Kitchen progress

The kitchen is coming along nicely - this being our second small building creation, some things have gone very quickly with not much fuss at all. We've learnt. On the flipside it's hilarious some of the daft mistakes we keep repeating...over & over again. A rich & humbling project!

Huge thanks to all the locals who have pitched in when needed - our architectural import Sheryl has been amazing.

We've got the larch weatherboards stacked & ready to go now - looking forward to that next phase.

So ahh what do we do with this wall now?

Derek & Dave negotiate the 3 York St obstacle course in fine style

Sussing out the roof trusses

The simple joy of pounding in a nail, midwinter, in a t-shirt

By contrast the girls are totally rugged up on this day

Nighttime winter building - characterful stuff

A patchwork of ply scraps fills out this header nicely - I love this stuff :-)

Sheryl & Nessi hammering home the last few nails on the top plates

Roof trusses mid-way through installation

Sheryl in action again on the roof

Our unofficial building inspector is officially "off-duty" for the winter

Barge boards are on

Accumulated ice from a smallish puddle

Crikey it's been cold!

The engine room

After almost a year of improvised kitchening, it's time for the most important room in the home to take shape - the engine room - the kitchen. For us this presents a second small shed building opportunity. So, why wouldn't we? :-) 

This time round we're putting up a 2.4m by 3.6m shed on skids, which just fits within the parameters of what you can do with multiple small sheds on a section. 

Big muscles Lukes having a smashing good time with bricks

Several days later & a little worse for wear

In order to build the new kitchen we had to re-locate the kitchen tent...amazing how much stuff you can pack into a tent!

Lizzie departs for home, not before crafting the superb Bivvy sign

Time for a wee celebration - Hebe ensures the fire is well tended

Mmmm...can't beat a winter solstice bonfire