I promised to keep you updated about the building works of our extension, so I have a few pictures to share with you today. You can see the original post here.
Starting on the 7th December, first they laid sand, then the shiny silver is insulation that will keep the concrete floor nice and toasty under our feet. Do pay attention to the small wall with the 3 flowery bricks in the centre, it becomes a major player later.
The concrete sub floor was poured and the brick and block laying began, Brian and I kept alternating between our new lounge is going to be too small, no it’s going to be too big…….You just really can’t tell the scale of it from these pictures.
We then had lots of rain and not much building work took place, this was how it looked before work stopped for Christmas.
The day before the builders where due back on site in the new year, this happened……. remember that wall from the first picture, it fell down and landed on top of one of the new walls, Graham our builder was blown of the scaffolding, thankfully he was fine! We also lost 3 fence panels, but compared to many we where lucky.
So after a bit of time removing and repairing the smashed block work, building started again.
The the roof work began, things are moving so fast at the moment, but it is soooooooo noisy ! The angle grinder has been running lots to cut out bricks and of course with all the woodwork at the moment there is a lot of hammering and sawing. But it is all going to be worth it in the end!
The felt is going on tomorrow and the windows are coming later this week!
So I am actually believing that not only is it going to be finished soon but then I will get my craft room. Once the family has moved out of our current lounge it will be split into a dining room and my craft room. So I would love to hear all of your organisational stories, see picture of craft rooms, storage so that I can start designing ! Please leave me some comments and links, thank you.
Happy Stampin’
Oooh! How exciting. It is really coming on isn’t it? You are welcome to visit my craft room anytime, (on your way to Ikea LOL!)
See you Saturday X
Wow!What a fantastic builder you have! I’ve been promised bigger premises so I’m watching and learning! Ditto Elizabeth’s exciting!
See you Saturday x
Now comes the fun bit then! Colour scheme? open storage? shelves for displaying? Make sure you have room to work on projects too mine is too small and gets cluttered easily, trouble is you tend to expand with the space you have lol
I love to hear how fellow crafters organise their space. The thing is empty spaces get filled up ever so quickly!!!
This is looking really great; despite the weather, I can’t believe how quickly they are working.
The only tips I can offer for organisation are:
1. Space will always get filled!!
2. Have more worktop than you think you need
3. Out of sight is out of mind, at least for my stash: if I can’t see it, I forget to use it; and if it’s visible, it’s often an inspiration.
Can’t wait to see it finished.
It looks wonderful! How exciting. So very pleased for you…so very envious too ;o)
Thanks for answering my plea re card club x
Thanks so much ladies for your comments, I am sooooo going to be visiting Ikea lots!
How nice to meet you today at Sandown Amanda. And thanks for your tips.
Funny you should ask about storage. I have just treated myself at the show to the “storage4crafts” units, which I have been ogling for YEARS. Rather expensive, but they seem nice quality and very versatile (http://www.storage4crafts.com/shopx/home.php?cat=93). I have an IKEA unit at the moment(TROFAST) with plastic drawers, but I’ve been very disappointed as the drawers slip down and then get stuck. And they’re too deep but not big enough for 12×12 paper. And now I’m trying really really hard to justify the expense of the new unit!!!
Hope to see you tiarahelen.blogspot.com if you fancy a visit!