A NEW WORKSHOP AND OTHER OUTBUILDINGS

In Bolivia there are four types of furniture - expensive imported modern, classic dark Spanish style, melamine flat pack and crude wooden.  Antiques are rare and ridiculously expensive, second-hand furniture just doesn't exist.  How we long for ebay, flea markets and even Ikea (something I thought I would never say!)  But it was a chance for us to be creative, to create furniture to complete the Roundhouse and its garden.

So it was down to Ed, with a little help from me, to make furniture.  He needed a workshop, which would also double as a sculpture studio for him and some space for me to do ceramic work etc.  We chose the location at the very back of the property, behind the Roundhouse.  A small studio with bathroom to accommodate us when we rented out our rooms was included in the plan, as well as a laundry room and storeroom for food and furniture.

Foundations were dug and laid with stones and cement.

The stem walls were built and the adobe walls started going up

This was going to be a basic build considering that all the rooms would be utility.  We used eucalyptus posts for the window lintels, previously employed for scaffolding in the living area.

Then continued with the earth bricks to the roof level.

We used more eucalyptus posts for the main roof beams.

 Standard factory-made windows were installed.