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Mar 25, 2021 13:00:01 GMT
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I can't remember - do you own the workshop/unit or is it rented?
Over here I'm pretty sure you would not be allowed to turn it into residential, but it looks awesome. That window has an amazing view, you are very fortunate.
Great to see progress, even if it's not cars it's just as interesting - possibly more so in your circumstances as the location and wood etc is fantastic.
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Mar 25, 2021 13:20:51 GMT
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WOW ! well done ...
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eurogranada
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To tinker or not to tinker, that is the question...
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Mar 25, 2021 15:35:50 GMT
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Simply in awe!
Jealous even maybe... You seem to have a great life. In a great location, with a great mindset. And capabilities that make many a person green with envy.
And all with a certain humbleness about it...
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Mar 25, 2021 15:39:21 GMT
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Every time I see there's been an update on your threads I'm excited. I'd absolutely kill to be able to do what you do. No rat race, NZ looks like a fantastic spot.
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Mar 25, 2021 20:05:07 GMT
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Cheers fellas. Glad you enjoy the updates  Grizz - yep. That's how I see it too |
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Mar 25, 2021 20:09:46 GMT
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I can't remember - do you own the workshop/unit or is it rented? We own the land (about 11 acres) and the workshop (which the was about £14000 inc Council fees to put up) We were lucky to get the land because property prices around here have gone mental! No way we'd afford to buy here these days. Housing affordability is a big issue in nz now with all the investors having inflated the prices. Similar to the UK I guess. Very very hard /expensive for young folk to buy in now. |
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Mar 26, 2021 16:11:44 GMT
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Bloody marvellous updates - hard working but humble as someone else said further up the thread.
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WINDOWS UPDATE Yep- more windows. Yay for more light and some extra views. But before that happened we made the mezzanine a safer place to be by finally making some bannisters and removing the chance of plummeting 2.4 metres onto very hard concrete (or worse- a rusty car?). I had a particular style in mind from the very beginning of the build to tie in with the minimalist steel/wood thing going on. Started like this. We made a variety of steel uprights to suit... .jpg) Ripped down a selection of nice Rimu timber, planed it, sanded it... .jpg) Bolted up in place and we instantly felt safer... .jpg) .jpg) Next up was the stairway. Really didn't want to add too much here because I'm trying to keep it looking really clean and simple. But had to have something- especially for those nights when local friends are here and our brains are a bit addled... :-) It was super fun going through the Rimu timber selection and picking out bits with nice grain to make rails from. .jpg) .jpg) Then the lower hand rail that had to be curved quite a lot to follow the stairs. Ripped down some 5mm thin strips of Rimu and laminated them, clamped to a jig welded in place on the big steel bench... .jpg) Woke up the next morning and had a very strong curved rail to plane and sand down... .jpg) Then mounted in place and given a lick of varnish... .jpg) .jpg) .jpg) Really happy with it! We have decided against adding any extra steel work for now- its a nice strong rail that doesn't clutter up the stairway. Next thing was some more windows. One for the kitchen and one for the bedroom. These we chose from a pile of second hand windows from the local aluminium window place and they made new frames to suit our shed walls. Cheap way to do it. Cut a hole...  New view...  Stoked! Its really going to make the kitchen a nice light place to be (for when I make my super fine selection of cheese on toast creations... yep, I'm a bit of a chef like that..) View this evening looking down the space with new windows fitted... .jpg) Here's a look at how the lounge is now set up. Scored some bloody nice Italian leather sofas cheap from a fella in Nelson. Totally the simple clean style (in elastoplast beige to boot) that we wanted. Wont be going back to cloth sofas when we own a very fluffy white cat. The sofas fit beside each other so you can sit 5 across in real comfort for movie nights (more can sit on bean bags etc in front). The sofas are light enough to very easily shift downstairs into the studio area if need be too. There will be some super plush carpet added in the lounge (oatmeal in colour because ginger/white cat...) and a couple of floor standing reading lights etc but otherwise keep it simple. .jpg) More soon. Looking forward to the kitchen/bedroom build next - its so fun! |
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eurogranada
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To tinker or not to tinker, that is the question...
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Are you making this so nice you'll never actually move in to the new house truck to be built? Lol
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Looks really nice, stair rails look very minimalist. Views to lift your spirits! Sofa's are hearing aid beige I think you will find  |
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jpsmit
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Looks amazing in so many ways! I wonder if, while you are in contruction mode, you should make some removeable curtains for the shop edge? I predict a day when you will do heavy sanding below and will come upstairs to find your toast and everything else dusted with umm dust. On that day you will look up at the mezzanine and think ‘I really ought to cover that off’ but then you will think ‘nah - how bad would it get?’
The answer BTW is ‘really bad’ don't ask me how I know.
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Are you making this so nice you'll never actually move in to the new house truck to be built? Lol This is true- it will be so lovely we wont be in a rush to build the next housetruck. But luckily for your entertainmemt we are both really looking forward to building another housetruck so it will happen But the Imp 911 will come first... Sofa's are hearing aid beige I think you will find Or prosthetic leg brown? Looks amazing in so many ways! I wonder if, while you are in contruction mode, you should make some removeable curtains for the shop edge? I predict a day when you will do heavy sanding below and will come upstairs to find your toast and everything else dusted with umm dust. On that day you will look up at the mezzanine and think ‘I really ought to cover that off’ but then you will think ‘nah - how bad would it get?’ you'll see soon how its to be arranged. The bedroom and kitchen will be seperate 'boxes' built on the floor, each with their own door opening out onto the hallway. The kitchen door can be opened to a point where it will seal off the entire studio, lounge and kitchen from downstairs- so only the hallway can get dusty. |
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teaboy
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Make tea, not war.
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I wouldn’t mind living in my shed, if I had a shed that is.
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Imagine all the oil tanks!.....
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Had a design in mind for the wall up to the lounge from very early on. Was gonna take a bit of time but I thought it would be well worth it. Cut and planed lots of batons from Rimu off cuts   Its not a techy thing. They went up along the wall and are spaced just so that as you enter from what will be a hallway it sort of looks like a solid wood wall. Then as you walk in and past you can see the orange paint through the gaps...   Neato. Much neater. I like the effect. But I also had this planned...   and all the colours in between Today we went to the big smoke (Nelson..) and met up with Morris, the fella from Oldschool forum who had previously dropped off some free timber for us. He gifted us loads more leftover timber plus loads of insulation from a house build. Top fella- thanks so much! This is just what we need to now continue on with the kitchen and bedroom build...  |
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Apr 16, 2021 14:12:03 GMT
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Great work, and that fella Morris seems like a bloody nice bloke!
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Apr 16, 2021 19:49:21 GMT
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Cheers. Must be in the name.... |
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Apr 16, 2021 19:58:46 GMT
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Loving the lights.
As always your builds and materials management impresses.
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Thanks Grizz |
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