A greenhouse in the making

I've wanted to have a greenhouse for ages and ever since we moved to our house the thought has been in the back of my head about where to put it, what it would look like  and what I would grow in there. And now this dream is finally coming true!

My sister-in-laws sister-in-law told me that she had gotten her hands on a bunch of old windows and had the idea of making a greenhouse herself but never got the time to do it. So then she asked if I wanted them and all I had to do was to persuade the boyfriend that a greenhouse was a great idea and off we went to pick them up! 

This unused part of the garden was the perfect location of the greenhouse!

The boyfriend did some really great blueprints, they were sent off to the building council to be approved and we went on with getting the grounds done with a little help from Tommy's digger and his paddingmachine. 

Building material was ordered and the council finally approved the application BUT not without being assholes about where the border between us and the neighbours are. We assumed it was by their fence but the building inspector claims that the border is 8 cm off the fence, but he didn't mark the spot so how am I supposed to believe him that he is right? So, we were too close to our neighbours but they happily signed a paper saying it's OK that we're 8 cm too close to their land :P

Then we finally got around to build the stone foundation with leca blocks and the boyfriend helped me on the first and last layer, other than that I did all the brick work myself. It's not perfect, but definitely good enough and now we've finally started to get the wood frame on there as well. 

It's dirty work to lay bricks :P

I will spend this winter renovating the windows and painting the door, then we'll hopefully get around to putting them in fairly early next year (just need to have painted the wooden frame white before that) and get the floor tiles collected from where they are now and then laid and we're good to grow :)

Hopefully the weather will be good on Sunday and then work continues! So excited! 

Valentines Day

Ullared trip and beachlife, it was a busy weekend!

The boyfriend and I drove to Ullared on Friday afternoon after he finished work to go shopping at Gekås. We thought since it was Friday afternoon there would not be that many people there, but boy were we wrong :P But at least we got almost all the stuff we were after + some xmas gifts and other nick nacks we came across.

On Saturday my sister and her kids came for a visit since they had not seen the house since this summer when it was all just a building site. My sis showed me this funny grocery list that Agnes had written :) In all fairness, it was Saturday and that is officially "candy day" but 2 kg's might be abit too much, even for my niece. 

The boyfriend and nephew played some videogames :) 

We stopped for pizza since we just happened  to pass the pizza place, what a coincidence ;)

An evening walk in the setting sun (with my stupid camera being an arse with these stupid lines :P) 

sunglasses in mid October - we like! 

 the boyfriend walking to the beach

sunset in Mellbystrand 

 king of the hill

autumn leaves 

strike a pose 

the cats climbing pole broke (the top fell off for good this time) and this is one sad kitty cat. But imagine the joy when I got them a new one in Ullared!! 

they can't believe their eyes! ;)

and now my precious is also living with us :) All is going well now!

Alchemilla mollis on the wall

more recovery wallpaper was put up 

the boyfriend and his brother put up our photowall of a Lady's Mantle (Alchemilla mollis) that I'd taken earlier this summer

and it turned out great!! (but please imagine a wooden floor there instead, it's not laid yet since the carpenters are not done yet in out house and we don't want them to scratch it

the electrician has been busy in the bathroom 

Amazing how they can get it all together in the end with walls and wires and pipes 

then the plumber came and took care of the water pipes 

and floor heating was put in   

and dry walls were put up  

and my sister and I fought off some mildew in the washing room with vinegar (hence the mouth covers) and now things are starting to look brighter in there as well. Just gonna get some white paint on the walls in there and it will be a room fit for drying clothes once more.