Polished concrete floor

Concrete floor was poured yesterday. It now will be polished to bring up the shine and also the biscuit colour that was chosen by Ciaran.

There is now concrete floors in the whole of the downstairs, except for the hallway which will be timber.  The bathroom upstairs on the half landing will also have a polished concrete floor.

Look up!

                                               The glass floor of the studio

         And from the other side - the ceiling of the bathroom!

                Underfloor heating - all the way from Sweden!
                Will all be powered by a German boiler.

Worker man!

Here are some pictures of Ciaran getting his hands dirty!

The ceiling has been marked out where the rose is to be placed.

The rose is made up of lots of different plaster parts. They get bonded to the ceiling and then attached further by being screwed in to the ceiling.

This is Ciaran checking to see if it is fixed securely to the ceiling.  He needed to be careful when screwing it to the ceiling.  If it was screwed too hard it might split the plaster.

This is a nearly completed rose - it just needs the centre part to be filled. When you see them on the ground all mixed up in the box the plaster parts don't look that great.  When they are put up on the ceiling they look stunning and so big!!!  They really are a fabulous feature!

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!