big holes

with the bedroom 'sort' of finished (still the window to put in), work has moved on to the lounge. simon's cracked on with the walls putting on a few layers of lime based plaster, sanding the lounge door (took me bloody hours - next time i vote to 'dip') and digging the floor mostly (what a joyous job...) :)

you can see in the picture above that we've taken the floor down about 30cm, the idea is to refill it with leca (little fired clay balls) and lime scree, then lay a lime floor which we're planning to polish. the leca works as a great damp proof course and is also an amazing insulator.

it's a bit like a pit in there at the moment, so can't wait to get the floor back in and the final plaster onto the walls.