July 6, 2010 - holidays

Almost finished. Just need to put the plants in, finish two stairs and done.
The white paint is from one of the houses and will be sandblasted off before the lawn goes down.

July 4, 2010 - holidays

Ella made cupcakes!

The sun was shining so went outside and started again. Re-leveled and started laying stone.
These big blocks of sandstone were salvaged from a a couple of the oldest houses here in Coro Valley that were knocked down recently.

Alex my uncle came up and gave us a hand. Thanks mate.

Back wall under the house.

Where the stairs will be.

July 3, 2010 - holidays

Nice visit from Amity and Adrian. Sat by the heater for a minute. The dog was happy.

July 1, 2010 - holidays

The floor after a day. It takes so long the spread the glue and then cut the ends to get the stagger right.

Also finished the top hallway. Still have to finish off all the edges with a bead.

After a whole day. My knees hurt.

June 29, 2010 - holidays

I got all the levels right and layed in a few stones only for it to pour down all night and half the day and stuff all the work from the previous day so I went inside and started the floor while it dried out.


Ella helping move furniture and vac the floor.

First long run of boards from the hallway through to the lounge.

June 28, 2010 - holidays

Created a path which was pulling a load of rock and bushes out and sloping the path. Hard work with the clay soil.

And another big trench for the base rock to sit in.

June 27, 2010 - holidays

I took some holiday to get through some of the bigger things that couldn't be done over a weekend. My holiday fell right in the middle of the football world cup and Triple J imposible music festival so it happened to be great timing. The floors had to be sealed so I did the first so I could work on the landscaping while it was drying.

Footings and levels for retaining walls.