Thai House v2.0 – Part 1
After many, many months of anticipation, the construction of Thai House version 2.0 has begun! It’s been a stressful few months. We went through so many drafts and so many revisions on our design. Poor Peter had to deal with my flip-floppiness. Do I want the kitchen sink here? ..or here? ..or maybe over here? […]
Building the Great Wall of Thai – Part 9
It’s done! It’s done! It’s done! I keep telling Peter not to say that the wall is “done” or “finished” because really.. It’s not. But it’s “done” for what we can do for right now. After construction of the house, we have to finish the back gate and wall and then maybe somewhere further down […]
Building the Great Wall of Thai – Part 8
Slowly but surely, we’ve finally finished constructing the walls in front of the house. As the weather gets warmer here in LA, it’s been getting harder and harder to muster up the motivation to work outside. There’s been a few days of gloom so we’ve completely taken advantage and trying to crank out this wall […]
Building the Great Wall of Thai – Part 7
And the wall is (almost) complete! We’re leaving the gate and part of the fence untouched so we have space for construction in the near future. But we’re done!! ..for now. YAY!
Building the Great Wall of Thai – Part 6
We’re still continuing to paint the fence panels and I feel like there are a million of them! But we just started planting in some of the planter boxes in anticipation of the rain that’s coming in the next few weeks. We’re filling the tall planter boxes with succulents and mulch. The shorter boxes will […]
Building the Great Wall of Thai – Part 5
We’re sloooooowly starting to paint our way across the fence but this is so much easier than the heavy work it took to actually build it. It takes us about an hour to paint one panel since Peter has to work on one side and I have to work on the other to prevent blobs […]
Building the Great Wall of Thai – Part 4
Building the five panels to close in the yard took so much more effort than building the 11 panels last month. Or at least it felt like it. The sun was beating down on us and, even under the little shade of the pop-up tent, there was no breeze or air to cool us down. […]
Building the Great Wall of Thai – Part 3
And the wood fence is up! We took advantage of Labor Day Weekend and spent all of Sunday cutting and screwing in 110 pieces. My dad and brother helped us all day long and, by the end of the day, we were covered in sweat and tanned about 10 shades darker. This new fence is such […]
Building the Great Wall of Thai – Part 2
Phase 1 of The Wall is complete! We have finally finished constructing and painting the concrete wall and are already moving on to cementing the wood posts to start the next phase: fencing. I’m just going to pretend it’s not going to take a hundred wood planks, a bajillion screws, and 500 million hours to […]
Building the Great Wall of Thai – Part 1
Building a wall is hard. Literally, my blood, sweat, and tears are in this Wall. Our neighbors have most likely all heard Peter and I arguing and bickering about the construction and design of The Wall. In hindsight, it’s rather embarrassing how many times I’ve loudly cursed The Wall and told It and Peter how […]