Interiors

Saturday, 24 August 2013

My home renovation - August progress


The facade and side walls have been 
plastered and painted. My neighbours 
downstairs like the pebble-white colour 
so we'll carry on down the facade to
give the building uniformity.



When we pulled the old plaster from a wall in the
living room, we discovered this beautiful old
Leccese stone window frame that probably goes
below floor level to the neighbour's apartment
below. This has now become an interesting 
feature of the room.


The kitchen has been plastered, which
makes the room look tall and airy. 






The lower bathroom has been totally
plastered ready for the pastellone
covering.



The upper bathroom has also been
plasterd


the boxy built-in shelves in the upper
bathroom and wardrobe look great.



The main bedroom has also received it's coat of
plaster.



The bed-loft still needs the flooring
the bed construction the window and 
the wardrobe fittings


One of the moorish peep-holes I had
made for the bed-loft


The sturdy support beam for the terrace pergola
has been inserted into the stair structure on one 
side and posed upon a pillar on the other.



These stairs lead to what has now 
become my aerie. I will make cushions
for the aerie so that I can sit up there
of an evening with a glass of wine
a book or my computer, and suvey
the surrounding townscape and
countryside.



The aerie!




Daytime views from the aerie.




Monday, 29 July 2013

My home renovation - moving on


Whilst the builders got on with other
things, I chipped away at the ancient
plaster to reveal the stone cornices in
my bedroom...I also like the old paint
I found on the vaulted ceiling, so I'm
going to uncover and leave that.



The lower bathroom shower is all piped
in and the floor has been prepared for 
the finishing coat of 'pastellone'.



Gianfranco the foreman, has done an 
excellent job of making this chimney-stack
 look like a smaller version of the one on the 
far corner of the terrace.




The walls of the top terraces have 
received their first coat of plaster,
and I collected the stone pole-supports
from the stone-mason that will replace
all the broken ones.



Finally all the electric wiring and piping for the
water, heating and A/C are completed.
The plasterers are now at work on the facade
and the internal walls.