New space
I have written about my intentions to change our study nook (here and here). Well, it’s practically finished: I decided on a cupboard instead of a study nook because (1) the study nook as it was always became a dumping ground for everything (2) the cupboard is neater (3) more storage is always awesome and […]
Study nook
This is my study nook: view from the kitchen stove In our original house plan, there was going to be an enormous linen cupboard here. It is almost 2m long. It would have been a great cupboard. However, on looking at the space at the end of the hall, I thought it was too much […]
Family room – for the whole family
The French doors open on a sunny afternoon When we designed the floor plan of our house, we planned for one large family room (kitchen/pantry, dining and living areas) in the centre of the house, facing north. On one side of the family room, there are the children’s bedrooms, bathroom and study area, and on […]
4 1/2 years on
Our beautiful valley Well, it has been 4 1/2 years since we made the move to Tasmania. I can’t imagine living anywhere else, even if I contemplate it sometimes. This weekend has been a productive one at our house. The front garden received a healthy dose of mulch. I am continuing to add plants to […]
Rendering – take 2
On Saturday we had the gang back to work on the render of the south and west sides of the house. It was another long day, but the results are excellent! Perran was on the spray pump. He needed a helper to turn it off and on and at various times that was Monte, Miranda […]
Rendering!
It’s a bit exciting! After over 2 years of living in the house, the final coat on the outside of the strawbale home is being rendered! Our house has been covered in pink plastic mesh for so long that looking at my non-pink, rendered home brings a tear to my eye! The render looks brown […]
Treechange Tuesday: electricity
Monte and I have often mentioned that if we were to do this adventure thing all over again, we would put power on our property before doing anything else. Instead, we lived without electricity for over 2 years. It was very very hard. We had solar power, but it was not enough to run a […]
Treechange Tuesday: timing
Andrew asked me to write about how we would do things differently, if we were to set off on a tree change all over again. Fortunately, monte and I have 20/20 hindsight vision, and there are definitely things that we would do differently next time. I’m going to write about this topic in a series […]
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