What i did on my holidays - By ian age 41 1/4

Tue Apr 08, 2008 4:01 am

i want a shed like that!
lol
very nice Ian
when do you intend opening to the public?
LLL :;):

Post: # 27125Post **IanMelb** Tue Apr 08, 2008 2:12 pm

when do you intend opening to the public?

Well we've been told that we're on the tour of the village Open Gardens this summer (raises money for the playing fields and the Methodist Chapel rebuild) so I guess the general populace will be admiring it then

Post: # 27145Post **IanMelb** Tue Apr 08, 2008 10:08 pm

i want a shed like that!

Anyway, what do you mean? You've got a shed made of bricks - mine's just made of twigs

I hope the BigBadWolf doesn't need to get in ...

Post: # 27396Post **IanMelb** Sun Apr 20, 2008 6:20 pm

99% done - guess I'm going to have to start doing some actual work in it now...

Post: # 27398Post **Dave_L** Sun Apr 20, 2008 7:23 pm

Nice to see everything has it's place, Ian!

Love the "Crates of stuff" store, everyone has one of those!

Post: # 27399Post **seanandruby** Sun Apr 20, 2008 7:25 pm

Just how many saws does one man need? nice job. Wheres the beer fridge and the bed?

Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:59 pm

and a perished bag of cement!
LLL

matt h · Post: # 27417Post **matt h** Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:49 am

hammock would go well, and wouldnt take up much room as could be stowed away nicely:D

Post: # 27422Post **IanMelb** Mon Apr 21, 2008 12:26 pm

> Just how many saws does one man need?

2 Sharp ones and any amount of blunt ones for not throwing away

> and a perished bag of cement

That's still in the garage (I kid you not)

>hammock would go well

and can just be seen in picture (1) 2/3 of the way across, 1/2 way down there is a little white box on the white shelf - that contains the hammock.

I've still got to get the TV down there, but reckon a coolbox and replacing the icepacks on every visit will do for a beer friodge

Post: # 27771Post **IanMelb** Sat May 03, 2008 5:54 pm

51 weeks since the start of the project.

It's had a lick of paint (we're not sure about the red door, though) and I've tidied up around the front and taken the 'screening' fence down.

It looks a bit 'stark' planted right in the garden but the SO reckons that a bit of foliage around it will soften it up ...

James.Q · Post: # 27776Post **James.Q** Sun May 04, 2008 1:28 pm

Wow!
I love it!
(I agree about the door though, I'd probably go with a dark green...)
Mrs James

Post: # 27786Post **seanandruby** Sun May 04, 2008 5:28 pm

You've gotta make it earn for you. take in laundry, lodgers anything but its got to be used m8. well done. mega builers next a?

Post: # 27822Post **IanMelb** Mon May 05, 2008 7:56 pm

We wanted dark green but my daughter insisted that it had to be red! We had leftover red paint so that was still in keeping with the recycling theme.

However, I knew I shouldn't have taken the screening fence down - the SO was chafing about the messy ground so today I've had to dig out an are for her reclaimed stone (concrete) circle. It's another thing that I'm not sure about so I'm buggered if I'm going to stick my 'expensive' type1 down for its base - it'll be rubble and sharp sand

It won't get any traffic (it's getting a tree stuck in the middle of it) and I'd rather it came up easy when she changes her mind.

So, on the hottest day of the year so far, I was digging in the sunshine again and breaking bricks and concrete with a sledgehammer ...

Post: # 27825Post **IanMelb** Mon May 05, 2008 8:36 pm

Digging out:

Laying out the circle (not ready for bedding in yet). The tree in the foreground is the to go in place of the central disc

Post: # 27828Post **seanandruby** Mon May 05, 2008 9:45 pm

You skimping on the bedding layer? tut tut ???