The Diaries
A little bit of building, a lot of creating, and everything that happened along the way. Welcome to The Diaries — the ongoing adventures of life at Napkin House.
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It’s been a busy week. We met up with the plumber to discuss all things watery and managed to be on site as our joinery…
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Building a house means making decisions. Lots and lots and lots of them. Luckily there’s help on hand, so this week we met up with…
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It’s crunch time. Our little Napkin House is shooting up and we’re only a couple of months from being finished. Which means all those little…
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After months and months of looking for a decent builder and then a few more waiting for building consent to come through, it seems the…
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Week 2 and it’s time to put in the piles (I don’t know what that means but I think it’s the bottom bit of the…
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First week of the build and some wooden things have appeared in the ground (really should get Shane to write more of the technical details).…
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After many months of backwards and forwards between our Kitchen Designers and us, we’ve finally landed on a set of designs that make us smile.…
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What’s the most important part of the new home? The garage. Of course. And this one needs to house the toys. All four of them.…
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Sounds easy – choose your colour scheme and away you go. One year of endless Pinterest boards, numerous trips to the interior design section of…
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After two years since the ‘napkin incident’ and a year of trying to find someone who wanted to build it for us, we’re off. It’s…
