September Projects

September is on us and the weather is warming up yet we are still hopeful of more rain and more chances to burn off before summer is upon us.  The weather has a definite spring feel so many of the projects on the go currently have a real outdoor bent.  

We are waiting for a call back from the tank installer.  Last time we spoke he indicated next week as a likely start date for the new tank.  Be nice to get a wet start to spring once the tank is in.

 Guitar Chair

So we decided to make a chair from a log to go in the music room to sit on while playing guitar.  We plan to make a pile more for sitting around our fire pit outside in winter.  Being an inside piece this one needs a fair amount of finishing detail, sanding and varnishing but should be a nice piece of furniture once its finished.  Its the perfect height for playing guitar.

Office Desk

The long term vision for the office desk is to use slabs of marri timber milled from logs felled to make way for the house.  As the milling and drying process will take around 12-18 months we decided to put in a cheap laminate version in the meantime to make the space workable.  The fact that Bunnings was running theses out at 30% off helped the decision making process.  Got to use the brad nailer to make the pine frame that sits under it.  Where has this tool been all my life?

 Asparagus Bed

Dropped in to see the old man at the brew shop for Fathers day.  We came bearing small gifts and left as always bearing copious amounts of beer.  Then swung past home to see mum.  She had a large asparagus plant that she wanted to get rid of and we had a need for asparagus for our garden.  We now have a 2.5 metre long asparagus bed chock full of asparagus corms. Happy days.

 Vegie Bed

More work has been completed on the vegie patch adding leaf litter and sheep poo with fire ash to start the first couple of beds so we can do some planting next weekend.

Verandah

We are putting a verandah over the big west facing window in the open area as this room will get very hot in summer without any protection.  The stirrups have been concreted in the ground and the carpentry will commence this coming weekend.