29 July 08:

Although slow, daily progress is visible and the finalizing of the detailed work around the house is quickly winding down. The Kitchen Island is now completed with the same granite top that will be put on the kitchen counter top and as you will be able to see from the below picture, the front top has a slight overhang of approximately 10 cm. Not the 25 cm that I was looking to have but none the less, enough space to allow for sitting and using as place to eat noodles.

The bedroom and office Makha wood floors have now had several coats of stain and varnish applied and are now complete.

The Storage Room door is shown in a picture below to provide a visual that it is slightly different than the other teak doors in the guest bedrooms, office, master bathroom, and the Thai kitchen doors.

I now have a different angle of the Front Entrance doorway and the stained glass window above the door and have included them below as well.

I suspect that pictures of the completed kitchen counter top with the granite installed and the landscaping will be able to be provided this weekend and if I can ever get the swimming pool contractor to resume work I’ll send some pictures of that as well. In the mean time, Happy Building!


Above Picture: completed Kitchen Island with granite counter top and a slight overhang from the front. The Island is not fixed so it may be moved around as the circumstances dictate. I'll have to locate some stools for this island now. Any suggestions?


Above Picture: from thhis angle a 10 cm overhang of the island counter top is more visible.


Above Picture: Counter Top, cooking surface and tiled wall above the counter is about all that remains to be done in the kitchen.


Above Picture: Master Bedroom Makha wood floor with the multiple coats of varnish really give it a shinny luster. I'm just hoping that the varnish is hard and aids in retarding scratches. Any suggestions for what the best product on the Thai market might that can be applied to a finished wood floor to stop scratches?


Above Picture: The Storage Room door installed.


Above Picture: a close up view of the stained glass window above the front entrance door.


Above Picture: Front entrance view from outside into the kitchen...