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Case closed !

2006-04-28T10:28:00.000+02:00

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Some more

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For the Design Addicts ... :P

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What do you think? Herman Miller? Vitra? All clues/ideas/comments are more than welcome.
More pictures coming up !

Yeah, I know...

2006-03-02T23:24:00.000+01:00

...I haven't been updating in ages... *red cheeks of shame*
From mid-october till mid-january they worked inside most of the time, (plumbing, electricity,...) so there were no pictures to be taken.

The past couple of months, I have had my hands full with client projects, and the restyling of my website, wich is now nearing the end of the design stage. As soon as i'm ready designing all the screens, I can start developing. The redesign should be launched around... Well,... I won't promise anything,... maybe that 'll be the safest. :P

Another sneak-peek from the inside

2006-02-18T19:44:00.000+01:00

Don't ask... :P
It was dark, nobody on the street,... and the fence was open...
Luckily I had my coolpix with me ;)

Metal frames in the brick wall at the backside

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They started the windows...

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And the zinc on the frontside is completed.

View from the front window

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And the soon to be backyard :P

Some more pictures

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an empty box

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The first pictures from the inside of the house

At the second floor we've got the living room at the frontside...

...and the kitchen in the back

Pretty calm at the moment ...

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The wall has been isolated, and right now we're waiting till they do the finishing in zinc (second floor and up) and wood (first floor). A guided visit to the inside of the building is planned on the 15th of this month. Of course i'll be taking my coolpix with me, so stay tuned !

A brick wall ...

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... at the backside of the house.

isolating the walls

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Table for Tools vs. Tulip Table

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Initially we wanted this table designed by Katrien Van Hulle en Siegfried De Buck for B ...

... with the white version of these Eames Plastic Chairs. (from vitra)

Now that we got the tulip set, we will use the tulip table for a while, but since my girlfriend doesn't like the table that much,... I might consider selling it, and combine the Tulip chairs with the Table for Tools.

This is a 70's upholstered Herman Miller version of the vitra chair I recently bought from a shop owner in Gent. The chrome and upholstery still need some cleaning though...

as promised ...

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... a picture of the tulip set.

woo-Haa !

2005-09-20T16:29:00.000+02:00

This weekend was awesome! After several months of research, I finally got my hands on a set of Saarinen Tulip chairs + table for a very reasonable price. They needed a bit of cleaning since they have been used for more than 30 years, but are in nice condition. I just can't wait to see them shine in my new living room. Picture coming up!

two floors

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Building the first floor

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Full first floor groundplate and stairs

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We got a stairs!
The first picture is taken from the backside of the house.

first floor

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We reached first floor as you can see on picture#1
Picture#2 is taken from the carport-side.
On picture#3 you can see where a toilet will be built.
(between the 2 rows of bricks that stick out of the wall)

Completed floorplate and another wall

2005-05-13T19:28:00.000+02:00

A second wall is built on the other side.
On this picture you can still see the part of the floorplate that was added after they finished working on the underground parking lot.

This tower is part of the old industrial buildings at the backside of our house. I will post some historical information later.

we got a wall...

2005-04-22T18:21:00.000+02:00

The first wall. The floorplate still has to be extended there where you can see the metal in the ground. Our floorplate stays unfinished because they are working on the underground parking lot that is partly under the house next to us.

and then,... the first pictures !

2005-04-14T21:38:00.000+02:00

This is how it looked like when we bought the house.
As you can see it's still under construction and should be finished march 2006. On these pictures, the floor plate is nearly finished.

You can already see where the wall between our carport and our neighbour's carport will be. (where the wooden things are standing) At this point, our floorplate still has to be extended a bit, but that will become clear on the next pictures.

goOve and Zjuultje bought a house !

2005-03-09T09:32:00.000+01:00

Within 12 months,... we will be no longer paying rent. We will pay a lot more instead :P And if we survive another 25 years, it's completely ours.

When we started looking out for something, we initially wanted a house with a living room, kitchen, 3-4 bedrooms, bathroom, garden and a lot of space to fit in all the cool contemporary furniture we were going to buy... -yeah !-
It turned out to be a small but new house with 3 bedrooms, (we took away a wall from in between two of them to make one "large" room) a garden and,... well,... not a really big lot of space... :|