What's this?!

The ground floor has been cleared out.  The underfloor heating has been laid. The concrete floor will then be poured.  The finish on the floor will be a coloured power floated concrete finish.  


Ciaran received a call from a former client to let him know that "Saba" Restaurant in Dublin City had a polished concrete floor that she thought was amazing.  We went for lunch in Saba last Friday when I got back from Key West to check it out.  It indeed was a polished concrete and was very beautiful.  However, Ciaran wants our finish to be more matt and even coloured than the Saba one.  


By the way, the food in Saba was great and I thoroughly recommend it!

Glass! Glass! Glass!

Brick has been built up on the left hand side of the glass wall at the back of the house.  I can barely believe there is a large pane of glass here!!!  Anyone who has seen it has commented that they didn't even know there was glass until they got up close!

               The glass floor of the studio has been installed.

And here you can see the floor of the studio from the bathroom.  The glass is both the roof of the bathroom and the floor of the studio.  I love the aqua colour of the glass - it reminds me of the ocean!

Time frame....for Leeson Park Avenue

Just a quick post to up date you on the time frame for the rest of the build.

May, Wk 1 & 2
Building will be completely closed in
Glass floor will be fitted
Cornice and covings will be fully fitted
Hot Tub will be installed
Underfloor heating will be installed in the downstairs and then the concrete flooring will be poured
The back of the house will be externally glad with corten steel

May, Wk 3 & 4
Decorators will come in to finish the house
External works will be completed (decking, planting, benches, landscaping)

The Dean Cooper  Design Kitchen and bathrooms will then be fitted!

Hopefully we will be moving in to the house in the first week or two of June.  Fingers crossed!!!!

                         Wallpaper Samples from Laura Ashley!

Bones!

Here's a few photos of my baby Bones - 

he is really looking forward to moving to his new house in May!

                                 Bones is a 4 yr old Shi Tzu.

He was a little nervous while sitting on the wall but you can see here how he got a bit braver and starting standing up and walking along the wall!

Some more pics!

The floor has been installed in the bedrooms (it will be stained and varnished.  The coving and skirting boards have also been installed.  And don't worry - we will be painting the yellow fireplace!!!!

                             Here are the plaster ceiling roses.

This is the glass that will make the ceiling of the bathroom and the floor of the studio.

Wanted! 10 strong men!!!!

Yesterday was a big big day on site!


The biggest residential window ever produced by "First Glass" was installed by "Monarch Windows" in our house.  It weighed half a ton and needed nearly a dozen men to lift it.  

It was a big gamble!  The company has never produced a piece of this glass this size or this weight and they said it couldn't be done!  Ciaran insisted that it could be done and he was willing to take the risk......luckily it all worked out and we now have the most beautiful back wall to the house - a glass wall leaning away from the gorgeous stone wall.

It took huge efforts from all the men on site.  The electricians, carpenters, labourers and the glass company all worked together to achieve this amazing result which took over half a day!


It was nearly a "topping out" moment so all the workers celebrated with pizza's and coke sent down to site by Ciaran.  

Hot tub!!!

Wow!  The hot tub has been delivered to the house!  

Next step is installation.....