Walls are up!

I just received some more photos of the progress on the cottage, with all internal walls now up, and the front wall nearly finished.  Certainly fast progress now with these Hebel blocks!!  No nasty surprises this time!!  The kitchen looks small, but we knew it was going to be.

Above:  This is the front, obviously!  There will be a 1.8m (6') wide verandah along here. Bedroom on the left, lounge on the right.  Where to put the old car seats, or overstuffed lounge??

Above:  Looking into the bedroom.  Yes, our bed WILL fit, but I admit it's a bit tight.....

Above:  I wanted as much living space as possible, and I'm really happy with this area. A round kitchen table will be just inside here, and behind- the lounge area.

Above:  The view from the kitchen- something to enjoy whilst washing up!  That scrubby tree is definitely going, giving a nice view over Girraween.  There will be a wide verandah out here too.

That's some really exciting progress!  Jenni picked some very nice tiles for the bathroom floor, which will look really good, I'm sure.  We have some attractive vinyl picked out for the main area, and nice, thick carpet for the bedroom, especially for those cold Stanthorpe nights!!  

This is the first 'house' that we've ever built.  We've owned three different homes over the years, but two of them were established (one needed full renovation), and one was new but built on spec.  We've lived in rental homes for the last twenty years while we've travelled around with work- some of them very good, some of them, well, let's say challenging!!  Building our own home has been a dream of mine for many years, and I've collected various bits and pieces to decorate it during that time.  It is literally a dream come true that it's finally happening, and gives me renewed confidence and encouragement that the perhaps bigger dream of building the Trainbarn, and Whistlestop in general, will happen soon enough too. 

It certainly hasn't been an easy process so far, designing it from thousands of miles away, but now that it's coming together it is every bit as exciting as I had hoped!!