The builders come in

Bedrooms and kitchen are made from boards that are not suitable for mud plaster. Thats why we used a commercial, but natural plaster instead, and asked our contractor to arrange the application. The team of three came in and quickly transformed the rooms:

Before:







In between:





After:

Straw Roof Finished, Floor uncovered & Window front OK

Just some photos of the house.

Kobayashi has finished the roof and done a marvelous job. Last time I saw it it was all rough, but he went in with a hedge cutter, and now its really nicely trimmed, and looks sharp!



He also replaced the metal structure on the top and painted it a more pleasant brown, as opposed to the striking red we had before.



On this view you can still see the light blue on the metal roofs. I need another sunny day to finish painting it.



The Kabeya-san, finished plastering after Kunihara-san put the windows in their frame - it looks fantastic!





Having basically completed his work, Kunihara-san uncovered the wooden flooring and put all shoji's and doors in (I took a photo of Shojis too late in the day and it was too dark).