First of all he worked on getting the bedroom ceiling done, painted tongue and groove, looks amazing, and so the master bedroom is done apart from final paint, floor and window trims! Each piece was cut to a random size so as not to form a pattern, then they are nailed in place...
And then onto the rest of the upstairs cathedral ceiling. First all the planks need to be sanded and then given 2 coats of stain. Fancy frame construction and a little one man conveyer belt.
Bare wood v's stained wood....
Fancy drying rack....
And up it goes...
Long way to go, but so far it is looking great, each piece has stained differently, it is just a clear stain and so each piece has a different color and the contrasts look great, even if the photos don't do it justice.....
The garden is enjoying some glorious sunshine, at last summer seems to have arrived. We are starting to harvest bits and bobs, redcurrants have been fantastic, redcurrant jelly to go with the Thankgiving turkey this year. Spring onions, turnips, a few raspberries as most of my plants died :( and we are starting to see peas!
The flowers are as pretty as ever, and garlic scapes, delicious! and means my garlic will only be about another month....
And finally I had to dig my volunteer potato, it was shading my dahlias, so I dug it up and found some delicious red potatoes, just enough for a dinner.
This year has been a struggle for the garden, but now the sun has arrived hopefully the slugs will have gone and my summer veggies can start to zoom along rather than crawling!
