Our extended family took a much need holiday in August and in the weeks we were away, Fernando and his team finished up the stair case framing (made from light gauge steel), and any loose ends.
We have decided to take a step back and live in the unfinished space before closing in the walls. We like to think of it as luxury, urban camping with a comfy bed. But it will also give us better insight into how we use the space and what we want out of it before making the small but important decisions like where the toilet should be or if we actually need doors. So we gave the floors a lick of paint, pulled up the bed and wardrobe, and have been enjoying it for the last few weeks. The perfectly straight and evenly spaced steel studs and joists are actually a nice view – I think I’ll miss them when once they’re covered up.
Moving forward we will be updating the site, but it will be quite sporadic until we get back into the full swing of things next spring. Below is the compiled stop motion video from the live web camera we had mounted across the street. Looking back, I can’t believe it actually all happened in under a month. Enjoy.
