Thursday, April 4, 2013

Time for some more pretty-pretty

So the house is down, and the land neatly flattened. Just a little more finessing and the site will be ready for its new era, our mark upon the Earth.

A call from the Lovely Building Company today confirmed that our full working drawings will be ready for me to collect tomorrow, whereupon the structural engineer can begin to craft that most under-appreciated of house components: the slab. I thought you got a chunk of concrete and just plonked it down, and whacked a house on top. Apparently not. In fact, it may even be cement and not concrete - who knows?! The structural engineer knows, that's who.

But enough of concrete and demolition, big boys toys and mounds of rubble. It's time for some more of the pretty stuff.

I keep telling myself and anyone else who will listen that I am jolly glad that we have had the lead in time and initiative to go on with other design matters whilst waiting for the actual construction to commence. I have spent countless hours on the kitchen, in particular. So here is how it is all panning out: the plan, the general style and colour scheme, and the handles:






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