The oak floor is down in the wheelhouse too. Since this picture was taken I;ve finished the difficult bits nect to the doors too and put in the missing piece in the owners' cabin. This means that all the floors are finished - I'll go and cross them off the finishing-up list.
[Don't those tomato drink cartons make a great carpet?]
With the sun just sneaking over the rooftops on the Hoge der Aa, Sandra & Peter's klipper 'Tamalone' leaves the Noorderhaven, heading for the dry dock and a new owner.
I won this hat on Manfred's blog http://sailracing.blogspot.com. In fact I won a wooly - which turns out to be half a scarf and half a hat. Here is Em wearing it as a hat. Will I ever get it back? [Thanks Manfred]
The bedroom cupboard doors are routed to match the T&G walls. The finger holes are repeated in the drawers under the bed and the desk.
The ceiling is up and the interior woodwork covering the steel roof supports is going in here.
The doors are now hung in rails and guides and even have locks [but where are the keys?]
A while ago I posted a photo of the template being used as a desk. Now here's the real thing, 34 mm of olive heart ash, though I wasn't quick enough to get a picture before this was covered in stuff too.
Polo keeps an eye on the very old doors and posts given to us by the owner of the Dankbaarheid so that we can make exact copies. It's great to have lots of work but restoration project like this one are really something special.
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