Monthly Archives: May 2012

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#170dayHouse day124 door stops and handles being fitted. Really feels like a home now.paling fencing complete

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#170dayHouse day123 roof capping completed. Paving contractor measuring up. Painter continuing.

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#170dayHouse day122 side boundary fences. Paling fencing is to carpentry what point duty is to police work! Roof cappings underway.

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#170dayHouse day 121 shaving cabinets and laundry hatch with tiled doors. This is why architecture is so expensive! http://t.co/KdhwS3TC  

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#170dayHouse day120 front door is hung, needs to be clad same as external walls. Painter starting ceilings, architect has a special colour

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Delusions of Grandeur

I am a big fan of Architectural folly, those needless ornamentations and decorations that make buildings truly memorable.  The English have a great tradition of adding false turrets to make buildings look more imposing and Italianate architecture, like Como House … Continue reading

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#170dayHouse day119 like a flush in poker on site I see Colour! The texture coat is applied to the render. Hmmm olive green.

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#170dayHouse day118 Underground cabling for telephone installed. External cladding nears completion. http://t.co/qoju8wwl

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#170dayHouse day116 and 117. The builder is away due to a grave illness in the family. Fixing continues.

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Tell me again about your problems.

As a child if  I complained my mother would always tell me that someone was worse off than me. Somebody had it tougher than me and I should suck it up.This is who she meant

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