The original render on Lisa’s studio started to develop cracks within days of drying. Perhaps there was something wrong with the mix. We have been waiting for several weeks of dry weather (which is never in Ireland) so the latest and last task was to erect scaffolding and cover the building in a plastic canopy. [...]

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It was exactly two years to the day that we first set foot on the Emerald Isle. To “celebrate”, we finally moved all the boxes into Lisa’s studio. It has been a long time coming and everyone was surprised at just how much stuff was packed into the attic and spare bedroom. It was a [...]

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Found this critter while applying the edging around the skylights. Best leaf imitation I have seen by a moth. I assume he’ll be much happier out in the garden.

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I spent the last two weekends on scaffolding, getting the ceiling and skylights together for the studio and discovering muscles I never knew I had. The light is fantastic. The interior scaffolding goes tomorrow and painting will be finished shortly. The ceiling lights were installed late this evening and I got the first chance to [...]

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Lisa and I drywalled the studio up to the roof. Even I was daunted by the 20-foot ceilings so we contracted out the rest. We should be ready to paint starting Monday! Rumour has it we may get satellite broadband on Tuesday. Suddenly all the rain doesn’t seem so bad …

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