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IMAG02042.jpg IMAG02062.jpg IMAG02082.jpg IMAG02102.jpg IMAG02122.jpg IMAG02132.jpg The to-do list: Nail on batten (for board-and-batten siding), apply another round of iron sulfate/copperas/green vitriol, put the threshold and an inner door frame in place, make an inner frame for the big window, s...

All the while drinking tea and listening to Florence and her machine sounds like fun :-) It is! Even so, it looks like I took an unintentional, er, few weeks off from all of it. I've been hiding under blankets in front of the fire, reading. Whoops. But ... look what I have! Painted walls, a cast ir...

I've been painting! I'm using linseed oil paint, which is both exciting and exhausting. Paint, leave to dry for 2-3 days, paint again, leave to dry for 2-3 days, paint again , leave to dry for 2-3 days. So, yes, this will take a while. But I don't really mind since I love painting more than I'd like...

That's looking very, very good.. it's beautiful. are you going to heat it? what's it like inside? Thanks and thanks! I'm going to live in it, so yes, it will be heated with an old Husqvarna cast iron stove. There are photos of the "interior-so-far" on page 3, I think. I'll paint the walls...

I love this thread, it makes me smile. You know, that makes me really happy! I've wanted to do something like this for a few years now, but it always felt too overwhelming or even impossible. I think it's often like that, until you see someone actually doing it. Fortunately, I have friends who have...

Today we finished the boarding on one of the walls. It's quite fast work, but oh my, it feels like I tore off my arm! :silent: Also, Hannes squeezed one of my fingers between two boards... But I'm not complaining - when we're done with this, there's no more work left to be done out of doors until sp...

Boarding is finally going up - wheey! Also, a bird ate on my house. That's so not okay!

Wow, that's really coming on. I don't know if you can get our television channel called Channel 4 where you are. There is a presenter called Kevin McCloud and he's just finished a series about how he built a shed in the woods which is totally off-grid and he made all the furniture and fittings hims...

It's me again. I've said bye bye to Barcelona and am back in the land of miserable weather. Working outdoors in the dark and cold is not too fun, I tell you, but that's what happens when you procrastinate. :wink: Oh well, there really isn't that much left to do. We need to get the boarding up, obvio...

demi wrote:Reminds me of twilight. Was that a wolf in the forground?

Tehe! Nah, that's just one of the dogs - and a total mutt he is, too!

Really comming along, you must be excited to move in! :) I can't waaaaait! :iconbiggrin: Yesterday we finished the panelling, painted the door for the third and last time and put shellac on the knots in the wood to prevent any resin from staining the paint. Then I went out for a walk with the dogs....

Hi, hello! Are you Icelandic?

Today we went and bought paint. I've posted the swatches before, but I'll post them again!

wow looks very cool starfaun, i'm impressed :-) Thank you! (And I have to say I'm pretty impressed, too. :iconbiggrin:) Starfaun, I'm fascinated - certainly with your hut but more so with your English, which appears to be faultless. Is that school, or parents, or perhaps you ARE English, or have yo...

southeast-isher wrote:Don't tell anyone but i am a Swedish snus addict.

But ... everyone already knows that!