Showing posts with label courtyard. Show all posts
Showing posts with label courtyard. Show all posts

Monday, October 12, 2009

My storybook cottage

It is just sooooo pretty!! My not-so-little-anymore storybook cottage.

Above is the west side of the house ... to the left is the bay window for the kitchen, the center is the main kitchen bench window, then to the right is the dining room bay window. I do love the white (undercoat) veranda posts/window frames ... but they'll all go dark green to match the original - I know the white looks prettier, but ... I know I'd never keep it clean!

Above shows the kitchen living room new french doors, the kitchen bay window, then the dining room french doors. The veranda to the left is not quite finished yet.

They have started installing the "back" door ... the main door that will be used. The plan was to replicate the front door, which - other than some minor changes - it looks like it will be beautiful. That is my ensuite sitting under the veranda, very pleased with how that fits in (though the little window is a pain to open!).

The kitchen has its plumbing rough-in and electricals ... the bench is going to be over 5 metres long ... certainly beats the tiny area I had before! I can't wait to see how that window looks once it goes in ... it is the only one that is quite different to the originals - much wider compared to the height.





This photo shows the bathroom window - the bath will sit just below this, the vanity to the left of it. I'm glad all these decisions are already done ... nothing really left to decide in here except the light!










All the rough in electrics have been done ... so there are wires going everywhere ... and I'm not even having any fancy systems! I would have loved to go for the home automation stuff ... but that cost just was a bit beyond the budget. Hopefully the technology will become cheaper and I can look into it in the future. This photo is of the small side of the kitchen (the sort of breakfast area).


The only slight worry at the moment ... no builders for two days ....

Sunday, September 6, 2009

Weatherboards going on

Because I see it everyday sometimes it looks like there is no progress and no point taking photos ... but when looking through today's I realised there have been big changes and it is starting to look more and more like a house vs a frame.

More windows have gone in (and they fixed up the holes from the other day so I've got my other room back!). I was quite excited to see a new part of the veranda going up ... this part I'm going to try to work out how to turn it into a courtyard ... but it is a bit smaller than I was expecting.

The tin for the roof arrived on Friday ... but the weather expected this week is not so great so I doubt it will go on immediately.