Lots and lots of changes...now that I have some free time

I have had the last couple of weeks off while I switch jobs so rather than laying around I decided to get the house moving along a little quicker.

Here are the latest photos. We should be adding bamboo flooring to the first floor in the next week or two leaving us with some small finishing items.



We have decided to open up our shared wall and insulate it with Roxul...giving us a safer fire barrier and an excellent sound barrier. Lots of dust though.






Here I have started building a bench in our front foyer, I have cantilevered it out of the wall. It gives us a place to sit down and tie our shoes.








Here is the finished bench, I have clad it with bamboo flooring and added some lighting under it.







We have added strips of MDF (medium density fiberboard) around our pillar. It gives it a cool look and style. This idea we got out of Dwell, its definitely the best magazine our there for modern style living.





In the last couple of days I have put down a new plywood subfloor in order to smooth things out for the bamboo flooring.






And finally we have finished painting the first floor (ceilings and walls)...well mostly finished. Cate (a friend of ours) was kind enough to come over and help us get it all done this past Sunday.