Photos of construction/decor progress

Here are some images of our progress with decor so far.

We initially wanted to paint the walls, but were told that we would have to return them to white at the end of the year(or whenever we move on). As we wish to paint some of the walls purple, this wasn't much of an option.

Our solution has been to use fabric.

Below is a test using some purple material I found at a local fabric store. It's $4.50 p/m, meaning we need around $100 worth to cover two walls and the roof.

Below are some images of myself, Craig and Dion in on weekends doing the first couple of walls with Hessian. The technique we have used is to attach the hessian to strips of wood using a staple gun, and then attach the wood to the walls using nails. This way when we move on, we will be able to rip the wood off the wall and refill the little nail holes, which should be much easier than doing a dozen coats of white paint. The hessian was $4.50 a metre for around 40 metres.

Here is the result so far, it's much more homely than it was with the white walls already.

The next step is to do the other walls and roof in purple, which will include concealing the horrible fluorescent lights. Other plans include strips of wood along the middle of each wall (which will hold the LCD screens), a massive room sized rug(dark grey) and some Japanese Shojin style coverings for the windows, inspired by a recent trip - like the ones below.