Renovations are back in business.

Johnny has been working really hard this past year at work which has not left much time for renovating our old farmhouse.  This past month has been bliss as things have slowed down allowing him to be home more.  Deadlines have been extended and the pressure is lifted.  He has been home for the past three weekends in a row now.  The first weekend not much happened in the way of house renovating as he really needed to rest.  Since then it’s been wonderful.  The screen around the outside basin has been replaced with newer version.  We used slates of meranti wood and followed the design in the front of the house.  It’s more modern and streamline.  It brings me great pleasure to see progress happening.  For a while I wondered if we would still be renovating at 70!  The house is changing again.  After the screen went up the water pipes from the roof got re-aligned and then we started on the veranda again.  We have finally moved onto the next section of the house. Johnny worked on completing the inside wall of the porch.  It’s about a third of the way finished.  There is much on the cards for this weekend. Firstly and foremost is to complete the right hand side inside wall.  Hire a sander to finished sanding the floor, look for some paint to paint the concrete piece outside the sliding door and some decking oil.   There’s a hole in the wall to be repaired and the windows need gap filler around them.  Johnny also put up a porch swing for us to use.  It’s nothing fancy and in fact he found it at the tip.  It’s a little rusty in some parts but its still has a lot of life left in it.  With my newly covered cushions, you wouldn’t even know the origin of the swing.  I love it regardless.  It’s situated at the end of the porch, perfectly placed to overlook the paddocks.  It’s become my sanctuary.  I escape to it whenever life becomes a little overwhelming.