Dormer view, or my space?

And another eventful weekend has come and gone. We went back to Woodbury on Anzac Day, Friday 25 April, and again, what a difference after just a week or so. The Old Forgery now has an upstairs to explore, and what big bedrooms we've got! Amazing spaces, which needed a lot of quiet attention to detail as we explored the upstairs for the first time. Funny how things on a plan can sometimes look a bit different in reality ... take our bedroom dormer windows. They are seriously large, luxurious alcoves, rather than the smallish window-seat push-outs I'd imagined - more than capable of taking a comfy sofa and table. And another interesting development is the large roof spaces that will be available between the dormers ... large enough for another walk-in wardrobe, it seems, rather than a little attic 'junk' room. So, plans are underway to take advantage of the sheer space available under the roof, with the possibility of access through the bedrooms and more potential storage than we thought. Good stuff.

Half the roof is on, too, and the skylights over the stairwell and single loo look to be doing their job well. Still deciding about access to the loo - from the stair landing, so readily available to all in the house, or a door from our bedroom only, so it becomes a really private privy, just for Keith and me, especially useful when we have guests? Still pondering. With these and other construction issues in mind, we've asked for an on-site meeting with architect and builders asap, so we can make decisions before further interior work makes these options more difficult to actually do.

We had guests this weekend, too, but not, obviously, in the house - friends Kenn and Kayo stayed at Wee Beauly for the night after a holiday weekend jaunt in the district, and joined us for a large, highly successful curry night dinner for 12 at Fi and Steve's house. We were tired but happy as we all visited our Woodbury house the next morning. Lots of developments, plenty to talk and think about, and yes, we were all rather reflective as we said our goodbyes and left for Christchurch on Saturday pm. But Woodbury put on its best autumn clothes for us all, and was looking lovely, as usual, as we walked and explored and talked.

No doubt the roof will be fully on soon. We've had a revised timeline for completion from the builders and it now seems as if the house won't be finished until the end of August, which is a relief in some ways as it takes winter right out of the picture in terms of selling in Christchurch, moving and generally going through the inevitable major upheavals. So, on we go ...