Good news: We have a brand new, good quality, Cobra bath mixer. Bad news: It is probably from around the 1990s and very dated. I think we have just set ourselves up for a new challenge: A 90’s Retro Bathroom Challenge!
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We are really exploring as many options and possibilities as we can while we build our Container House. It is most enjoyable setting ourselves challenges and working out solutions. How do you make something designed for a brick house work for a metal box? What can you do with the materials available? This post answers the question on how we went about installing a concealed cistern toilet in our container house.
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Finally! The day has come when we can reveal a completed section of the Container House Project. The South Container is liveable and Louis and Gwen are ready to move in. Did you ever think that this day would arrive; the day where we could release our first container home reveal?
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Do you remember that I told you how much I love space saving ideas and hacks? Well, we’ve managed to incorporate our very first space saving bookshelf idea into the south container. It was awesome for myself to watch the idea come to life. Gwen and Louis now have the perfect space to store books and other small items.
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One of Louis’ speciality woodworking skills is in the making of solid wood counter tops. So, of course, we have to include this in our container home. It makes an interesting, warmer alternative to granite tops, and is especially of interest if you find stone too cold. It takes quite some time to turn rough planks into a finished product, but is well worth the effort.
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We recently installed our very first real floor in the container house. We used FinFloor Black Forest laminate, and I must say, we are impressed with this product, but not surprised. Small Scale Engineering has installed FinFloor products for clients previously and know exactly what sort of quality we can expect; extremely high quality.
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This blog post is coming to you live from our new emergency lockdown home office!
If you are one of my Instagram followers, you’ll know that we spent much of Level 5 of South Africa’s Coronavirus lockdown working on our lockdown home office; just in case. Things are a little uncertain at the moment. An office would make a good bedroom if someone close to us found themselves out of work and in need of accommodation. Or, we could use as originally intended – an office or study.
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You might be surprised to hear that we decided to go with office ceilings for the majority of the ceilings in the container house project. Most people would not even consider this option in their home, but we did, and this post explains why.
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One of our concerns, when we began building the container house, was soundproofing the bedrooms. As we will be living communally, we run the risk of having to live with each other’s noise. What do you do if you want to sleep, but others want to watch an action movie? Since moving to the country, we have also come to the realization that many of our neighbours like to listen to loud music long into the night, which can make it difficult to sleep.
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Lockdown has meant that we can work on finishing the South container for Louis and Gwen. And that means working on their private bathroom! it has been awesome watching the bathroom progress as each day passes. But it also meant that we had to work out the best way for tiling fibre cement boards. There is a correct way and then there’s our lockdown way…
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