YES! The grant for the deck has been paid out. We are very thankful to the Council and to our Lord. Everything worked out just fine.
We had a nice surprise on Thursday? Steve, a mate from Hamilton who we got to know through Peet, turned up to have a look at our progress. He follows the blog. It was nice to be able to show him around. And then he had a surprise for us. He had a lot of nails and screws and Rimu timber in surplus, and kindly gifted that to us. Thanks again Steve!
We had a lovely sunny week, and I realised that I have to clear grass in the garden. I spent two days spraying weedkiller in anticipation of cultivating the veggie patch. It has had very little attention during the last summer.
We have done some Gib stopping on the inside wall by the patio door, but it is not finished yet. We have decided to stain/varnish the Rimu door frame. That will have to be done before the architraves goes up.
Talking of the architraves, we have hunted around among our hoard and found (hopefully) enough to do the inside. We are in the process of cleaning it, with scrapers, heat gun, paint stripper. The final stage will be sandpaper before we stain/varnish them. On the outside we will be using smooth board.
We have been to Hamilton and bought the material for a roman blind behind the fancy curtains. That will help keeping the place warm in winter. We will be making that only after the other work is done.
Another week and we will be in our "new" house for three years now. It is VERY interesting to go back to the beginning and revisit where we started.
I am so glad that you got the Rimu and nails. I missed you the passed two weeks. Glad you are trying to keep up the garden patch as well. You must have a house wetting with the new patio door installed and to celebrate the 3 years with all God's grace and love.
ReplyDeleteKeep it up Gert and I am waiting for the photos, as I cannot drive over and have a look and enjoy yourhandy work.