An old style Thai home

[hillbilly]

An update will be coming in about 2 weeks!

[hillbilly]

Hillbilly..is your country home outside of Phrae?

A couple of provinces further south, P-Lok province. However many of the original workers for the main house came from Phrae.

[georgem]

It is truely a Thai home,open and comfortable!

[The_Dude]

Very nice pics, please post more. Great ideas.

[hillbilly]

I think this guest house project is almost complete. Everything has been painted and the landscaping is done for now.


Here is a view that show the outside bathroom. This style was done to replicate Grandma's home when she was growing up.


A closer look. You can see a solar light on top of the old wagon wheel.

[hillbilly]

Come on in and take a look around!


The living room. Well actually it is the only room. No AC is this house but we do have 2 fans. You can also see some of the old furniture that we have had refurbished.



Looking the other way in the living room.

[hillbilly]

Now let's go to the bathroom. First we have to step through this door/window. Yep, that is how they use to do it.


This is what you just crawled though. You are now standing on the porch of the bathroom.

[hillbilly]

Here is the old-style Thai bathtub. However, the shower is new-style Thai. Luckily we don't have any close neighbors because I did not pull the blinds down when I tested out the tub!


While the wife wanted the guest house to be as old looking as possible, she insisted on the Western-style sitdown toilet.

[hillbilly]

The picnic area for the guest house. This is still undergoing thinking. One of these days, I will invite everyone up!

[HermantheGerman]

^Sorta right, this is an antique Thai tub. The barrel had/has to be kept full so it will not leak.

In the past there was no hot water, but this tub will be blessed. Unluckily, it will only hold 1 person at a time.

Ohhh c'mon Hillbilly,
I'am sure if I put "Fingers in pies" avatar inside your tub you will manage to squeeze in there somehow.

[ebeth]

In this very long epic- I started out with the teakhouse....41 pages very interesting story- and then went on to this short one. Only one thing I do not understand in the designs! Why, with all your effort and all the landscaping and everything. Why do you paint the loos in those crazy colours? To bright for a place like yours. Whatever happened to a simple white...

[a. boozer]

A brilliant concept, and nicely done. Congratulations!

[hillbilly]

In this very long epic- I started out with the teakhouse....41 pages very interesting story- and then went on to this short one. Only one thing I do not understand in the designs! Why, with all your effort and all the landscaping and everything. Why do you paint the loos in those crazy colours? To bright for a place like yours. Whatever happened to a simple white...

I love your questions! I appreciate your patience and tolerance as you muddled through my adventures.

The only response that I can possbily give is this. Have you ever been married to a Thai?

[Luckydog]

Good on ya HB. Tell us when its finished and I will come to stay. What is the rate going to be? Can I bring my beloved Dogs? Oh yes an' her in doors. WOT? Dogs ok, but not HER? Mmmmmmm I accept.........

[ebeth]

"The only response that I can possbily give is this. Have you ever been married to a Thai?"
Well I cannot say that I have. But I have had the experience of building a house in Northern Thailand with many 'funny' discussions about how to do the different things.... Perhaps you need a new project further North I would like to sell it... Still a very green/yellow loo but some battles aren't worth fighting

[Mowgli]

In this very long epic- I started out with the teakhouse....41 pages very interesting story- and then went on to this short one. Only one thing I do not understand in the designs! Why, with all your effort and all the landscaping and everything. Why do you paint the loos in those crazy colours? To bright for a place like yours. Whatever happened to a simple white...

I love your questions! I appreciate your patience and tolerance as you muddled through my adventures.

The only response that I can possbily give is this. Have you ever been married to a Thai?

Ha ha! brilliant answer!
BTW, I love what you've done. I've modernised a large traditional Thai stilt house near Chaiyaphum and have been thinking of doing similar to what you've done...... but include a small (but raised) dip pool you can step into from the balcony.

[Smithson]

Great place, nice and simple. Do you have a rough estimate of the total cost?