FOURTEEN DAYS TO GO!!
Yesterday, 7pm, the view from the big window seat in the kitchen.
The help putting up the shelves.

The view through the north door to the washing line - this may be the last week we have the washing machine in the shed - yay!

My efforts - now for the grouting which is fun - instantly covers up all the mistakes.

More of the same for me. Yesterday was so hot I did an evening shift - actually a night shift, but I had rested during the day so five hours flew by in the coolth. Now 800 tiles on the floor. R finished the balustrading apart from some odds and ends and is now working in the kitchen.
What I mean is on the kitchen.

NINETEEN DAYS TO GO!!!

It's getting close - we are moving in on August 10th - muhurta approximately 12 noon. R is doing wonderful work on the banisters: up the stairs, across the balcony and around the brahmastan. Apart from the handrail, he has made and shaped everything from scratch and he looks to be having a very good time. The house smells beautifully of pine.

Shades of Frank Lloyd Wright, I reckon.

R floating.

Muggins here gets to do the unskilled work (on account of not being able to do the other) - laying floor tiles in the kitchen/dining/sitting room - about 1000 of them - this is yesterday's total:

Today I got faster and now about half the room done - 420 tiles. I am shuffling around on knee pads needing only half a shoe on each knee to to a passable imitation of one of the seven dwarves. Will the tiles be still parallel with the walls by the time I get to the other end? Will they stay stuck down? Will the knees ever recover? Anyway it looks okay at the moment.

The view through the brahmastan towards the front door.

I am travelling a lot at the moment, so this is a quick update.

Decorating update:
Two bedrooms finished
Two bedrooms half finished
One bathroom finished
One kitchen finished
A young bloke coming to do the hall and landing (BIG job) tomorrow and Friday
Not started: Meditation room, living room, utility room

Kitchen update:
Base cupboards all in
Worktop started
All tiles and worktop chosen and ready to go

Bathroom update:
All plumbed in, 'cept the electric shower to finish. Floor tiled, wall tiles almost finished.

Utility room update:
Cistern in and plumbed. It's a solar one so when we get solar (hot water) panels on the roof they can just be plumbed straight in.
Shower installed and plumbed, some tiling to finish. Shower is revolting Bollywood gold on account of getting a good shower cheap and so a tin of car paint or similar will be needed soon.

Muhurta applied for, for end of July, beginning of August!

Next jobs: banisters and kitchen floor (quarry tiles)