Paint & Polish 29 April, 2010
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Adam The Painter and his boys have done a fantastic job of painting the inside of the extension, and then today the sanders managed to turn the dusty, grimy floor into the gleaming thing you see here…
Another (light) sand and another coat tomorrow, and it will dry to a lovely satin finish, like the rest of the house. Then we have to wait a week for it to cure before we move any heavy furniture out there.
Let there be light! 20 April, 2010
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The electricians finished today. The fusebox has been moved to make way for the new front door and, most importantly, there is now light in the extension!
Note also the beautiful cornices (that were put up by men on stilts), door-jambs and skirtings. There are doors too.
All this means that we’re ready for the painting and floor sanding. That should take another week-ish, and then we move into the back half so Chris The Builder can start on the front. Woohoo!
Spoke too soon… 11 April, 2010
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We now have a significant floor-bump in the middle of the dining room, and a nascent one in Polendino’s room as well.
I’m trying not to stress about it.
Walls and ceilings 10 April, 2010
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A bunch of photos of all the new rooms and the grampa flat (with the exception of the grampa flat’s main room, which I forgot to get a shot of).
Dining room. It’s huge – 4.5m wide and 7m long.
This is going to be a fantastic room – a combined studio and guest room with one wall of storage, and a big desk the full width of the windows. It’s 4.1m x 2.8m.
Boo’s bedroom. Bigger than it looks – 4.8m x 2.1m.
Polendino’s bedroom – the same shape and size as Boo’s.
The grampa flat.
The grampa flat bathroom - 1.4m x 3.8m. The shower will be the full width of the end of the room, and the loo will sit right under the window.
The grampa flat bedroom - 2.7m x 3.4m.
This side out 14 March, 2010
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We primed the maple and glass doors that lead out from the dining room to the back yard this arvo.
When we removed the plastic sleeves that had been left of the doors in the knowledge that we’re busy people and would take a couple of weeks to get around to the task, we discovered stickers on the inside of the glass:
SAFETY GLASS
CLEAR TEMPERED GLASS
THIS SIDE FACING OUTSIDE
Oops.
Walk On Wood 11 March, 2010
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The external blue board cladding is done, but I just want to show you the beautiful Cypress Pine floor boards laid for our new dinning room. I had a good smell of the boards when I gave our builder a hand bringing them inside on the previous night. It smells fantastic. Apparently the smell also drives termites away. Suits me just fine.
Since this photograph the granny flat is also floored.
Now that the floors are in I am enjoying walking around and getting a sense of the spaces.
Foundations 5 January, 2010
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While we were holidaying in Melbourne last week, the moles came and visited our house.
Thankfully, our builder (Chris) was there to document the damage with his mobile phone and send us the pictures.
This is the back of the house:
And this is the granpa flat:
