the extension
Posted on | August 15, 2010 | 6 Comments
we’ve been discussing this for six years and at last the day is at hand.
we are building an extension onto our home and what this means is that we will no longer have to live in our bedroom.
we live in a very simple shed that is divided into a large room, a kitchen and a bathroom……with a sort of lean-to that was added on by the previous owner.
the lean-to houses the office and our wardrobe.
the large room is our bedroom and living room and while it is certainly a lovely big spacious room with 4 metre high ceilings…..i really dislike living and sleeping in the same room.
so, here we are.
this is the frame for the slab:
this the concrete that was poured yesterday and then had cats swarming all over it:
and why the terracotta coloured concrete?
because that is almost the precise shade of the earth around here (volcanic) and that colour gets everywhere eventually. and boy does it stain.
so we figured we would work with it and not agin it.
the best part of the whole thing is that we can keep the kitchen doors closed until the entire thing is finished….and keep the dust and dirt and noise out as much as humanly possible.
the doors will then be removed and we’ll have a nice big kitchen/dining/living area.
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August 15th, 2010 @ 4:03 PM
Love the floor colour its fantastic, great thinking too. It is the colour of Bauxite.
August 15th, 2010 @ 4:58 PM
wendy, we did our workshop floor the exact same colour.
it’s warm without any actual heat, if you know what i mean.
and it certainly hides the bazillions of red-oxide-encrusted paw-and-foot-prints.
you have the same climate….if it isn’t muddy, then it’s dusty!
next year, we have plans to re-tile the entire original shed-house in terracotta tiles of a similar shade.
currently we live with a mishmash of cheap tiles and in some places, simply raw unfinished concrete (horror).
it’s ok for the tropics, but would be dire and depressing in a cooler clime.
August 16th, 2010 @ 7:58 PM
Wow, that is much bigger than you let on. Looks like it’s going to be a great space.
August 19th, 2010 @ 8:13 AM
Congrats on the addition! The floor colour looks amazing so far!
August 31st, 2010 @ 1:13 AM
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet!
Congrats on the new addition to your family.
Lissa
August 31st, 2010 @ 1:02 PM
lissa, the beautiful baby vincent belongs to our friends.
but we get to share him from time to time, and we are determined to turn him into a lover of cats.
fennel, however, lives with us.