Month: July 2018

Here, the guys are cutting triangles into a straight plank to make the stringers onto which the treads and risers will be fixed.

Yay!  We have finally made (almost all) our tile selections.  They grey tile is 12″ x 24″ (~ 30cm x 60cm) and will be laid in

Here’s how the house looked last evening.

The old door trim frame and trim has been removed, and framing is in place for the new wall.  New battens are being attached to the

Now the framing for the pocket door has been put in place, one can really get a sense for how it will feel to walk from

Until the windows are ready to be installed, all external surfaces are being covered to protect against the elements.  

As expected, the old soil pipe fell to pieces as it was removed.  Here’s a pile of what’s left.

The new soil pipe has been laid in the freshly-dug trench, and temporarily connected back to the downpipe from the old master bathroom, until that can

As we empty the coat closet to make way for the new powder room, we discover that the back wall is some kind of heavy canvas,

Now that my office and the entryway have been boxed in, we can start to see how the balcony will feel: awesome!

Understanding Ethan’s love of dens and hiding places, Anton today suggested creating a hidey-hole in dead space under the kitchen stairs, behind the new powder room,

This is the view from my office onto what will, one day, be a garden again rather than a building site.  Where the back door will