The view from the patio

When we sit on the bench next to the house and look ahead, this is what we see:

This is what we see when we look to the left:

When we sit on the other bench and look ahead, this is what we see:

In other fronts, the Sun Hall is working exactly as planned; a Chihuahua Containment Zone.

Same Stuff, Different Angles

We're feeling a bit guilty about the lack of postings, so we're over-compensating.



Having 25 people 'round to check out our sustainability was a real incentive to clean up the yard. Our helper moved three dump trucks worth of soil by wheel barrow to begin levelling the north patio. That's Jim's house on the left of the photo.

This is where the stove will go. We're waiting for the vent hood, it's on order. We need to have a counter constructed for the "food sink" to the left.

Here's where we will deal with the dishes.
Monsieur has a new-found love for metal re-furbishment. Check out our two-tone drain pipe! Shiny... We got the sink at Kiwanis for $30 and he went at it with the grinder. The Bosch dishwasher is the exact same model as the one from our old house. Not only was it much cheaper from The Salvage Centre, we already know the most efficient way to load the baskets. We may have mentioned this before, we're pretty stoked about it.


Next week we look forward to some quality time with the plumber.

CHECK IT OUT

Now THAT'S an outlet cover!

Thank you to our patient readership for their continued interest and good wishes.

the long march home

Sometimes Turbo wonders if he'll ever be done.

This was a fun situation to re-visit. Now that there is water in the house, may we never encounter this pit of despair again.

It's hard to find fans that are cheap and not ugly, but we did OK.

Can you believe there's sun shining through our northern skylights?

Time to get busy on the tile for the other bathroom.

Next week we will install glass block WE SWEAR!!!

A Reluctant Celebration of the Toilet.

And there you go. A toilet and a sink. Just in time for the Meadowlark Festival. (we're part of event #27!)

The marble, sink and faucet were salvaged from a condo in Whistler, where the dump fees are very high. We bought the toilet from a plumber for $50 (he assured us the previous owner was'very clean'), then his friend called and offered us a clawfoot tub for free if we would haul it away. The vanity is from salvage, and yes, we painted it that way on purpose. The glass knobs were salvaged from some old drawers found in a 100 year old lady's basement. The light fixture and the exhaust fan are new purchases, which pains us greatly.
While the toilet is a necessity for 'occupancy', in the year of our lord 2007, isn't there a better way?

It is possible on certain spring days to lay in the tub and observe the marmots at play on the rockfall behind our home. That's right, marmots!

It'll be even more fun once we have hot water.