(Yet) Another Construction Photo-Essay Thread

[AntRobertson]

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You didn't offer to buy me a beer you Welsh git!

[Marmite the Dog]

I presume Ant & KW are related?

[AntRobertson]

I presume Ant & KW are related?

KW? An exceptionally good-loking chap? Witty? Debonair?




Nah, most likely not.

[a. boozer]

Coming along nicely!

Did you budget for some new ''Raybans' when pricing the job, as that rather vivid colour might just promote the need for them?

[AntRobertson]

Did you budget for some new ''Raybans' when pricing the job, as that rather vivid colour might just promote the need for them?

Hey I already made that joke!

It might fade in the sunlight?

[a. boozer]

Did you budget for some new ''Raybans' when pricing the job, as that rather vivid colour might just promote the need for them?

Hey I already made that joke!

It might fade in the sunlight?

Sorry about that Ant, as you get older you suffer from short time memory .... blast! forgotten what I was going to say!

[AntRobertson]

I knew they'd have finished that wall:


Here you can see what I was talking about, the 'shelves' (which I've handily illustrated by putting my keys on the middle-left one - still to wet for anything heavy you see).

We are going to put some pot-plants on those, most likely those ones with the droppy vine thingies. Should look quite nice once they are 'grown in'.

Also noticed they finished the cupboard:



The glass blocks still need to be cleaned up and the shelving put in but I'm quite happy with this too, I like the effect of the opaque glass at the back. Umming and ahhing here, might put my bar in front because the shelves would make a good place to put glasses/bottles etc. Dunno about that one yet.

So, the painting needs to be finished, floors polished and laquered, sofa put in and curtains hung, and then finally move my great big TV in and we're done!

[ChiangMai noon]

it doe look very nice Ant.
not bad for a holiday home at all.

lily, you should see his other two.

[AntRobertson]

it doe look very nice Ant. not bad for a holiday home at all.

lily, you should see his other two.

I'd swap it all in a heartbeat for a lovingly re-built/modified VFR 400.

Oh, hang on...

[hillbilly]

Ant, I love your semi-outdoor wall built from fake stone. Actually, I am thinking of doing the same thing with my place here in BKK.

Looks great!

[AntRobertson]

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Cheers Hillbilly.

It's real stone though, they had to cut in with a grinder thing and everything!

Can't take credit though as I unabashedly stole the idea off of someone's thread on here - DD I think?

I did add the 'shelves' though!

[a. boozer]

I knew they'd have finished that wall:
Here you can see what I was talking about, the 'shelves' (which I've handily illustrated by putting my keys on the middle-left one - still to wet for anything heavy you see).

Very effective, wish that I had been perceptive enough to consider something like that!

[Spin]

Those small shelves on the nice brick wall would make a nice area known as "homage to Thai beer empties"

You could position one empty large beer bottle from Chang, Tiger, Hein, Leo, Singh.

That would look real classy that would

[AntRobertson]

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You, Sir, are clearly a man of great and refined taste!

[Propagator]

Looks nice - do like the wall, the little shelves finish it off.

[AntRobertson]

Right, I appear to have been released from prison so as part of my rehabilitation program and integration back into the community I’ll finally do an update on my thread.

Damn close to the finish line actually. All things being equal everything should be done and dusted by this coming Wednesday. Of course all things aren’t equal so it won’t but never mind…

Here’s the wall again. Now dry I’ve just put a couple of random plants on it to give a better idea of what it will look like. Eventually I’ll get something ‘vine-like’ that sorta grows into the wall as well:



For the path leading up to the front door I decided to go with something a little bit different. We already have paving stones at the side of the house around my bar/BBQ area so for here I went with wood pavers. Not convinced yet that I like the look but it is different:



We also have a floor now! And yes, before anyone asks the obvious question, I have been doing back-spins and moon-walks on the nice new shiny floor. Also much to my amusement our cats haven't quite gotten used to the traction levels in here yet and often wipe out spectacularly when chasing each other like idiots:



And this is a shot from the current living room into the new TV room. It’s amazing the difference it has made, if you ignore all the crap in the foreground (the TV etc will be moved into the new area on the wall opposite the bay window) you can get a sense of the space that it has created. Unfortunately when I impatiently ripped down the plastic the other day it took some of the paint with it where it was taped (you can see one area bottom right by the electrical outlets) so we’re going to have to repaint this wall as well, no biggie though:



Got to remember to get the guy who has done the curtains for the new room (simple white/cream on stained wood bannister) to quote to replace all the curtains as well. I frigging hate the ones there now! And the view looking back from the other side:



So basically to finish we only have the following:

Checklist:
1. Shelves;
2. Curtains;
3. Painting and finishing of wood skirting;
4. Sofa (already commissioned and built) installed in bay window;
5. Move TV etc.

Although the shelving techincally has to be re-done because after all the time/effort we've gone to the builders turned up with some chaep, nasty bloody fibre board type stuff they thought we might like for the shelves. A pity then that they didn't ask me before they'd measured and cut it all as I could've saved them the bother.

[Redrocket]

^ why is that doorway orange?

Nice old W123 coupe further back.

[AntRobertson]

^ why is that doorway orange?

It was my misguided attempt at modernising. It's a feature wall.

Nice old W123 coupe further back

Cheers. That's me baby! 280CE

[hillbilly]

You know, you just cost me some more money. The wife loved the stone wall.

I will get even!

[Happyman]

Bloody great thread - reminds me so much of the two houses I have had built/modified- first one was a drystone 2 room place in Yemen - converted goat shed!!! Took 3 days and 50 $US - still stank of bloody goats !
T'other one was a new build in Tanzania - grass roof and wattle and daub walls - took a bit longer as the "daub" was 50% 50% mud and cow shit and the bloody cows were constipated !!!
Seriously though it looks great but the orange wall is a little violent for my taste!

[HaiSoh]

Yes, the orange is too strong, ouch !
Try a more "mediterannee" brown/orange ? for that wall.
How about the level difference between living room and Tv Room ? Is it going to stay as it is ?

[AntRobertson]

You know, you just cost me some more money. The wife loved the stone wall. I will get even!

Glad to have been of some help hillbilly

Seriously though it looks great but the orange wall is a little violent for my taste!

Yes, the orange is too strong, ouch !

Yeah, it certainly didn't turn out as I'd expected/hoped. I think what we'll have to do here is 'sponge' in down, add some white to it basically to soften it.

I was kinda hoping that with the floors and furniture in, pictures on the wall etc it would soften it a bit but don't think that's the case Still, we'll see. Beauty is that re-painting/wallpapering it will be a snap.

How about the level difference between living room and Tv Room ? Is it going to stay as it is ?

Yup, that is intentional though. Can't tell you why now but at the time it seemed important to me to have it that way. A de-facto seperation of the rooms I guess. Original plan was to have my bar there as well so I kinda wanted it 'seperate' from the main living area.

[ebeth]

Terracotta.... or light burned Sienna, Mr.Ant would go very nicely with the brick wall you could choose one of the brick colours.... Like Mr.Hillbilly you must be married to a Thai which would explains the orange doorway. Nice carport.-And what is a home without a window bench- with a lot of pillows in var. silks or ChiangMai cottons.

[AntRobertson]

Like Mr.Hillbilly you must be married to a Thai which would explains the orange doorway

Tempting as it is to blame my wife for that one I have to be honest, I own the cock-up 100%. I just got impaitent with trying to find the 'exact' colour. My wife, paitent as ever, has not even yet once mentioned I'm a dickhead and we're going to have to get the wall painted again.

[AntRobertson]

No real update right now - although in theory everything should be finished when I get home from work this evening (with only furniture etc to be moved) so it should be one of the last. Empahsis on the should.

Just wanted to quickly thank everyone for the kind (and often helpful) comments: Propogator, Spin, Hillbilly, A. Boozer, DD and all the others. Sorry, forgetting names right now but you know who you are.

Anyways, fingers crossed there should be an update tonight and then a final one once all the furnishing is done!!!