There's a lot happening now...

There's a lot happening now...

yes, a lot has been happening in the last 2 weeks. and that means more decisions.

Firstly, the windows arrived. So we now have piles of windows and frames all around the house.

this is the frame for the kitchen window.

The fitters arrived and soon got to work on the dormer windows....

and the gable end window in our bedroom.

the end result looks great. 

once the windows were in the cedar cladding went on. This has really created the image i had imaged a long time ago. The smell of the wood is gorgeous too. if only we could bottle it! The colour of the windows has also proved perfect. We choose this some time back - it's RAL7016!

The other work this week has been inside - the frames for all the internal walls have now been constructed in wood. This is the end of the games room.

and this is the new study - it looks like it is in the kitchen!

This is the completed games room wall. Emma and Lucy think it is a prison...

There have also been many decisions to make...

We had to quickly decide on the position of any future balcony. We know we want to add one on but haven't fully agreed who will build it and what it will look like. I thought this was OK until Jason told me they were adding the cladding to the rear of the house. SO i spent a couple of hours one working morning designing it and speaking with the potential manufacturers. Hopefully the builders have now added a couple of holes and markings so we know where the supporting beams will be added into the loft space. We can run then through the walls, box them in and then support them onto the floor joists. We haven't had this structurally planned but it feels right!

the other decisions we had to make revolved around the bathrooms. Luckily Claire has made massive efforts to get this done so we are almost there. However we simply thought the plumber needed a rough idea of where things went (yes, I know it's a bit daft!). What he actually needed was a full design. After a week or so of frantic planning I think, I hope, we are there. We just now need to confirm with bathroom company tomorrow!

Despite all the frantic, full on energy, we know that the end result will be brilliant... watch this space for more.