On the home front, we’ve finished framing the back deck and started laying boards! This is huge, people, huge. The boards are the reward for all the hard work that went into the framing (yeah, sad that the reward for hard work is more work). I will admit that I only did maybe 10% of the work, if that. Kudos to Grant for doing the measuring, cutting, drilling, screwing, levelling etc. Anyway, here are some pics:
Grant working hard
The frame
Some of the edging
The first board being laid
Noah enjoying the horizontal climbing frame (“What? You expect me to walk over these? Lady, I’ve only just learnt, give me a break!”)
How the deck looked at close of play today.
Some of the edging
Oh! I collected Noah’s blind fabric today. It's Vibe "Tropicana" by Prestigious. Am loving the fun colours and funky dots. I had originally planned on painting his room blue, but the particular blue in the fabric is maybe a little more turquoise than I’d had in mind so I’m toying with the idea of picking out the butter yellow. I’m really undecided so I’d love to have opinions. “Audience, please vote … now.”
Here are pics of the first two office wall unit handles on - both Laura and Ellie said they'd thought they were going to be huge, due to the size in the picture I posted. Nope, they're little.
The weather was absolutely gorgeous today, hot and sunny. By suppertime we'd completed enough of the deck to be able to eat out there. We had a BBQ (braai!) and enjoyed sitting in the shade eating alfresco. This is the life! Our lives have changed so much for the better since moving home, we really are so blessed.
Coming early next week: photos from Joe and Lana's photo sessions.
