You know how my days are spent cooking meals, changing nappies, washing nappies, wiping noses, and cleaning house, all with several whingeing kids hanging off my legs... well, Phil spends every spare minute like this - abseiling...
...and just generally fooling around...
Just kidding! Truthfully, while I spend my days stitching away and having a grand time with my fabric and paint and the kids (and the housework) Phil (matched hour-for-hour by Dad dV) has been slaving away for the longest time to build this:
That's right - our new house! Still a good year away from completion, but very exciting nonetheless! My new studio is going to take up a sizable portion of the upper level seen below.
My most favourite thing about this new house is all the storage we have planned - a place for everything! The other most favourite thing is going to be the wall space on which to hang artwork. Another most favourite thing is... (and so ad infinitum).
Anyway, just thought I'd share for now! At least you can rest assured that I don't let Phil sit around bored while I'm busy sewing!
(Photos by Mum and Dad de Vos)
...and just generally fooling around...
Just kidding! Truthfully, while I spend my days stitching away and having a grand time with my fabric and paint and the kids (and the housework) Phil (matched hour-for-hour by Dad dV) has been slaving away for the longest time to build this: 
That's right - our new house! Still a good year away from completion, but very exciting nonetheless! My new studio is going to take up a sizable portion of the upper level seen below. 
My most favourite thing about this new house is all the storage we have planned - a place for everything! The other most favourite thing is going to be the wall space on which to hang artwork. Another most favourite thing is... (and so ad infinitum).
Anyway, just thought I'd share for now! At least you can rest assured that I don't let Phil sit around bored while I'm busy sewing! (Photos by Mum and Dad de Vos)
5 comments:
How exciting! and how wise to plan for lots of storage. When I had my studio built in 2003/4, it became painfully apparent that the cupboards and shelving would not accommodate all my stuff. My quilts are stored in the spare bedroom and my studio has become uncomfortably cluttered. For my Christmas present last year, my husband presented me with the floorplan for a big new storage room that he proposes to build over the winter (now that tanning season is over!). I can't wait!
wow, it's looking great with the roof part on!
AAAHHHHHH ... that's amazing ... I take my hat off to you guys in such a big way - designing, building etc and to see it all coming to fruition and working and looking FANTASTIC must feel great (exhaustion aside of course)
WOW thats an amazing house design, I love it! And I bet the house will have some great little hiddy spots for the kids with the roof design. Natalie P-W
wow1 WHAT A LOT OF THOUGHT WENT INTO IT AS LONG AS IS TAKES TO BUILD IT I WOOULD THINK, BUT THE PLANNIING IS ALL PART OF THE FUN.
LOVE YOUR POSTS RUTH KEEP IT UP ( DO YOU GET TIME OUT ON THE IKEA SWING?
LOVE A JOHANNA
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