Pantry building and external limewash

26 - 28 May 2014

Finally able to walk on the pantry floor, but not the kitchen half, which still needs a few days before being treated.  So I decided to use the time by building in shelves.  I wanted to use as much waste wood as possible, because we are a bit overwhelmed by offcuts.  So my shelves aren't particularly pretty, but they should be strong enough.

 First off, a big platform under the stairs

 Then a lower shelf, with space for these drawers from the camper van

 and an aluminium self-closing, magnet-fixing fly-screen door, so we can get in and out but the chicken can't, and hopefully the cats won't rip their way in.  This is a temporary opening, as there will eventually be a wall here.

 Dave's first limewash mix.  He is using our soil as the earth pigment, but it requires trial and error to work out the proportions.  This is still a bit bright, but it is only the first of four coats.

Look how dark the limewash is when it is wet.  Surprising how much lighter it dries.