A couple of photos of the spanking new recycled wooden floor that we recently got put in the living and dining rooms...
The floorboards are recycled West Australian Karri (sourced and shipped over by the Gekkos-in-law). The installation was carried out by a taciturn, but highly skilled, team of Japanese tradies, and took about 4 days.
The fun part was getting up- and downstairs on an extension ladder through a bedroom window during the 24 hour period while the gloss finish dried. The final result is worth the torn flyscreen...
Also notice Gekko's paintwork: the walls are "whisper white" and the skirting boards are "stowe white" (my business card is "bone" and even has a watermark. But that's another story --- one that I'll be happy to recount just as soon as I've returned some videotapes...).
It's a cliché, but I feel compelled to remark on how amazing is the transformation that can be effected by a simple lick o' paint and change of floor covering.
Meanwhile, outside...
1. All little bit of paving (mine is the cement-strewn bit at the end):
2. Vegetables growing rampant -- the Day of the Triffids is coming soon...
3. Some shelves I put up a while back to capture the sunlight. We're growing strawberries there for now...
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