Stairs
Pleased to say that the stairs are now in, which changes the whole feel of the building – makes it start to feel like somewhere that may one day be habitable. Although I miss clambering up and down a ladder.
they started off as a pile of bits of wood (this is just some of them):
Then took shape:
They take up much less space in the main room than I thought they would and consequently dominate the room less, which is good. Looking at the first of the three pictures, I thought they’d extend a foot further to the right – that they don’t is by far preferable. I also thought that they’d cut across the ventilation slit higher up and so cover up the bottom of the slit – like this the lines are far nicer.
The quality of the wood and finish is as good as I hoped – all in all very happy with them. But then they have cost the same price as a (very) small car…
Perhaps things are moving on … we’ll get there!
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Green = Mean ?
I’ve spent the day practicing my version of precision carpentry cladding openings of my big metal shed.
Building Progress ~ August 2010
We’ve been away to Brittany for a week so I’ve gone back to my old late ways this month.
Design Patterns ~ my choices ~ update
Way back at the end of 2007 I selected a number design patterns from Christopher Alexander’s excellent ‘A Pattern Language – Towns Buildings Construction’ to guide the design of the conversion…
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