Second floor.

This will be our bedroom. This photo was taken just before we asked for bigger windows in both those spots.
這是窗戶還沒改之前的照片
你看，之前的離地高度約145cm
太高了啦!!!

It makes a little more sense now with the wooden walls acting as dividers. This will be a walk in wardrobe off the master bedroom.
這是我們的更衣室，從更衣室走進去是浴室

This is the main bathroom on the second floor. The orange pipe on the right is for the bathtub. The ones on the left are for sinks and shower cubicle.
浴室，我們的特製浴缸將會在右邊，浴缸的另一邊是淋浴空間
浴缸上方又加了一塊窗戶...
照片左邊靠牆是洗臉盆的位置

The office.
辦公室，開放式空間
要怎麼佈置呢??

Beer break.

The foreman complained today about the number of windows we changed. I'd promised him beer last time but never delivered. He said today that the more beer I bring the less of a problem changing windows will be. Seems like a fair trade to me.
上次有人答應工頭要請他們喝啤酒，可是我們一直都沒帶，今天被念了好一會兒....
所以嘍~
啤酒送上，快點幫把我們的窗戶加大!!

Slow learners.

We thought we had learned from the previous problem of putting in a much-too-small window. Nope. We haven't. Arrived at the site today and realized that our bedroom window looking at the mountains is way too small. Luckily it wasn't too late to change and the builders were able to change it immediately.

從房子動工到目前為止，大約也有一個月的時間了

我們以為有了一樓的經驗，二樓應該會更順利些

不過，當我們今天去看看房子施工進度時

發現二樓窗戶有點小

且對"我"來說窗台太高!!!

政府規定二樓窗戶離地要110cm以上

哀~想要欣賞一下風景還要墊腳

很辛苦耶

所以我們改成離地高度90cm

這樣窗戶又整個加大

整個視野也完全不一樣了

你看!!

是不是好很多

A hijacking

Ivy has clearly hijacked our blog to discuss flowers and lace doilies. And I'm too slack to bother translating any of that. I'll be back soon with new pics of heavy machinery and power tools. Don't fret.

院子

聽老公說他的老闆要將他們學校裡的水果樹送我們

有芭樂、香蕉、柳丁、葡萄柚、檸檬、芒果及木瓜.....共七種

加上我們自己現在有的肚臍柑、芒果、香水檸檬、肉桂樹

還有學生家長也要送我們一棵樹

再規劃一個香草花園

以後煮菜可以直接在院子剪香草

哇~~太讚了!!

肚臍柑

芒果

香水檸檬 

迷迭香

肉桂樹

鼠尾草 

荷蘭芹吧??

More hardcore chicks.

This is why Ivy works in graphic design and not construction.

爬上二樓去，有點恐怖哩

Second Floor

This is the second floor office. If you think it looks like a mess now, wait til Ivy moves her crap in.
.......不想翻譯

This is looking from the office through to the master bedroom. 

今天很努力的爬到二樓感受一下格局跟大小

我們的浴室很大耶還有更衣室呢

浴缸是加大的喔

Cemented.

The wood has been removed so you can see the cement now on the first floor. It will take about 2 weeks to dry properly.
1樓的木板拆除了，須等兩週才會乾。

Second floor going up.

I really thought that building a house in Asia would involve a lot more bamboo scaffolding. Ah well.....
我以為在亞洲蓋房子時會用很多竹子做的梯子......

This last photo is looking up where the stairwell will eventually be.
這裡是從一樓樓梯看出去，工人們正努力的綁鐵線
今天早上天氣正好
順便感受一下房子周圍的楊光
等不急了喔~~

Hard core chick!

This lady was hard core. Climbing up the scaffolding with her purse.
原來他們都是這樣爬上爬下啊~

First floor cement.

The cement has been put in the walls on the first floor. The wooden supports won't be removed until the cement is dry.
一樓牆壁灌漿了，裡面有一堆支撐架頂著天花板，許多工人在榜二樓的鋼鐵
走進去，突然想起小時候去工地找爸爸的場景跟味道，好熟悉喔
不過，現在蓋的是自己未來的家呢
房子雖然不是我爸蓋的
但是他幫我監工ㄎㄎ

You can see the cement drying here in one of the window frames.

Workers

I counted 14 workers getting ready to lay the second floor cement today. How bout that?!?!?

有14個工人在趕工，7個在旁邊吃便當

哇)))全部加起來有21個工人耶

And another 7 eating their lunch.
生火取暖嗎??順便烤番薯吧
天氣很冷，辛苦了!!

Too fast?

This is looking in from the kitchen sliding door. The metal poles support the roof while the cement dries.
動作實在太快了!星期日去看時，裡面的木板還沒釘上
有兩個工人來清理內部的碎石子
我們在裡面逛了一下，想像一下客廳的樣子、廚房、餐廳及客房
逛完後，有點順的想要往二樓去看看，但是........沒有樓梯啊))
哈哈
真是太酷了

This is the front porch with the supporting column on the right. I am imagining this will be where Ivy keeps her four billion pairs of shoes.

Central island.

This is what happens when you don't make things clear. Mr Lin thought we wanted to have a central island connected to the surrounding cabinets. We actually wanted a free standing island in the middle. Unfortunately, we didn't make it clear and we had to ask them to did up and move all the piping accordingly to the middle of the kitchen. We might be the most painful clients he has had so far!!!

中島的水管改到廚房中間了，還加上了熱水管喔 :)))

Laying some cable.

I wish I could say what these are for. I kinda guess that the blue ones are for air conditioning units and the orange ones are for normal appliances. But I cannot say that with any authority. Some of this cable piping will also be used for stereo speakers. I really don't like cables running all over the floors so we've asked the electrician to leave piping through the walls so that won't happen.
紅色的藍色的電線有啥差別勒??

First floor.

From the south side of the house looking at the spare bedroom.

This is looking from the kitchen into the living room. Fella with the cap on is Mr Lin, the boss. The guy in the middle is the electrician. He is there to find out where the outlets for the speaker cables will go so we can bury all the cables within the walls.
一樓大約有個雛型了，開心 :)))))

Window Pains

This window is way too small. After we realized that we can clearly see the mountains from the deck and the kitchen, we asked to have a massive picture window here. But Mr Lin forgot. I met him this morning at the site to discuss and he said that it is no problems to change it. Will involve ripping out the support struts above it but then it will go all the way to the top of the door.
這個在廚房的窗戶原本是小小一塊
在我們發現從廚房可以看到美麗的景色後
跟建商說要改大窗，但是建商搞錯了
只幫我們加寬沒有加高，這樣有加等於沒加啊
於是又跟建商反應請他改
但我覺得...........改寬後，整個靠齊旁邊的柱子....有點怪怪的耶
好想在跟他說:我可以蓋成直式的嗎?
改長條型在中間一點的位置，應該會比較好看吧!!
The photo below is more like it. We had to ask Mr Lin to have his boys come and cut out the metal supports in order to make it work. He was quite happy to do it I think as it wasn't really our fault. 

Shower head idea.

If anyone knows where I can get one of these in Hualien, please let me know asap. No more fights with Ivy over the shower head.

Home

We had to do it at some point I guess.
今天早上帶我媽媽去看工地
昨天灌好的漿，今天早上還不會全乾
但可以在上面走動了
這時的硬度正好適合我們做個標記
The Jones' house!
哈哈
雖然之後就會被蓋住了
不過印記會長存在我們心中

He Huan Shan

We went out to the house this morning and realized we can see He Huan Mountain from the kitchen and the deck on a clear day. With this in mind, we decided to enlarge the window at the back of the kitchen so we can look at the mountains while we are doing the dishes. Snow on the mountains this morning.
從廚房及木造平台看出去可以看到中央山脈其中一個高峰(不知道是哪座山)
雲更少的話，還能看到山頂的雪呢
因為這個原因，我們把廚房的窗戶加大啦!!

Floor going in!

The cement truck arrived today to put in the floor. It's all happening a lot faster than we ever expected. Ryan also came by today with a bag of beer cos as he said you can't go to someone's house empty handed. 

We did notice a small problem. The piping for the center island in the kitchen is in the wrong place. The construction company boss did say it wasn't a big problem and he will fix it for us meaning we can still have the central island like we wanted.

今天下午從北埔騎腳踏車去新家看看

整好遇到1樓地板灌漿

順便看了一下水管路線

發現，我們的廚房中島水管太靠牆壁

原來建商幫我們規畫成ㄈ字型的系統櫃

不過我們想要在中間的中島

也沒有幫我們家上熱水管......

電話溝通後，建商說可以改

只是....不知道時間久了會不會有問題...

以後在灌漿前

請建商先叫我們過去確認過一遍會比較好

This is the front porch.
這是大門的樓梯

There's Ryan. With beer.
好朋友萊恩先生與他的啤酒

Just one day later. This is looking in the kitchen.
 才過了一天
這裡看進去是廚房

Some energy drinks for the workers. The red tape on that metal pole is the floor level.

提神好幫手

鋼筋上的紅色標記是房子地板的高度

That might be a dunny pipe.
水管

Foreman in the foreground. He doesn't do much, just tells the workers what to do. There are ten guys hard at work on the house this morning.
工頭在旁邊指示就好
今天大約有10個工人
天氣很冷又下點毛毛雨
辛苦了