OK, no racing this weekend so time to attack the interior walls and ceiling with 10 litres of base paint. White, white, and more white.

Bedroom:

Entrance:

Amazing just how much paint new wood absorbs, the whole tin went in under 8 hours of work, with about 4sqm left to do, so I’ll need to find a supplier tomorrow to finish things off. Thinking of leaving the ceiling with just the undercoat as I quite like the semi transparent finish.

Hej , huset ser bra ut!

What part of Sweden is this ? I’m in Göteborg so may pop by!

Planning on building a place next year so am looking on with interest.

Tack.

I’m in Hindås, so just outside Gbg, welcome over, some excellent riding around here 8)

I’m surprised you pained it, I thought the Scandinavian style was to varnish it?

I missed this!

Just the kind of thing I am hoping to build early next year. Won’t be quite so big and has to be able to be taken down and moved (rented house) but I will be using this for inspiration.

Right time for an update, much paint has been spread around and the kitchen and toilet have been purchased.

Three trips to Ikea in three days and no ‘cross this weekend, however we are now in position to kick off the next stage which will be the door, windows, floor fitting along with the the kitchen and bathroom installation.

All nicely configured in a row, each packet numbered.

I know you said modest design, but having a toilet seat made of cardboard isn’t going to work very well when the room gets damp…..

Its also not plumped in so I’ve no idea where the waste will go 😕

Its also not plumped in so I’ve no idea where the waste will go

Onto your nice concrete floor?

Right time for another update, things are moving quickly this week.

We now have a door, windows, guttering in place:

Flooring down in the bedroom and main room:

And flooring and walls in place in the wet room, along with the toilet and basin:

Next week the kitchen should be done, the floor tiles by the door, and the internal electrics.

On schedule and within budget for Christmas. 😀

Looking Good!

Right, came back from a few days in Oslo on business to find an almost completed kitchen and bathroom:

The kitchen now seems bigger then we’d imagined:

We compromised for the sake of budget and installed a laminate worktop and not a solid wood one, the credit card invoice arrived whilst I was away and we discovered we’ve spent over £500 on paint so far and haven’t even touched the outside of the building:

The shower room now has the shower head, piping and taps in place as well as the water heater/tank:

2 weeks to go before my parents arrive for Christmas, so fingers crossed that we’ll be up and running by then

Looking great !!
And the location looks pretty spectacular too

Thanks.

The location is great. Mountain bike trails leading out of the garden in to the woods, quiet rolling lanes for road riding, a fair few other people in the village interested in training, and a bus and train line into town.

Works for us.

Loads of activity today now the snow storm has passed and people can actually drive up my hill.

The roof looks blue as it still has the protective plastic on it.

The frame for the decking is in:

The bathroom is almost complete:

The lighting is going up as I type:

As is the heating:

8 days left until its official opening and so far so good.

I have a pile of stuff to return to Ikea which is good as we’ve still a bunch of things to purchase.

Loving this.
Sooo different approach to so much of our UK building regs and approach – the boiler next to shower for example, simplicity not complexity etc

Loving this.
Sooo different approach to so much of our UK building regs and approach – the boiler next to shower for example, simplicity not complexity etc

Yeah, but exposed pipes and what is the wall made of and how are the pipe fixed to the wall? Think of water finding its way into every tiny space and what will that look like in a year?

use acrylic primer on wood btw, its very thick and doesn’t soak in like most paints.

Holy thread bump batman.

I was just going through my “favourites” thread list & this was still on there. 6 months on from Christmas, are there an finished product photos?