We now have the structural guts of the house built — exterior log walls, roof, windows, doors — it’s weatherproof, and we have moved in, just.
As we were coming up to the middle of winter, I think our second boy, Maximilian, didn’t want to appear until the fireplace was operational. Two weeks late — we didn’t plan it this way but he arrived bang on Natalia’s 40th birthday! Good for me; only the one birthday to remember.
The end is nigh
So we’re onto the finishing bits, which include electrical, plumbing, cladding, bathrooms, and kitchen, plus all the fiddly bits to try to make it look good. For that first winter, we all moved from the partially finished master bedroom and en suite into the — not really finished — kitchen/lounge/dining to have one warm room with the fireplace for the new baby — nice to have extra space as well. Meanwhile, I turned the master bedroom into a workshop again so I could completely finish it and the en suite bathroom.
This was time consuming as there were many fiddly bits to complete; more than I first thought in the en suite, while the master bedroom had two spaces above the wardrobe, shelves, and a tunnel up top to take hot air from the kitchen/lounge/dining into the master bedroom in winter — a great idea from Natalia — as well as a complex roof structure with the valley beams.
Luckily, starting with the
