Woo Hoo More Renovations on the Shop ")

With the hot weather closing in fast 

my hubby decided that we need to do

some speed Reno's 
 to seal up the tin  roof in the shop 
as it was radiating some serious 
heat...

so over the last 2 days while the 
kids were at school we got stuck 
into it ") 
 
so it is was off the the hardware store 
to get our supplies 

we decided to go with wool insulation 
and then we used a foil sheeting that 
held the wool insulation in place 
(not sure what it is called so we will call it blue paper LOL) 

yes I know very technical am.... hehehe

then we purchased so 9mm Ply 
varnished to seal it :) 

now that is some heavy duty insulation going 
on there apparently altogether that would 
give you a rating of 5 :) :) 

so here are some of the pics that I took while 
were doing the reno ") 

and yes I did get in trouble a Lot for 
using my camera  LOL
but if I don't take photos 
who will...and I would like to 
have some documentaion of the
whole process of building up 
my business from scratch

so here we are just starting 

as you can see the tin is exposed

              

above we started to put the noggins
up so we can put he insulation in ")


next we move on to the wool insulation :)
and to our relief it was not making us itchy

here you can see all the Wool insulation in
now we move on the putting up the
as I like to call it the Blue paper LOL 

finally we have all the blue paper up
there I go again being all technical LOL 


Next was the ply...now let me tell you
I know one thing I am not
cut out for construction  but I gave it
my best...and the I thought that my arms
were going to drop off

you tell by the pics here below LOL
not so good 

here we are nearly 

finished the lining of the roof 

this is on the second day 

we were starting to get a 

bit tired now 

but it was starting to 

come together ")

after lots of shifting this here and that 

there we maneuvered

around all the machinery 

And Finally we are at the end of the journey
we have put the last sheet up
after 18hrs of work
we done it
just have to put some more finishing touches like curtains
and hang some quilts on the walls
and get some joins sealed

but as you can see it has really come together
Nicely ")

thanks to the best Hubby in the world 

fabric and Long-arm machine

Class area

it was amazing as we were working
we could really feel the difference
in the heat reduction

Now all we have to do is install the Air-Con
and I can then say goodbye to Hot
working conditions ")

I can tell you
I am one happy Chicky right now ")

Happy Quilting


 

Reno's Studio/Shop Day 4

Today was a huge day 

 we picked up the sheeting for the windows

and got that up...

that was the easy part ..... 

but now we had to move everything into place

and that was not as easy as first thought

 First we pulled the large frame

and machine apart 

  

 now that hubby has pulled the machine apart 

it is time to reassemble it in the new 

work area 

  we now have to level it frame out 

so that it dosen't move at all when I stop

the machine when quilting 

it took a while but got there in

the end :) 

and yes I am getting in trouble for playing 

with my phone :) heheheh   

so now the machine and frame is in 

place....I can not wait till everything

else is in its new home :)

 so this is the view from the front

door of the house into the new 

room...this is the small machine and 

frame :)   

 this is the view from the front steps 

looking toward the house 

on the small machine and frame

side of the room :)  

 

 this is the view of the the large machine 

and frame from the front of the room

so this is the back of the machine and frame :) 

  

 this is what you see when you walk up 

the front stairs :) some very pretty 

fabrics :)  

 Front view of the the large machine and 

frame and you can see the area is 

coming together nicely :) 

 this is the front foyer of the house 

as you can see some really nice 

backing fabrics

 

   this is also the front foyer of the house 

we had a linen press here and we decided 

to turn it into a sewing machine 

display case :) with some fabric 

stored under it :) 

    this is a bookshelf that we have turned into 

a sewing machine display case 

the door that you can see in the back ground is 

the next room to be done...

that will have fabric shelving and 

waddings and sewing table for 

all the ladies that love to create 

so as you can see it has been a huge day   

so now I will call it a day and move onto 

the next task...

Street Signs :) 

Happy Quilting ") N

     

      

Reno's Shop/Studio Day 3

So we are now on day 3 of the 

renovations here at 

Darvanalee Designs Quilting Service 

as you seen from the last post the flooring is down and 

we have put on our 3 coats of Varnish 

and as you can see it 

looks absolutely fabulous 

  Now we are about to start moving things back 

as it has to dry off a little more 

before we can put machines out here...

we are hoping with in 6 hours ....

So six hours have past 

and we have started moving 

the first of the the frames into place    

 Aww the machine looks all lonesome 

there by itself ;)

Now we have to make a quick trip to 

Toowoomba 

the large machine broke a needle and 

put the timming out again 

and while the machine is out of the frame I will 

pull it apart and get it set up :) 

we are now off to get the perspex

sheeting for the walls we can have 

maximum light coming in and the steel

for the security frames :)     

Happy Quilting ") N        

Reno's Studio/Shop Day 2

Today is day 2 of the Studio/Shop renovations 

we have just got back with the flooring 

we decided to go with an inexpensive 

option of ply pine ply sheeting 

just to give it that industrial look..

and as we only have a limited budget 

that fit in with ours 

we have the sealer/varnish and 

all the applicators too 

so we can just keep moving on to the 

next part of the job :) 

 as you can see from the images we are starting to get ready...

we first have to sand the ply to get a nice finish

and to save us some hard work a bit later   

 

Now to start laying down the sheeting 

and I am getting in trouble for playing 

with my phone LOL 

  we have now laid a few sheets 

of the ply down 

as you can see it goes down quick 

it is a bit of a shame to cover up the floor

boards but there are gaps and they 

need to be sealed to make it dust free 

     we are almost done...

 we have screwed down all the sheets

of ply and now I am filling in the holes 

with some wood putty so you can't see 

them :) 

 Ok so now as you can see we have been going 

all day...

we have laid the sheeting and screwed it down 

then filled the screw holes with putty 

and have hand sanded all the boards 

from one end to the other 

now on to sealing/varnishing 

we used a oil based sealer as we have 

going to have people walking on it 

when it is raining they walk in their wet 

shoes...this should offer some extra

protection for the floor :) 

         

   the above pic is the floor with its first 

coast of sealer/varnish looks awesome 

this  is one end of the veranda.... :) 

a look at it a little closer :) 

 I love the look of this 

it has made everything so much more brighter 

and that is only after 1 coat 

now to let it dry for 12 hours before adding the 2nd 

coat :) ....

12 hours later 

the 2nd coat is going on 

we are putting a total of 4 coats 

Now onto the next part of the job

my Large street signs are going up :) 

and sealing in the window parts of the veranda :) 

Happy Quilting ") N