Pot Belly

After a break away from home to continue the supply of food and pay the bills, I'm back with a vengeance!  My hope for this month is to pretty much finish the entry area to the Trainbarn.  In the last week I have started lining the walls, painting the ceiling, and most obviously, installed the pot-belly stove in it's corner.  I'm really happy with how it's going, and how it looks.  The plumbers are coming later in the week to install the chimney, which should be straightforward.  I'll have to give it a ceremonial 'first fire', although daytime temperatures are in the high twenties, so added heat is completely redundant!

I have chosen to install some of the woodgrain vinyl 'tiles' under the hearth to avoid having to butt them up to the edge.  They went down really easily and I'm looking forward to doing the rest at a later date.

I have also made the choice to install plywood on the bottom part of the wall to provide an even surface on which to mount the tongue and groove tassie oak wall panelling.

Ok, I better get back into it!!