From a house a home emerges

The great long move-in has started, to be completed just in time to celebrate Christmas in our new home. Hooray for the transforming magic of books, soft furnishings and Ikea!

On that note - the time has come to wind up this blog. We're still putting up the shed, still digging a hole for the pool (yep, campaign successful) but the still doing this and still doing that will go on for a long time and the house is essentially finished. So thanks for being interested in our build, you'll just have to visit in person to see all the final bits and pieces and especially to check out progress of the garden...though actually... that might just be another blog!

C of O

That's Certificate of Occupancy, and we now have it, meaning we can legally move in. And the builder's clean is done so we actually can start moving stuff in, which is exciting, but will sadly reduce the number of potential spots for hide & seek.

Pergolas finished

Clean

Views to the sea

Hide & seek

Heating pipes for the hot water & hydronic heating

The pergola goes up

What's this that frames my view as I gaze out my louge room to the permaculture chook & vegetable garden clock contraption? Ahhh, why it's the pergola. Are not carpenters clever? A few bits of timber, a few good hours, a drop saw and a few bolts...voila, they've thrown up a structure that would have taken us days and days to complete.

The dual pergolas are the last elements of the build required for our certificate of occupancy....some sparkling may just be going on ice.

Quilt #2

Well, after quilt #1 took 11 months, I reckon I've done pretty well with this one taking roughly 4-5.

Perhaps it's like labour and the length of time it takes approximately halves each time. That would mean the next one is done for Christmas...as well as packing, flat-packing, unpacking...then again, maybe not.

Entry - tick!

It was raining. But it still looked pretty fancy.

Lighting up

We stayed until dark on the last visit to check out the magic of electricity. It occasioned much singing, dancing, running and a celebratory feast right where the dining table will go.

Oh so soft...

The carpet that is.