Some of Ciaran's paintings

                                        "Dublin Rising"

 

                                "Falling Water"

                                 "Rainy Days"

Progress in the kitchen!

Check out these great photos taken by Dean Cooper as the kitchen is being fitted.


Enjoy!

Hot tubs!

The hot tub has been fitted in the ground.  A timber deck is currently being built around the hot tub.  The next step will be a cover for the hot tub.  It will be an insulated cover on hydraulic hinges.  The cover can be walked on (we hope!) and will look like part of the deck when it is closed.

Here is a picture of it:

And here is a picture of the canopy over the front door.  It will be clad in metal to make it waterproof.

Bits & pieces

The wall hung vanity unit has been fitted in the bathroom.  There will be a mirror above the sink and lights above the mirror.

               The weathering (cor-ten) steel has started to rust

Front garden

The front garden is being paved with the original flagstones taken from the kitchen which were hand made in about the 1840's.

The above picture was taken from the front bedroom window.

Around the verge will be a neatly trimmed bush and in the middle there will be granite chippings to match the granite plinths.

Kitchen being fitted

Sunday visit....

Today we visited the house before we went for dinner in my parents house.

I climbed out the above window to have a look at the hot tub in the garden - the door out to the garden is currently blocked by scaffolding.
You can get an idea of the scale of the window by the fact that I was comfortably able to climb out it!





Here I am trying out what will be the bench seat.  It is very low to the ground, will probably fit about 8-10 people on it....... a perfect conversation pit!