A long overdue update: in which our house get doors, ceilings walls and more…

Firstly, apologies for the silence. We have been away a lot and life has been a little non-stop. Cam has had tons of rock climbing guiding work which is fantastic for him and his business but has made progress on the house a little slower. None the less he is doing an amazing job and the house has changed so much since you last saw it.

When we left off the last blog we had just finished insulating the containers and had cut back the excess foam. The next step was to paint the foam. We are planning on putting wooden cladding around the exterior but figured that grey would look better through the gaps in the wood then the yellow.

We painted it all grey (left) and then will continue with the cladding (right) once the interior is a little further. We also have a front door! Hooray!

Cam put up a bit of the cladding so we can see what it will look like. Soon this will cover the majority of the exterior, but for now, the interior is the priority. Before we could get too serious about the interior, we had to get the house all sealed up so we got our front door in, all the last pieces of glass installed, and Cam got the plywood base of the floor of the bridge in. Then we could get cracking with the interior…

Our bedroom cupboard and the wall divider between the bedroom & kitchen (left) and our dining room benches/storage units. Please note the lovely ceilings and walls!

Our shower base being crafted by Cam out of wood & polyurethane. Waterproof paint and wooden slats still to come. On the right you can see our bathroom with a washing machine slot, a counter and shower in the bottom corner.

We just couldn’t wait to have friends over for dinner even though things aren’t quite ready so we had a picnic in the dining room (left). Since then Cam has put in the central floor base and our kitchen units!

Other progress that isn’t in the photos is that there is running water, the geyser is installed, all the electrics are in place, including our kitchen down lighters, and the electrician is coming tomorrow to give us power!

The next few things to think about are our light fittings, the carpet in the bedroom, finishing the shower, the floor boards and ceiling in the central living area and painting the walls. We are still trying to decide what to do to the walls, we had a great suggestion on Instagram to whitewash them, or else we may try wallpaper, or even using fabric as wallpaper. As usual we are totally figuring things out as we go, but that’s part of the fun.

We are hoping to have moved in within the next few weeks so things should be moving pretty fast now and I’ll try and do a better job of regular updates. Thanks to everyone who has been in touch, asking questions and encouraging us on this crazy endeavour! More news soon…