Changing Views
We have been in here a month now and it has been nice to just sit and enjoy the ever changing view. We haven’t been able to get out and do much to finish the exterior work because it has been raining all the time but we got a good …
Building Basecamp
All moved in but still a little chaotic
We’re here! We pulled it off and managed to build a house that is livable although it is very messy and there is still a lot to do. It is now possible to just sit and watch the eagles catching fish or the boats come and go from our little bunker in …
So close I can taste it . . . oh wait that’s concrete dust
Just when I think we are getting ahead it always seems we take five steps in the wrong direction. Although I don’t think anyone other than tiling people use the word lippage, it still accurately reflects the problem and is still a very bad word – this time on the …
Lippage is a very bad word
Painting has been the only stage of this build so far that seemed to take exactly the amount of time I expected it to. We moved on to tiling the bathroom walls and it was definitely one of the more stressful tasks so far. The waterproofing was pretty easy. Mix …
Paint fumes and beer
Each stage so far has been exciting to start but by the end we can’t wait to be done with it. I think it’s because we tend to take a little longer than we’re suppose to. The joys of being an obsessive compulsive perfectionist who questions every decision. Anywho . . …
Playing in the mud
We have finally started mudding the drywall today. It has been a very long month of putting the drywall up (and sometimes taking it back down). The early days were quite dysfunctional but we made it through. I never thought I would hear myself say I’m looking forward to mudding …