Work on the upper main level nearly done - Living Room

Greetings. IMPORTANT NOTE. If you click on Follow Blog at the top center of this page, you can enter information so that you are automatically notified of updates. With construction changing we'll be keeping this blog going for another year or so; but the updates will be separated sometimes by a couple of months. I'll be reminding you of the FOLLOW BLOG feature; and be posting a rap up when this current set is done.



This is mostly a photo blog. This first photo was our friend the green frog who every morning was on the wall right next to the bigger slider by the kitchen/dining room. I finally decided he was going to be a regular, and too this photo (and a couple others which didn't turn out so well).

This next photo is the messy living room. Note that this is "outside" in what will be the non-cooled area. Overhead though are three ceiling fans which really make the space comfortable. And the broad overhangs protect it from rain.

In this photo we decided to have the lights on so you can see them. Since we were short the bamboo up/down lights, that center one between the doors is decidedly different. We purchased an indian mask made of wood when driving the "road of death" in January. With the curved shape and eye holes, we thought that putting it over a simple wall fixture with CF bulbs behind it would be a good way to add a decorative element to the living room; and also add that fifth light.

Now, the backstory of the fifth light. Our specification to the bad electrician was FOUR lights on this wall. He wired for five. While the light is nice, it presented us with the dilemma since we had already purchased the four lights for the wall.

The nature of the light at night is soft. One would not read a book though. I might need to get a floor lamp I can use for that. All in good time...

These next two photos are showing the living room looking each way on the morning we left. As you can see, the jungle is right there! At the moment we have limited furniture there. Over time we'll need some extra chairs, tables and possibly one or two simple dining tables out there as well. But we expect that will occur over a period of years. Right now we have what is needed for four people both inside, and outside.

We were, at one time, a little concerned that the living space would not be large enough. But we think it is about the right size. Dick is already thinking about an interesting addition in a couple of years that would add more bedrooms, probably some small bathrooms as well, and a bridge to this living room with some open-top decks.

Finally, we had to post the newly opened up view we took one morning while enjoying coffee on the living room. I'll have a separate blog post on views which will repeat this photo.

If you were able to view larger, the horizon is visible on this morning, even though there is very humid/hazy air over the ocean.

In older posts I've described the agricultural coastal plain from the foot of our mountain to the waters edge. This is fairly unique along the south Pacific coast. While having crashing waves very close is lovely to view, this protects us from the majority of the heavy salt air while giving us a nice view. We hope you'll enjoy that as well when you visit.

As always, thanks for reading our blog.

Ciao!

Ricardo y Jeeeem