Final weeks of the build.....

 Bricks to the front of the house have been cleaned and repointed. Ciaran specified that tuck pointing should be used on the pointing - when you get up close to the pointing you can see an indented line all the way around the pointing - an element that might be missed but as Architect Mies Van Der Rohe said "God is in the details"

 The back wall has been cleaned down and repointed - Ciaran has made it a feature of the house with the back wall being made of glass and built right up to this natural stone wall. I think it is one of his favourite things in the house!

 We are nearing the end of the main building works - lists of what has to be done in each room have been put up on the plastered walls.

 Some of our new lights ready for fitting in the bathroom 

                              Current state of the bathroom

Plaster mouldings!

Ciaran visited the plaster moulding factory in Wicklow yesterday to choose plaster coving, ceiling roses and mouldings for the house. He brought along some samples of the coving that was originally in the house so that he could replace like with like.


He bought new mouldings for the arch in the hallway, a few ceiling roses and some new coving for the downstairs of the house.


The company he went to for the plaster works use traditional methods to make the plaster mouldings and all of their designs are based on authentic designs contemporary to certain periods and regions.

Ready for plastering

Work on the house is progressing nicely.  The place will be plastered tomorrow.  The floor (untreated White American Oak) will be laid upstairs.  Hopefully by the end of the week we will have the downstairs underfloor heating laid and then it will be ready for the big concrete pour!

Itsa.....

Domini Kemp and her sister Peaches have opened a new restaurant!

                                                          Itsa...... Ranelagh

                                               

           The Mountaineer Bagel and the All Day Cure Bagel.

                               Short Americano.  Mmmm!

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First fix in progress....

                                                             Front room

Underfloor heating system being laid in the master bedroom.

                                                             Glass roof!

Looking towards the back of the house - the kitchen will be positioned on the left hand side of the house.

Look up!

The glass skylight to the studio was fitted today.  I think this is a really unique element to the house.  It gives the room at the top of the third landing an atrium feel to it.  

I look forward to looking at the stars in the sky at night time and blue skies during the day!

Master Bedroom

The master bedroom has been skimmed.  The window boxes, coving and the fireplace will be refitted.  This will re-inject the character back into this bedroom!!