While my parents were visiting us, they spent a lot of energy in removing a pile of rubble and soil on a location where we want to build a garden shed. Now it's time to start building.

I saved the better beams from the "zit" in front of the house. I also saved the tiles. I use those as my basic material for the construction works and I manage to build a good frame for the shed. One day later the walls are closed.  Now I just need to make a new door. But that's for later!

Meanwhile our future bedroom is being worked on: the passage to the living room has to be made and the opening in the ceiling has to be narrowed. I bought some rafters of 5x15cm as well as all mounting materials. We also bought waterproof floor plates and folding attic stairs.

The opening in de ceilings is halved. Now it's just big enough for the future stairs. But in the meantime there will just be the folding stairs.p>

For the passage to the living room we need to remove a single-stone wall, currently the back of the closet. We have some concerns because the wall does not seem to be too solid. But we find a good solution and place a beam above the future opening. We "glue" the stones with cement and two days later we can walk from the living into the future bedroom.

When all of this is done we treat all beams and planks with anti-insectide.

We find the right door. We want to benefit from the windows. They will bring some additional daylight into the living room. So we need a door with much glass. We find one with 18 panes. Nice for the painting work as well as for the window cleaning...
We put two vertical beans into the opening, their feet into concrete.

One day later the work is done and we continue with the stairs. Once it is in place we can close the ceiling. We are one step closer to our bedroom (see Our Project).

There are only a few days left, but we are happy with what we have done.
The last week is spent on some more and less pleasant jobs:

• The door of the garden shed;
• The swimming pool has to be emptied, cleaned and stowed away;
• It's a big mess in the big shed - it needs to be cleaned up;
• We have to ensure that wood is delivered for the fire place and it needs to be stowed;
• There is some painting to be done.

But we manage to do all. We even make some time to visit the local village feast on Tuesday, August 15th (See our Photo Album).

But on Friday, August 18th, its all over and tired, but satisfied we return back to Holland.
But... in four weeks' time we have planned a long weekend in Allier!