Rod delivers the goods

Finally, the first bits of the tiny unit (for Nigel) have arrived. Rob brought them in today.

The red corner on the ground off to the left is where the front right corner of the unit is planned. I went out this morning to paint/indicate where I wanted the unit to be, so as to allow for a little courtyard at the back and paths all around. The white line is the limit of where the deck and lattice are to extend. That's as close as I want them to the main house. The long steel beams at top are the skids under the frame, yet to be positioned. Rod had to cut them to size.

Some supporting steel rods...

The composite bits for the shower, and a window.

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More painting - getting along!

My intention is to paint all the front visible areas of cream lattice, so that it looks all white from the road. The internal sections can wait till later, when I have more time. I also want to paint around the front security door that Frank put in. It's a bit of a slog, but it goes on quite quickly.

Painting, painting, painting

All the lattice. The cream stuff to white.

Finished the back side fence extension on Jan 2

Finished the rafters at the back

Looks good. Very shady. I'm hoping that by the time I paint the fence, it will looks green, tunnelly and refreshing at the same time, even in winter.

Painting the lattice at the back

Started at 3ish, and finished for today at 5.30pm. Feeling a bit nervous re school starting again for the year - there goes allmy time. Also feeling a bit burdened with having to take care of Mum, take her to her appointments and so on. It's hard and time consuming. My little Rose keeping me company. The white looks miles better than the cream colour. Freshens it right up.

Holiday paint jobs

Painted the white sections on the front awning this morning. It was a devil's job to get the blue painter's tape off - I had left it on too long and it stuck to the borders. Managed to scrape it off with finger nails! I think the white looks cleaner now, and I will need to do another 2 coats, but I will have to go over some spots on the black sections where there are smudges of white, alas.

The garden looks nice from up here too!

I still have some red paint to scrape off the outdoor seat, especially at the top, but it definitely looks much better painted in white, and pops against the black fence.

It's time to paint the rest of the rails at the top of the pergola at the back, if I can stay awake that long. It's 35C hot today. I do lioke how the grape vine has made this kind of like a green tunnel! I still want to paint leaves in various greens on the back fence to enhance the 'jungle' and cool feel.