Reaching For The Sky

Some real excitement when we visited the house today ... the ceiling is going in over the kitchen/dining room .... and even more exciting because that means the floor is being created for the upper floor where our bedroom will be.

I haven't been "upstairs" yet ... but Ben reckons the views are awesome ! He's a lot better than scaling the scaffolding than me. I might wait for the proper stairs I think ...

There's a Floor In There

Ben's been a busy boy.
He's put the floor in ... not the gorgeous spotted gum, but the panel flooring onto which the spotted gum will be fixed. You can also see the triangle shape in the picture above, whichwill be topped with floor to ceiling glass, butted together at an angle for the stunning dining room window. There's already the sense of floating into the garden.

Eliza seemed pretty impressed!

Some of the framing is in place for the butler's pantry, at the end of the kitchen. I'm worried it's a bit small and James will check the dimensions again on site. Perhaps it looks small, because the fireplace is there. The fireplace has to stay (or else the wall will fall down), but it will be hollowed out and shelves installed.