made from natural oils etc and should be ok with a baby. It will protect the wood beautifully ❤
It's looking beautiful
Beautyful to see you both smile so much. I am smiling to. Love the work done at the house. It is prachtig!!!!🎉🎉
Holy moly no fridge with that new kitchen 😂😂😂😂
Lots of wonderful progress! Now is the easy part of renovating. Putting it together goes much quicker! Can't wait to see it finished!
😊👍❤️🤙
Crazy to see the jump from last time. As someone who worked in finishing, there's still so much left to do, but it's much easier for the homeowner to enjoy (see hope in) the process at this point. :D
So true! We can finally picture the end result 😃
The Kitchen layout you showed is nice and compact and the placement is just correct.
Thanks so much, it was a big puzzle to fit everything in but we’re very happy with the plans 😄😄
Wow what a transformation looks amazing and your smiles says it all ❤
Thank you so much, we couldn’t be happier with how it turned out 😄
@@NickyandLeigh I'm so happy for you both
Great progress on the house, it's looking brilliant. Can't wait for the next one. Not to worry if you don't get in by the time baby is born, it'll be worth it in the long run. Well done you three! ❤
Wow... what a change. It looks amazing
Thank you Nicky and Leigh for a wonderful video and thank you for sharing your story with us. I’m delighted that you are making so much progress and I share your happiness. 🎉. Big smiles all round. Your hard work and dedication will pay off. Congratulations to you both (and little Johnny) xx
What a huge change to the original look..So beautiful, you've work so hard. Looking forward to seeing the next video. Well done guys🐈🐈🐈
Thanks so much! 😊
@@NickyandLeigh Your so very welcome and are such a beautiful couple😙💖😙
Stunning ❤so happy it’s all coming together for you ❤❤. Well done 👏🏻
Thanks so much! 😊
Soso happy to see those big smiles, IT is going to be a cozy lovely home xx
Well done. You have put smiles on lots of faces. 😁
Absolutely love the House well done the two for you xxxx ❤❤❤❤❤
So nice to see such big smiles 😄😄. And no trips to pack up the van 😆
Love the kitchen layout, specially with the tight space you have. The rooms are really coming together. Seeing how it is will give you both the boost you need. Less renovating and issues and now moving on to the new look. Awesome job to you both! I love it.
Thanks so much! 😊it was so motivating to see how it turned out because honestly we just couldn’t really envision the end result but we just kept going. Super happy with the results!
You could create Farmhouse pipe shelves, they are made with plumbers pipe and a type of DYI shelves on the wall above the coffee nook or in another spot which are more open to place dishes or cooking/baking cannisters on. They can be very decorative. Looks great guys.
You can accomplish anything you set out to do! Beautiful home! 🏡
An idea for the bathroom is to look into a track sliding door so you don't have to worry about swinging it into the hhalfway.
Filming advice, remember to look at the lens and not the view finder.
It looks so modern, new and fabulous!
Might be too late, but I'd say - make sure you left clearance room for the refrigerator, not just the width of the refrigerator itself, but include the wiggle room to push it in and pull it back out.
Yes definitely! 😃
Amazing transformation you can see it really coming together!
It looks beautiful guy’s, what a transformation!! I’m so happy for the both of you ❤❤❤
Everything is looking awesome my friends thank you for sharing this very enjoyable video with us six stars
Great job on the sanding!! It looks so good.
It looks amazing well done you too love it ❤❤❤
Thank you! 😊
If I were you I'd go floor to ceiling pantry with fridge and cupboard above. You will need the storage more. You could use one shelf inside cupboard as coffee and other small appliance station. But you get to hide it away. Might be cheaper this way. On window side I've seen where they do shelves across the window in metal with glass shelves. The house is looking great!❤