More plastering photos....

Hallway entrance, looking from the front door back towards the theatre room at the back... Dining Room

Kitchen

Hallway to the bedrooms

Theatre Room (walls are yellow as they are soundboard ... to keep out the 'doof doof' from the rest of the house!)

Rumpus Room (front of house)

We have walls!!!

The plasterers have been working hard again and we have most of our walls in place. As you can see from the below picture, only 1/2 of the garage roof is on, and 1/2 way up the entrance hallway has been put up. But the rest of the house mostly has the ceiling and wall boards in (still plenty to go - the taping and the cornices for a start!). From the rumpus room looking back towards the dining room:

Pink's room Blue's room

Laundry (note the door now has door handles :))

The loooooong hallway, which looks quite dark now without all the extra light. Love the window at the end though, we saw that in a display home and thought that was a great idea and built it into our design.

In the family area looking out towards the alfresco area.

The theatre room (surrounded by 'soundboard' to stop all that excess booming!)

And so it continues.... I can tell you we're very glad to not be undertaking this bit of the journey! Best left to the professionals (of whom there are more than 2 and I haven't heard them have an argument yet!).

Next on the agenda, once the plastering is finished: kitchen measure, brick cleaning, garage roller door installation, painting (look out all you volunteers .... and no ignoring my calls when i ring you!!!) and door frames. We've decided to go with a split jamb system which looks much simpler to install than doing it all from scratch (thanks BMU for the tip!). Ma & I drove to Dandenong the other day to check them out, Bikeman will be very pleased with the minimal fuss required to put together. Not that he can't do it, of course. It will save HEAPS of time.

Next choices to make: colours for painting and then the type of doors. I had chosen a door that I liked but it only comes in a woodgrain finish, which I think won't work as well in our house. Will keep looking....

A ceiling (or is it a roof....???)

We have a ceiling! The 'plasterers who don't like to talk much' have done a great job and the massive ceiling we now own is nearly complete. The rumpus room still has to be done, as does the cathedral ceiling and the garage. And the most exciting part... one of the rooms has been plastered! Which one I hear you ask.... the main boudoir! It was so cool to go in there with all the walls done. Gave a real sense of what the room will be like. I admit it, I did the excited dance. The kids thought it was hilarious! There was a big stack of plaster just waiting to be put up on the walls in the next couple of days. And some more insulation, this time in the butlers pantry (for the walls). Some photos (a little 'flashed' out, it was starting to get dark so had to use the flash).... The hallway, looking toward Pink's room In the study, looking back towards the theatre room.

Our bedroom ... looking towards the ensuite door

Again main bedroom, looking at the wall at the back as you walk in (bed will go in between the 2 windows)

Main bedroom, looking back from the windows towards the 2 walk in robes

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

More plastering

Well the plasterers were there today ... when I popped in to check and see if there were any questions at 1 they were finished the roof from the back of the house to the theatre room/toilet. The three young lads doing the plastering weren't all that talkative, but hey looked like they were doing a good job so probably talking is overrated. Ha! The stilt man was there again so probably he was afraid I'd snap some more papparazzi shots so he was avoiding all eye contact. Will post more photos in a couple of days when you can see real progress.

We have clouds in our ceiling!

Bikeman came home after visiting the house yesterday, very excited that we have 'clouds in our ceiling'. They had finished all of the roof insulation of the back half of the house by last night, and this morning when I was there they were finishing the bracing. Had hit a minor snag though, in that they thought the ceilings were only 3m but they were 3.2 or 3.6 or something and as a result they needed to wait until next week until they had scaffolding for the higher area. Here is the view down the hallway to Zali's room (excuse the dodgy pics, taken from my mobile. Will take proper camera up tomorrow so will have some better ones by the end of the weekend). The plasterers were wobbling around on these cool stilt things to put up the insulation and metal battens. Bikeman was a little sad that he wasn't doing the plastering, I think for this reason alone. He would have liked to have a go on the stilts!!! Plastering man begrudgingly posed for the photo. I think he thought I was a nutter. Tomorrow we're going to be finishing the external doors (laundry and garage) and putting on all the door fittings for them. If time we'll also start on the eaves, putting up noggins and getting them ready for plaster. And then having a break in the evening, the boys are off to the footy and I'm off to Mrs R's for a quiet wine or three. Can't wait!

Sliding door cavities

Bikeman started installing the sliding door cavities over the weekend, and they look great! He got to try out his new nail gun (which even BMU (the chippy) was pretty impressed about) and although it was cold, and he was knackered at the end of the day, he was rightfully proud about how well he was doing installing them himself. As for me ... well Pink had a birthday party to go to so Blue went and 'helped' (in other words sat in the car playing DS) Bikeman at the house. BM has installed 7 of the 11 sliding door cavities in total, not bad for a days work! Have decided to have the plastering done by a professional, we simply don't have the time to be able to committ to getting it done in a timely manner. Plus we might very well kill each other working in such close proximity on a very important project! So best it be taken out of our hands and finished with quickly. So hopefully they'll be in in the next couple of weeks. BMU will be in ensuring the walls are all square in the next weeks and hopefully so will the brick cleaners. It's all happening! Next goal: Plaster. Oh and $$ from the bank, that would be nice.... soooooon!