External painting and kitchen cabinets

Here come the painters! There were two of them, one holding a sprayer powered by a small electric motor, and the other one a roller. The paint got sprayed first over an area, followed quickly by rolling on it to even out the coating. They worked pretty quickly, the whole upper walls were completed in 2 days.



They have to stand on the scaffolds to work on the upper walls. The scaffolds will have to be removed before they can work on the lower walls.



On the inside, the kitchen cabinets got installed. They were built and installed by Kitchen Connection. My owners have chosen a neutral white colour with cream laminated benchtops. The drawers have anti slam/soft close mechanism. There's a spacious walk-in cupboard on the corner. Not seen on the left is the fridge enclosure, designed to accommodate a double door fridge up to 1 meter wide.

There is a large window in front of the sink with a good view to the front garden, providing plenty of light to make cleaning and preparing food a joyful experience.

Internal walls

I've written about my exterior works in the past 2 posts. Now let's head inside and see what's been going on there. The gyprock/plasterboard walls have been installed! Now I'm feeling like a real house. Above is a view if you stand just after the entrance, looking towards the forest facing deck. On the right is the balustrade of the stairs going down to the lower floor.



Here's a more detailed view of my internal walls. No skirting/architraves just yet. I was told by the builder that the factory that built my internal doors was caught on fire, with my ready-to-ship internal doors in it! :( They've had to re-manufacture the doors for me. Oh well...



Outside again, the soffits have been put in place and the painters (there were 2 of them) have started painting the edges. They probably start with the edges because that area need a bit careful handling, using smaller brush to apply the paint instead of the standard paint roller. My owner's daughter picked my exterior colours. The top part will be dark brown and the lower part will be white. Might as well call me tiramisu!

External cladding completed

Ah, here's my unpainted outer skin. They've added wooden trims to cover corners and the gaps between blueboards, also around the door/window frames. Cute isn't it? :)




Wood deck flooring has been laid out, ready for sealant and coating. This particular corner of the house might become a favorite spot for people to watch the forest and catch the morning sun. A perfect reading spot too!




So yeah, at this stage my colour is blue, until they send in the painters!