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With a neighbour's help, I have embarked on a major renovation: as the house is
overflowing with my 5,000-plus book collection and the double garage serves no
better purpose than to store a whole pile of junk, I decided to get rid
of much of the junk and to turn the garage into a "Bibliothèque".
We will replace the roll-a-door with a sliding glass door to let plenty of
daylight in, and line the peaked ceiling with tongue-in-groove timber
panelling and, most important of all, make the eaves "possum-proof"
as the garage has been the home for several
possums over many years. One of the possums lived very contentedly inside
my kayak hanging from the ceiling; when I removed the kayak, it quickly
moved to the INSIDE of the rolled-up green roll-a-door and still
was inside it when these pictures were taken. Despite all the noise we were
making with our power tools, it refused to vacate its new home!
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We'll be busy with the woodwork for another two or three days, including
the wooden frame for the sliding glass door, during which time
an electrician will instal some ceiling lights and powerpoints. Then I
need to decide what I want to do about the floor which is rough concrete
at the moment and whether I should clad the walls or leave the brickwork
'au naturel'. Come back to this page soon for my next progress report!
Best wishes and
from us all!
Peter & Padma & Malty & Rover
riverbend@batemansbay.com
10 October 2004