{"id":3357,"date":"2018-08-07T07:44:42","date_gmt":"2018-08-07T07:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/?p=3357"},"modified":"2018-08-07T07:44:42","modified_gmt":"2018-08-07T07:44:42","slug":"a-milestone-of-sorts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/?p=3357","title":{"rendered":"A Milestone Of Sorts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"20180722_175507\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180722_175507.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Frivolously, we have continued to work on the gin terrace instead of making the house more airtight before winter. This has proved to be a good idea so far.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"20180730_182521\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180730_182521.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The met office are saying the warm weather could well last into October, so there&#8217;s no rush, and having a deck in this weather is making us all a lot happier.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3356\" alt=\"20180805_113624\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180805_113624.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Anna loves it.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3355\" alt=\"20180805_113539\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180805_113539.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jack loves it.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3353\" alt=\"20180805_102510\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180805_102510.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I love it.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3351\" alt=\"20180726_210927\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180726_210927.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We mounted the doors (and glazed them.)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"tenons\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/tenons.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And I finally got to try the tenon cutter Anna bought for my birthday years ago.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"ready to assemble\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ready-to-assemble.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Which made the spindles to go in the railing (made from a bit of holly Steve was kind enough to cut down for me) so fast and easy to cut.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"mortices\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mortices.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Steven and I knocked the railing together out of mostly free bits, with surprisingly little trouble.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"dinner\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/dinner.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And we had a celebretory dinner on the lovely deck. Not quite done, but useable and looking so good it gave me a bit of a boost.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"finished\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/finished.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is the house I made.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frivolously, we have continued to work on the gin terrace instead of making the house more airtight before winter. This has proved to be a good idea so far. 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