A fine choice Madam

It might seem like all this has been a quick easy decision.

But let me tell you , there has been long protracted conversations, and plenty of research go into it.

Before Dad died, we talked about where we would put a little house – and how much that would cost and all the logistics.  But I was a bit reluctant, and there were bigger fish to fry at the time.  Mostly I was worried that he would spend the money and not have enough to live on.  You know how that goes.

So we considered Silver Line (made locally, reasonable price), we considered a removal home, we considered a shipping container(but not for too long) but nothing really felt.... right.

A while ago I went on a holiday to Japan, and spent a bit of time in Takayama.  I went to a folk village museum thing there – and fell in love with the idea of the barn/house/temple idea.  They seemed so safe and functional – and beautiful in a way.

I also talked a lot about the feeling of being in a hayshed.  I love that safe, quiet, warm feeling that comes from being inside a hayshed filled with straw/hay on a cool Killarney day.  Everything just feels ‘quiet’.   And if it is raining – you can really hear the rain on the tin roof.

It doesn’t’ really matter what the outside of the house looks like – it is more about the inside. I really love that whole idea of turning up somewhere and it not looking like much, but you get inside and there is comfy couches and fabulous sheets, great coffee, brilliant books and music and good food, wine and conversation.  I remember going to a place just like that when I was younger, and it really is a very fond memory indeed.  I wanted our place to feel like that.

Because I have a soft spot for shed/barn type constructions, and the boy LOVES a project -  we landed on a shed.  Not to mention that the price will be lower and we can make it just how we want.

There was plenty of talking about it, and research and price comparison and we settled on:

Stratco 13 x 7  gable homestead steel shed.   In deep ocean if you are wondering.

It is the biggest non commercial shed they make.  We went to buy it from the stratco just near us in Brisbane – and the salesperson was NOT expecting us to ask for that.  Perhaps we look more like the lawn locker type!

The boy did the wheel and deal, and before you know it we had paid for the start of our house (on our credit card) and it was being delivered to Killarney Autoworks.

Another step completed!