trippin' the light fantastic

... far too much, of course. Lovely. Absolutely lovely. Finally identified why wooden houses look different here to NZ. It's not the painting, not even so much the style of building. The weatherboards go vertically here, horizontally there. And the corners are flat. This is useful knowledge, if we ever do get around to building our dream house (assuming the building laws become more sensible in NZ)....

МЫ ТУТ БЫЛИ - ОТЕЛЬ С ПРИВЕДЕНИЯМИ

... a story in which the spirits and the isolation drive the father, Jack Torrance, to homicidal madness. It's easy to see how the Stanley could inspire such a tale. The old, white weatherboards and the striking red roof conjure up an American mountain gothic atmosphere. Inside, the passageways are long and the staircases angular. It is also a beautiful place, with exceptional views of the soaring,...

exhaustimipated

... tired to reply to posts, sorry. Do have weird looking house and back yard with absence of crappy back room! Papa has been insanely productive. Back room is down, new window frame in above new loo. Weatherboards up to reclad exposed wall.  Wow, all in one day!! Tomorrow he plans to go buy wood to make new verandah. Exciting. Wish I could participate more. In less exciting news, Mama seems to ...

Norway - Photos of the wierdness

... - mostly pics : ) Norwegian house egs: The one on the left is where J and I lived, the one on the right is S and R's cute house. While it looks like our house has horizontal weatherboards, they're more like tongue and groove. You can just make out the depth of the double glazing if you look closely at the window frame in our house - it was pretty impressive. We had a thermometer in the ...

a little story thing...

... supposed to be anyone here”, Fumbling for the key “the door is unlocked, that’s a bit strange” The last text message says “there wasn’t supposed to be anyone else here was there?” Yellow weatherboards, and blue windowsills, bleed colour, appear dull grey in the dark night. Stories of locals staying in unoccupied holiday homes. The grass is long, dewy hasn’t been cut in weeks. Cigarettes in the ...

Rome wasn’t built in a day

... our garden (old drainpipes, knackered fencing panels, random paving slabs, other junk excluding the wood which I will burn this weekend) 2) Pull down and totally replace the existing fence with concrete posts and weatherboards and a new 6′ fence with strong vertical slats 3) Put up a smaller 4′ fence with the same style posts and boards and a small gate at the front to give us some more privacy...

Knock 'em down, build 'em up.

...'s also a treasure trove of other era housing. There's the 1960s/70s style apartment buildings, there's a couple of worker's cottage style things, there's an awesome 1970s A-frame with unpainted weatherboards, there's also a wealth of those 70s/80s style of house that kinda sprawl a bit with balustraded patios for sitting on and watching the world go by. There's cute little brick boxes with next ...

Garden of Doom (pt. 2)

...can get the garden cleared and levelled out ready to be seeded, turfed or slabbed. The fence is in dire need of replacement though: I want 6 of the panels to the right replaced, but with concrete posts and weatherboards, and a smaller 4′ fence at the front to give a bit of privacy. I didn’t know how much this would cost but had a rough idea in my head, based on what the same company did for ...

...Go figure. Drew almost a whole house! I know that doesn't sound alot, but it's an elevation (flat front, no perspective) and everything has to be ruler-straight and to scale, and there are weatherboards and fretwork and brick and it takes about three times longer than you think it would! The signwriter liked my designs for the shoe shop and cordial factory windows (I should try to get pics) and I...

Bugsville, OH

...offered us her place to stay in.” Sara refrained from further comment, but he took her raised brow as an encouraging sign. Grissom delved into his memory to describe the house, its wide slate-blue weatherboards and twirly white trim, the big river stone chimney and covered front porch complete with swing seat, the flower beds flanking the brick-paved front path. “There’s plenty of space, with a ...