Category: ‘Building & Renovation’

At last! The four front windows, big pieces of double glazing, are in. The frames had to be planed to fit them, but we do now have upstairs windows.
Finalmente! As quatro janelas frontais, grandes pedaços de vidros duplos, está dentro. Os quadros tiveram de ser planeado para encaixá-los, mas temos agora as janelas no [...]

More steps have been brightened with mosaics.
Mais passos foram iluminados com mosaicos.

We finally have the kitchen floor tiled and grouted, thanks to helen and Paul who did the last of it for us.
Finalmente temos o chão da cozinha de azulejos, graças a Helena e Paulo, que fez o último para nós.

Helen and Paul have been limewashing one of the upstairs rooms – with yellow pigment.
Helen e Paul foram pintar um dos quartos no andar de cima – com cal e pigmento amarelo.

O banco feito pelo o meu irmao

Reg has been here for the last two weeks, putting shelves up in our adega. Yesterday Sophie was painting them with a linseed oil, turpentine and essential oil mix, to discourage insects.
Reg foi aqui para as últimas duas semanas, colocando-se na nossa adega prateleiras. Ontem Sophie estava pintando-os com óleo de linhaça, terebintina e óleos [...]

The natural unglazed tiles were a little more expensive than the ones we first bought (and sold on, as they weren’t exactly what we wanted). Now that they have been laid, we’re very happy that we bought what we wanted, and didn’t compromise.
O natural azulejos sem verniz foram um pouco mais caro do que os [...]