It feels great to be doing something physical that is contributing to the build of the house rather than coming up with some of the ideas, making decisions and supplying the funding! We've had the time for the last few days to watch the girls playing in the garden whilst we have been lucky enough to have a few hours helping the building team. For me I've been staining the ends of the roof joists a grey colour. Each soft wood joist protruding out from the roof have been cut at the lower facing end in a curve which gives a really noticeably more elegant look to the roof structure already. By staining the ends of the joists we hope the soft wood will be less stark in comparison to the oak that will turn a silver grey in a few years time.
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| Carefully does it painting the ends of the roof joists. |
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| Polly's contribution to the stone wall building smoothing out the lime plaster. |
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| The undercroft to the right will be the dining room area through the doors. |
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| North elevation cladding. |
Flora drove up to Bristol to look at more stone and came back with an even better type with a really good price which is at the moment a very good thing!
Polly has been so enthusiastic trying to help both of us over the last two days it's been lovely. Climbing up the scaffolding to help me paint didn't bother her at all nor the mud and dust from helping Flora build the garden stone wall.
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| West elevation. |
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| Wood shed - roof. |
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