Once again it has been very quiet from our side from a while, but mostly that's only because we have been working so hard on the guesthouse. Friday we took a run to IKEA for the first part of the furniture (we are going back tomorrow for the rest) and the electrician returned with the lackie to put in the shower drain and surprisingly also a bill from Macky. Too sick to call, but not sick enough to not write bills, who know. Hubby just about went berserk when he saw the bill and saw that Macky … [Read more...]

While planning our guesthouse bathroom, Macky came up with the idea of using a shower grate, rather than a normal drain. A good idea, given that we have three rainwater showerheads in there. He has been meaning to bring it by for weeks now, and when the screed was poured last week he said he would be back wednesday of last week, and then again delayed ultimately saying he would come Monday of this week.He didn't show up again and finally hubby started calling him every 15 minutes all yesterday. … [Read more...]

The main reason to Hagebau last night (besides getting grout for the tile) was to pick up paint for the guesthouse. We originally inteded to go with white, but that just ended up being too much. Especially walking into the guest house it felt like the white was overpowering.Since we are not usually fans of walls being painted other than white we took a good amount of time playing with color samples. For the bathroom, we chose a very light brown, kind of like hot chocolate color which matches the … [Read more...]

This morning we finally started on the last leg tiling the shower. We had to run to Hagebau yesterday before it closed for the weekend. When we returned, we where just too tired to go on. So, fresh and rested we finished the last few rows of tiles and planned on placing the tiles over the pipes.Finishing the tile was a simple task. Unfortunately we where not so lucky when it came to cutting the holes of the pipes. Unfortunately our little Dremel tile cutter broke off after we did the first hole … [Read more...]

Today was another huge day on the guest house. Not only did the electrician hook up the water heater but we also went to IKEA this morning to make sure there was not back ordering needed for the bedroom furniture we had picked out - all good so far!At home we finished the last of the sanding and beautifying the walls but we also got started on the wall tile in the shower. Neither of us has ever worked with tile before. so we where a bit nervous about this task. Stefan decided to start on the … [Read more...]

We got quite a bit done yesterday and were both quite tired when we called it quits in the evening. But our hard work has really started to pay off and the light at the end of the tunnel is definitely getting closer.Stefan focused adding a few more corner profiles and spackling some of the holes Covey left behind. Then he switched over to sealing the corners of the rooms with acrylic which seems like a never ending task...but thankfully he finished almost all of them before we ran out of … [Read more...]

After weeks of delays from contractor and other mishaps we have finally reached the end of the rough build out. This morning at 8.30h Macky arrived with a helper in tow and promptly set out the fix the piping. It turns out they had to replace a pipe and now we should be 100% dry.At 9.06h the big truck with the Screed arrived. To say we where excited was an understatement.Here you can see the concrete mixer pouring the screed on tarps we laid out in the courtyard. This is just about 75% of the … [Read more...]