{"id":3845,"date":"2021-03-18T16:51:29","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T16:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/?p=3845"},"modified":"2021-03-18T16:55:24","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T16:55:24","slug":"the-piazza-or-the-atrium-anyway-its-epic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/?p=3845","title":{"rendered":"The Piazza. Or The Atrium. Anyway, It’s Epic."},"content":{"rendered":"

I can’t quite get my head round living in a house that has an atrium. But is piazza any better? Who knows. Anyway, it’s really remarkably done, after a week or two of having the use of Rae’s scaffolding tower.<\/p>\n

I (once again) failed to take any “before” pictures, because who takes pictures of the ugly shit you look at every day that just hangs over you like a dark cloud of obligation? But Ben took this one of the phase just before we put the plasterboard on, with acres of lovely glass fibre sound insulation. How I love it.<\/p>\n

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I’ve been working on the second half of the ceiling painting as readers will be aware. I painted it in four panels, each two meters by one meter, which seemed like a reasonable size at the time.<\/p>\n

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I left the edges til last so that I could make sure they ended up matching.<\/p>\n

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That bit went remarkably smoothly and I quite enjoyed it.<\/p>\n

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Getting them onto the ceiling at the top of a swaying scaffolding was another story entirely. Many tears. Much swearing. Julian saving the day with extra hands. The less said the better. If I ever do it again I will do it with four people minimum. And not on a scaffolding. Somehow.<\/p>\n

Anyway, meanwhile, Ben was making some amazing bi-fold soundproof shutters for the windows, so that Julian can have their work zoom meetings while I am wailing away to Florence + The Machine and using an overlocker at full pelt.<\/p>\n

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We used official soundproofing glass fiber insulation, but I don’t know that I could sense any difference between it and any other glass fibre insulation. Anyway, it works well.<\/p>\n

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The doors are made from yet more of the inner cladding from the much-used ex-sauna, same as the kitchen and bathroom cupboards.<\/p>\n

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And Ben’s skill made sure they close really tight and pass every soundproofing text we threw at them, while looking amazing.<\/p>\n

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I used a bit more of the wood for the trim, just to tie them in with the barn theme that was emerging.<\/p>\n

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I think they look very nice. Far better than anything I could have cobbled together. Ben is a treasure.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile I also took advantage of the scaffolding to hang the plant-hangers-on-pulleys that I’ve been planning.<\/p>\n

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I put the boxes together from some boards reclaimed at one of Anthony’s jobs, cut to fit round some cheap plastic plant pots.<\/p>\n

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After wondering what to do about hanging them (they’re really heavy even without plants in) I figured some sort of sling would be best. (*raids upholstery fabric collection*) So I whipped these up, using some old curtain rings Anthony had given me and some fabric Michelle had given me.<\/p>\n

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And did a lot of cord loop whipping. Boy, there are particular calluses associated with that which I did NOT have. Fingers very sore afterwards.<\/p>\n

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Using wood courtesy of Anthony, pulleys courtesy of Tod junk market and shelf brackets I actually bought new (!) I cobbled together a system for hanging them above head height while not requiring a ladder to do the watering.<\/p>\n

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I am a bit concerned about the weight. They are too heavy for Julian to put up and down even without plants in. And they look a bit bulky. I will probably end up using these troughs somewhere else and designing something lighter for here, but anyway, the pulleys are up and that’s what I really needed to get done before the scaffold went back to Rae.<\/p>\n

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So here it is. Is it not glorious? Please ignore the stack of 2×3 timber. And the bare straw. And the curtain blocking off the woodshop area of the house. And the fact that only one of the lightbulbs has a shade on it. Things remain to be done, but I am very pleased in general.<\/p>\n

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