wedding week already

well beginning of week 9 and still lots more timber arriving! we've got a roof on the studio and you can see where the roof lights are going, there is a floor upstairs and the the roof timbers are now going up. we can really see how the spaces are coming together. lots of discussion now to sort out the sprinkler system, much talk about the hemp and then there's the heating and solar system - all seems too complicated for words.

yes its wedding week - all seems to be on track but i expect i will be in panic mode later in the week. lots of food to buy and prepare for all the folks that will be in and out of the house. lists everywhere but its all very exciting! hope i won't be too exhausted to enjoy it all - please pray for good weather at the weekend :)

lots more timber

well here we are at the end of week 6 and the roof timber is going up, the whole house is now being surrounded with scaffolding (not so pretty) but it really seems to be happening now.

blooming marvellous

thought i would just share this with you, my window box is looking beautiful, i hope it will stay that way for at least the next 3 weeks - yes! its only 3 weeks to the wedding. wedding dress is finished but not the bridesmaids - guess what i will be doing next week?

lots of timber and an inspection visit

the computer has been down and i've been bereft without it, its back now but still slow - i think it might have to go eventually. anyway lots has happened here - i seem to have a daily meeting with david our builder making decisions that i truly hope are right. suddenly the timber walls have grown and we can walk through the rooms of the house. it now seems enormous. our very own chartered surveyor (ret'd) came to inspect and commented that it looked like a village hall!

wow we've got a floor

well an enormous crane arrived early this morning and two large lorries with blocks and beams followed by a floor-laying gang-loads of activity! the crane was so big the children at the primary school could see it - great excitement. by 2pm it was all done and dusted so everyone could run off to watch the football - lets hope england win today.

the floor plan now looks much larger!

progress on the building site

its been dry all week so work on the site has progressed well, the blockwork has just about been done on the foundations, some work has been done on the drainage for the drive and the water pipe has been put in (but no water yet) apparently the floor will be done next week. at the moment the dimensions of the rooms look small i hope this will change as the build progresses otherwise we will be down-sizing!!

a bit of creativity

its been quite a busy week with workshop days here's a sample of what was produced by the girls at loose threads - velvets, foils and sweet papers make great backgrounds for stitchery. well done girls!