I wish it was as easy as in the dream: the plan is sketched on the paper, boxes ticked, the castle arises from the ruin in a blink of a moment.
This castle had got a long way to go though. But if you don’t start, you don’t finish.
Job number 1: the doorway goes between two studio rooms. It is a long 3 full day process for both Mark and I. The walls are 40 cm thick and are made of granite. The progress is slow, painful and very very messy.
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Mark hammering the doorway through
Job number 2: As you think you are progressing, other things kick you backwards. The windowsills are completely rotten and stones are falling out. All got re-built again.
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Granite in deteriorating lime, stones are collapsing to the floor when the windowsills are taken off
Job number 3: mess is cleared. Messy floors can be even more depressing than rotten windows. A day of hard work, and all the rubble is gone!
A few more unnecessary jobs are out of the way. Roofer invited to fix the massive roof waterfall!
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Bye-bye old staircase! It is nice to see you gone. The hole will get closed, and once it will be a beautiful wall for the wall art.
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