Friday, 6 October 2017

gates and paints, oh my

Well, we're pretty much wrapped until my mom and dad get back down to the site in late October, when the interior work starts. In the meantime, we've been completing a few finishing elements to both secure the property and prevent rust on the steel components.

Here is the front entry gate, freshly painted. We went with a gloss black for all of the painted items, in order to keep a  consistent and largely neutral palate. 

The installed front gates, being painted.

Installed front parking gate, being primed and painted.

Rear driveway gate, installed

Rear gate while it was under construction.

Boveda beamwork is now painted black. Looks sharp, I think.

more painted boveda teamwork 
2nd floor balcony teamwork, painted.

Stairwell to top floor railing. We continued with the fish pattern all the way up.

Railings at the 2nd floor turn. Silvario did a nice job on the ironwork.

more detail of the railings and the fish detail

View of the railings in the stairwell, capturing the breeze block window 

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