Gringos de Marimán

Primavera started busting out all around us during week 33, as evidenced by these terneros gathered around the porton to the parcelas.

Perhaps we'd been lulled to sleep while watching the mañio installation. Fortunately, the maestros quickly added the last few pieces and the pace began to quicken once again.

The remaining coihue went up on the wall leading to the cocina.

Suddenly we found a stairway in place leading to the roof and the future terraza.

Maestro Ricardo and his crew pasted over the dormitorio and we seemed to be almost ready to start painting.

At this point Andrés realized that we had these cabling cajas showing above the doorway in the corner. We didn't realize that the corner section didn't have doors. He didn't like the idea of simply covering the boxes with painted plates, but we insisted that we didn't want to take the time to reroute the conduits. We promised to display something up there to hide the cabling, so we're now on the lookout for some appropriate kitsch items.

Meanwhile, Jorge and Juan enjoyed a beautiful afternoon while resuming the cielo installation over the pasillo.

The next morning they placed the final strips in place and . . .

we could enjoy the cielo from inside and out.

Next, they headed into the garaje to add the same finished look there.

Having finished the pasillo last week, Juan moved onto the terraza.

This might seem like a recurring theme, but we loved the look of the piedra in the sun.

Ok, we loved the look of the piedra in the shade too, especially when we saw that Juan had finished the terraza and turned the corner towards the entryway. At this point everything seemed to be moving so quickly that we decided to head to Santiago to search for tile, lights, and other goodies to finish the house. Hopefully, I'll find some time to get some more updates posted. Hasta la proxima!!!