The Clock is Now Ticking

[MacKenzie]

Guess those workers want a hot lunch, you'd think a sandwich and down time would be better.

 

[Basher]

You bet they do Mac.

Here are some updates photos after a big couple of days.

Kitchen bench with cut out for gasser

Croatian limestone cladding. Apparently this is what the White House is built from. Can you tell? . I can’t.

Burning off some rubbish.

Blackbut ship lap ceiling cladding arrives over Easter to go up on Tuesday and the capping, coping, pool clean also happens Tuesday.

Could have this hardscaping wrapped up in 2 weeks.

 

 

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[MacKenzie]

Basher, this is so exciting and it's going to be a fun two weeks also.   

[tony b]

No one commented on the cute pooch?? Shame! He's so mellow with everything going on around him. 

[Troble]

@Basher looking good! I like the limestone a lot but I can’t tell you if it’s the same as the White House mate sorry. They dint let me get that close l

 

but it’s looking good! 

[Basher]

Playing with the bench tops today.



Working on burnishing a danish oil in to finish. It back fills between the grain with saw dust and wax. Pretty cool to watch it transform. Not sure yet how it will set.


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[Troble]

Those beach tops are stunning. That’s going to look amazing once finished 

[jonj]

Wow! Those tops are beautiful! This project just keeps getting better and better.

[Basher]

Thank you Troble and jonj
I Can’t chop on those bench tops. So we made this chopping board....... can’t bring myself to chop on this either..... so it’s a cheese board now. Maybe in a year.

Next week will be a big transformation week with blackbut ceiling and paving being done.


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[MacKenzie]

That's exactly how I'd feel, Basher.

[tony b]

Is there such a thing as a "beater" cutting board made from wood?? 

[Steve M]

1 hour ago, tony b said:

Is there such a thing as a "beater" cutting board made from wood?? 

End grain boards hold up pretty well, don't show scratches quite as much, and are pretty easy to refurbish. Easier on the knives too.

[om21braz]

Beautiful work! And quite a bit of patience. 

[tony b]

2 hours ago, Steve M said:

End grain boards hold up pretty well, don't show scratches quite as much, and are pretty easy to refurbish. Easier on the knives too.

That's my main cutting board in my kitchen. Plus, it's got depth, 2" thick to prevent warpage. 

[Basher]

Cladding almost completed.


fire area cobblestone went down today.

Grouting and pool coping tomorrow then they take a break while the chip pies finish before final paving.
Kitchen roughie.



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[Steve M]

That stone is gorgeous.

[jonj]

Every time I think it can't look any better, you post another picture and it does! Keep them coming. Moving the KK into the ODK will be the best! 

[MacKenzie]

Gotta love that bowl.  Along with everything else.  

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[Basher]

Thanks Steve. That cobblestone is a sandstone that turns black when wet, and the cladding is the Croatian limestone- supposedly White House material.
Looking forward to it Jon.
Mac my wife wanted to swap the large river stone bowl for this one ground out of marble.


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[MacKenzie]

Smart wife, lucky you.