An update on the house. It's been sanded to perfection by Steven (that took a LONG long time by the way), and wrapped in building paper.
Lots of other unseen things are happening at the moment too, like measuring and ordering and more measuring. Checking the plans, phoning the designer, ordering flashings (bits that fit around the windows and doors), deciding on which wood to have on the ceiling. That type of thing. I'm looking forward to the BIG stuff now. Plastering! Floors going in! Windows and doors!
We have all the strawbales in our barn. We have the doors and windows ready to fit. We have the wire mesh that wraps around the building that the plasterer will plaster on (he is arriving start of December). Floor man is arriving..... at some point, I don't know when. It seems we are so close to all this stuff... and yet, possibly quite far. Hmm. Do I sound vague?
For a project that was initially going to take 6 months, we have now passed the two year mark. Sometimes when people ask me "how is the house coming along?" I have to stop myself asking "The house? Is someone building a house?" The build has become one of those mammoth entities that just plods along in the background, such a huge part of our lives that it is hard to imagine a life without it... or a life with it - with the house I mean. Imagine living in a house with more than one room, a kitchen with lots of cupboards, a bedroom for Elmer, a wardrobe in each room, an indoor toilet..... a BATH!!!!!!!!!
We bought some tree saplings this week to plant as a shelter belt behind the house and barn...
Cool ey? That last shot shows Elmer's bedroom on the far left, and the guest bedroom far right. Our bedroom is upstairs. The stairway is inbetween those big posts on the left. The second to last shot shows the before and after effects of sanding. Can't believe how grey and ugly the before is! That bit will be behind a wall when finished. Oh and any skewing of perspective is my wide angle lens and not the build. Steven adheres to The Law of Straightness at all times.
Lots of other unseen things are happening at the moment too, like measuring and ordering and more measuring. Checking the plans, phoning the designer, ordering flashings (bits that fit around the windows and doors), deciding on which wood to have on the ceiling. That type of thing. I'm looking forward to the BIG stuff now. Plastering! Floors going in! Windows and doors!
We have all the strawbales in our barn. We have the doors and windows ready to fit. We have the wire mesh that wraps around the building that the plasterer will plaster on (he is arriving start of December). Floor man is arriving..... at some point, I don't know when. It seems we are so close to all this stuff... and yet, possibly quite far. Hmm. Do I sound vague?
For a project that was initially going to take 6 months, we have now passed the two year mark. Sometimes when people ask me "how is the house coming along?" I have to stop myself asking "The house? Is someone building a house?" The build has become one of those mammoth entities that just plods along in the background, such a huge part of our lives that it is hard to imagine a life without it... or a life with it - with the house I mean. Imagine living in a house with more than one room, a kitchen with lots of cupboards, a bedroom for Elmer, a wardrobe in each room, an indoor toilet..... a BATH!!!!!!!!!
We bought some tree saplings this week to plant as a shelter belt behind the house and barn...
Cool ey? That last shot shows Elmer's bedroom on the far left, and the guest bedroom far right. Our bedroom is upstairs. The stairway is inbetween those big posts on the left. The second to last shot shows the before and after effects of sanding. Can't believe how grey and ugly the before is! That bit will be behind a wall when finished. Oh and any skewing of perspective is my wide angle lens and not the build. Steven adheres to The Law of Straightness at all times.
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Well done Steven! It looks fabulous, especially the sanded wood. Can't wait to get into that guest bedroom! Lovely photos Sinead. I envy your going into Spring, all that bloosom and those blue skies.
(10.14.11 @ 02:10 AM)Wow! I want to visit now I've seen the guest bedroom :) Looking good and Elmer looks so grown up now he's 2! x
(10.14.11 @ 08:26 AM)