Tool Shed Completed!

Wow, it is finally done!

The reno and remake of half of the old pig pens into the cutest little tool shed this side of Man Cave Heaven...but it is for girls this time. hahaha...

Have to find out the name they give to Girl Caves now!

The lino is down, painting all completed for now, the shelves Imre made at Xmas time, go over this arvo after lunch and then the new bench top goes on and that's it. I have to empty out the kitchen now so we can use the designate bench top for the shed bench, so that is a prompter for me to get a wriggle on and do it.

Will have to find some of that peg board sheeting then get the tools sorted out to hang them up neatly and get the power in when the big room is built, but that's all dressing for later on.

The garden is coming along great guns after all the rain.

In goes the shelves to the new bench in the tool shed. Then one last lick of paint to cover last minute fixes and we are done! The doors will be painted with the externals walls after they are all done later on in one big push.

All going well with the rest of the renos...which, once completed, need to be maintained...ooops!
More work. hahaha.

Not too bad, going from this and below...

The end under repair....

It is satisfying creating the remake of these historic old buildings. The end of this shed was sort of OK...in places, that is, so we saved as much as possible as it really was pretty sound and strong!

Bear, just rolling over as he heard me move! I can't believe I actually let a dog, of all things, in the house with me! He sits at my feet and is a real softy. He loves the fan heater blowing on him after he's been out in the rain...funny little fellow.

Lines must be straight, sort of like this Richard! They'd be better if there weren't so many mole holes and mounds and undermining all over the place. Only one third finished mowing here. This is taken from halfway down the paddock, but you get the idea! More fruit trees will go in the section to the right with the cherry, apricot and nectarine trees. Then some big shade trees will go to the left a bit to form a circle with a big clearing in the centre so as the trees grow, they form a cooling canopy of shade for summer

Lino joins all glued down and weights placed on them. The last few coats of paint will be done in a few days when this one dries out and then the benches etc go in.

Exciting times ahead, as all the tools go out of the house and the house becomes a house, all by this weekend of the 20th May! Of course the house still has a few finishing touches, like removing and re positioning the bathroom wall, making a toilet door to suit the size of the others in the house, and finally having a real kitchen installed.

Am waiting to show you the big reveal in a few weeks, room by room. Coming together quickly now as there are only minor things all over the place to fix, touch up, hang up, move around, tidy up etc, but it is happening at long last.

And, of course, the last thing is the floor in each room to go down. We are having trouble finding the right glue for the wood here, so it looks like a big trip to Budapest to buy a couple of 20 litre drums of polyurethane glue...which is more expensive than the entire flooring, hahaha.

Oh well, it is time to get the mower going again and complete the mow for this mid week cut.
Imre is going to fix the wheels on the mower, clean out the carby etc etc in the morning and hopefully sharpen the mower blades too.
2 other families in the village use the mower too and one always cleans out all the wet grass from underneath, which is a blessing. Both always return it filled to the brim with benzine. But I think the dragging of it along behind a bike to the other end of the village every week probably is not really good for the wheels, so we'll have to work out something there.

It has taken one heck of a beating over the 3 years it while it tamed a 6 foot high paddock of weeds into a 3 inch high paddock of weeds!
It never misses a beat. One pull and it starts, but the wheels and handles are falling apart!
It is a toss up re buying a new one now and keeping ole' faithful as a spare or giving it to the other folk to share.

New mowers are very cheap considering!
Must be a Briggs & Stratton motor as those things go on forever.

Am off will see you all next week from inside my newly completed front room while Imre does his magic on the finishing touches in the middle room.
I forgot about this...he's putting in a 2nd kitchen window which will overlook the front door!
This will be a great asset so I can see who is there before running through the place to see who is there!

Bye now,
Cheers and take care,
M
xxxx