One Man and His Shed

One of the reasons DH was looking forward to half term in UK ( apart from spending 9 days with his gorgeous children obviously!) was that he might get around to finishing his shed... This is the shed that he and L started to build in AUGUST 2012!!!

So we have this lovely OLD house in Norfolk near the sea - It was built in the 1820's and the people we bought it from hadn't done ANYTHING to it for years and years and it neeeded gutting ( but we didn't have the cash to gut it and start again) - we are now into our 2nd decade of works - it will never be finished ... and in the meanwhile Boss ( as he is known in Saudi) decides we need a new larger shed.  

It would have been quicker ( and probably cheaper in the long run) to have had someone come and build it but apparently a man likes to build his own shed! So the boy and DH started in August 2012 during our summer holiday - Boy found my old boots to wear so I naturally took a photo ( they look much better on him than they ever did on me!)

Anyway I'm digressing again! 

So the shed didn't get finished over Summer then DH moved to Riyadh and the Shed was half built  and we had other works going on in the house so no pennies left to pay for someone to finish the shed.

So February is cold and snowing and DH is outside all day for 2 days working on his masterpiece - and I have to say it looks beautiful - he designed it from scratch, ordered the wood, cut the wood and did all the other bits ( whatever they are?).  

By Sunday ( day 2) boy is bored of the shed and is off to see his friend on his bike so DH continues alone.....

Unbeknown to me DH had fallen off the roof of the shed whilst banging in some nails and landed 12 feet below on the hard (frozen) garden and he now has a couple of broken ribs !!!

By the way the shed is still not finished.... but our house looks lovely!