Tales From the Box

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On this Valentines Day, we at The Box have to announce that we have fallen in love with our house. It been a long time coming – and yes, we confess the purchase of the house was a marriage of convenience – but true love has blossomed like a spring flower…(aww).

The love is based on a new found respect and excitement we have for our abode. To say that we have loved the our house (the box) in the past is stretching the boundaries of what could be termed ‘love’. Yes……our house has given us some comfort, we have enjoyed the challenge of living here, we like the bush outlook at the back, and we like the climate of Warrimoo; but to say that we love (or loved) our house would be incorrect.

However the major surgery that has undergone The Box in the past 77 days (BRDAY+77) has transformed this dingy mountains beach house into something cool, contemporary and rather cool looking. And today our frontal deck started remodelling. Gone (or almost) are the metal posts. We have replaced them with something far more boxlike. The uprights are a merbau which have bolted into a concrete stirrup. The front deck will get a roof, plus red timber slats which will offset the grey corrugated cladding nicely.

Our trusty builders have also began to frame up the rangehood which will be built into a gyprock surround above our stove.