Dog Days of Summer

Dyna has been exploring the new balcony (although she needs a lot of coaxing to come up the stairs).

She has also been wearing her protective gear when Mark works with the blow torch on the windows...

Moroccan Tiles

A year ago, my dear friend Erin and I traveled to Marrakech and explored what felt like a totally different planet.  The culture was so foreign and the colours were so vibrant all over the city.  Since we returned, I've been noticing Moroccan tiles in more and more places (and for good reason!).  My parents are currently spending their holiday in Morocco and I've been re-inspired!  I've decided that I'd like to tile either our loft bathroom or our balcony deck with some of these works of art:

My favourite!

Kryptonite Ice Cream

Mark has been researching possibilities for the new house colour.  However, he forgot to take his 3-D glasses off from our recent cinema visit.

Week in Review

Over the past week we hired a roofer to do our lead work, Dave installed a drain on our balcony and Mark has continued his work on our windows and stripped the paint off our 100 year old banister.  Today Dave also fiberglassed and tanked the floor of our balcony with latex so it would be water tight.  Next week the roof should be completed and our balcony doors will be installed.  All the hard work is paying off!

The lead work

Our new balcony drain (very much needed in London)

A blow torch to burn off the old paint

 

Not amused

Dyna...

It took a lot of food and a cork but it was worth it in the end.

Closer

This week, Dave the Builder has done an amazing job getting the loft walls prepped for Plasterer Alan.

Mark has also done an exceptional job stripping the skirting boards in the lounge of their gloss paint and old stain.  We're thinking of potentially leaving them this color, with a light varnish coat.

Dave started to instal the velux window over our hallway ceiling when it began to pour with rain and he had to quickly make it water tight.  I was at work but guess it was pretty harrowing.  In the end, he stopped it from leaking further.

Dave dry

Dave wet

We also got our new sofa today but left it in plastic wrap for the time being...

More Photos

Mark has been sanding the brick arch above the front door to bring out the color

Mark has also been torching off the old paint on the skirting boards

Dave the Builder hard at work, suspended above our hallway

Our window sills after the paint has been stripped