Remodeling

A big remodel that we did was knock a wall out to extend a room by the kitchen, into a indoor living room. Now it's one open room. The living room is to the left, kitchen to the right, free thrift store in it's own room past the kitchen, and across from that is recycling.  In the corner of the living room we're going to put in a Spanish rocket stove for the winter. It does eventually get cooler here at night. Now we can eat indoors or outdoors depending on the weather. We installed windows on both sides of the room that open and close to get the breeze going through. Next, the door was put in the entrance to the room. Windows have been top of the list. The gallery now has windows on both sides. One was particularly hard to put in being it was such a huge space to fill. In the end, shutters worked long ways.We put wine bottles and cement in between on the sides for a filler. Always have to jerry rig pieces of materials to make them work. That's the fun part. Nothing you can do the professional way. It's all about coming up with another way with the few materials you have to work with. A big thing for us to was that our gallery ceiling got painted. That's the room that the fire started in, in the past so it was chared before. Melly painted two paintings on the walls and a guy from Cuba painted the other one. Paintings are being put on display. We still need to paint the shelves and get it going on fully to be finished.
Stand alone structures are always being made by people. Shade spots. Some last and some blow down in the wind. We have a bamboo type of grass that grows around that is being used. The problem is it's not as strong as bamboo so it needs lots of support. We had a couple from Lithuanian build a structure. The secret was, to build it in the wind.It's the perfect hang out spot and big enough for a tent. Shaded all day. Fun to see what people come up with and construct.