The modern housewife

I missed one day of the construction so here are what they did in two days.
The scaffolding is up and they started to put up the roof.

The construction workers are really good and are working with a speed that is not common in this country. They are an independant company that build only wooden houses. They are called SARL 71 and are based somewhere in the south of France.

A is putting a protection around the house so that there won't be any weeds growing up.

This week they finished the foundation! I know, it doesn't look like a big change yet but I am sure once they start to put up the wooden structure, a lot will change. Since we are both working during the day we can't see the workers in action, but our neighbours told us that they were really working hard and that it was impressive to see the 4 meter tall stilts going into the ground!

When we came back in the evening monday, the house was delivered!!! It is now standing on our terrain waiting to be put up. Unfortunately one of the guys who will work on it had a work related injury and has had a week of. This means that they will start on tuesday (since it is a public holiday here on monday).
Today we went to wrap some plastic around some wood that wasn't protected so that it won't rain on it.

The house is on the terrain!
They came this morning with a big truck. It was impressive to see them manipulate these huge packs of wood!

This weekend my adorable man has spread around earth from the earth moving. It became about 15 wheel barrows, quite heavy in other words.
As you can see, it was beautiful weather with lots of sun!

This is how far they have gotten after only 3 days.
All the stilts are in the ground, they are still not completely dug into the ground. They will all go 4 meters under ground to make a stable foundation.
On top of that they have put a concrete foundation next to the old foundation to reinforce it.






The concrete foundation next to the old foundation.


We left our mark forever:)

When we came the night of the first day to see what they had done we were really surprised how much they had gotten done!
All the ground preparation was done and markers had been put out to show where the foundation stilts should be.
Where the old foundation is there was a part of a wall left from the old house that they removed.
They had also dug a hole for the septic tank between the house and the sewer.






This is where the old house wall used to be.


The hole for the septic tank.

There has been a big black hole here on the blog and that is for a few reasons. When we came back from vacation (which was great by the way!) I started working fulltime as a graphic designer at a design agency. This has taken so much of my time that all I've been doing is pretty much working, eating, sleeping... On top of that we have the house project and that is quite time consuming too.
Now, the construction of our house has started and I decided to transform this blog temporarily into a blog about our house project and how it's advancing.
Let's get started with the first days!



This is pretty much what our house will look like (there are a few windows that moved etc but the whole is the same). It is a French company called GALVAIGN that is building it. They are specialized in wooden houses and are one of the few French companies that we felt confidence in.

This is exactly how I would like our garden to look like, lots of concrete pots with different plants and flowers! I love the geometric layout which feels organised without being stiff. The divider with small concrete pots in the holes is a great idea too to divide two areas without completely separating them!






Images from SKÖNA HEM.

Oh, how I want our future terrasse to look like this!!! I love the black and white with a touch of pink, the plants in big pots and the calm this layout gives you!


Image from HUS & HEM.

I have found the perfect solution for the back of our kitchen island. The table top is deeper than the cupboards and first we thought of doing a bar but I didn't like that idea too much. That's why I am so happy having found this from KOBENHAVN'S MOBELSNEDKERI. All you need to do is buy two extra doors and some shelves. Putting it up can't be too difficult. This will also mean that the kitchen will look less like an Ikea kitchen (Ikea kitchen's are not bad at all, it just feels good to be able to personalize them somehow since there are so many people having the same thing in the world). I also really like the white bottom, it's a really nice contrast with the rest!


Photo from www.kbhsnedkeri.dk.

We have now started to work in our garden! It feels so good to say that:) Yesterday we cleaned up two places, it is not done of course but it is well on the way. Since the upcoming weekend is a long weekend, we are planning to advance quite a lot. Today I am going to think and plan what the garden should look like. It is exciting but not very easy. I have never had my own garden before so I think I will take some good advice from my parents who have a beautiful garden!






Photos by Anna Nasstrom, The Modern Housewife.

When we were at the terrain yesterday, I had to take some flowers home (just because I was finally aloud to:) Now it smells like summer in the livingroom and the pink tulips make the kitchen come alive!




Photos by Anna Nasstrom, The Modern Housewife.