{"id":236,"date":"2010-08-05T23:45:41","date_gmt":"2010-08-05T22:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sibleyfineart.com\/_blog\/?p=236"},"modified":"2010-08-05T23:45:41","modified_gmt":"2010-08-05T22:45:41","slug":"my-new-studio-%e2%80%93-week-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sibleyfineart.com\/_blog\/2010\/08\/my-new-studio-%e2%80%93-week-6\/","title":{"rendered":"My new Studio \u2013 week 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TUESDAY:<\/p>\n<p>George the Builder arrived at the allotted time with digger in tow, and within 10 minutes&#8230;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_238\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-238\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sibleyfineart.com\/_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/fiirst-sod.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sibleyfineart.com\/_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/fiirst-sod.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"fiirst-sod\" width=\"490\" height=\"197\" class=\"size-full wp-image-238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sibleyfineart.com\/_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/fiirst-sod.jpg 490w, https:\/\/sibleyfineart.com\/_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/fiirst-sod-150x60.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-238\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cutting the first sod<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8230;the <b>first sod was cut!<\/b> Yeah!!!<\/p>\n<p>George&#8217;s mate took over from there and in no time at all the trenches had been dug, the site levelled and both builders and digger moved to another job.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_239\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-239\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sibleyfineart.com\/_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/dig-footings.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sibleyfineart.com\/_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/dig-footings.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"dig-footings\" width=\"490\" height=\"349\" class=\"size-full wp-image-239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sibleyfineart.com\/_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/dig-footings.jpg 490w, https:\/\/sibleyfineart.com\/_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/dig-footings-150x106.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-239\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Digging the trenches for the footings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_241\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-241\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sibleyfineart.com\/_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/raw-footings.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sibleyfineart.com\/_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/raw-footings.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"raw-footings\" width=\"490\" height=\"306\" class=\"size-full wp-image-241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sibleyfineart.com\/_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/raw-footings.jpg 490w, https:\/\/sibleyfineart.com\/_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/raw-footings-150x93.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-241\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trenches ready to receive the concrete<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>WEDNESDAY:<\/p>\n<p>Right on time the concrete mixer backed into our yard.  I made George a cup of coffee (he says he lives on caffeine) and in no time at all the site began to look as though it might eventually be a studio.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_242\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-242\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sibleyfineart.com\/_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/pouring.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sibleyfineart.com\/_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/pouring.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"pouring\" width=\"490\" height=\"338\" class=\"size-full wp-image-242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sibleyfineart.com\/_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/pouring.jpg 490w, https:\/\/sibleyfineart.com\/_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/pouring-150x103.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-242\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The concrete arrives<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_244\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-244\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sibleyfineart.com\/_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/final-footings.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sibleyfineart.com\/_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/final-footings.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"final-footings\" width=\"490\" height=\"367\" class=\"size-full wp-image-244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sibleyfineart.com\/_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/final-footings.jpg 490w, https:\/\/sibleyfineart.com\/_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/final-footings-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-244\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The studio begins to emerge from the ground<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>You know that moment when you drive past a new building site with just the footings in place and you think &#8220;Wow. That&#8217;s going to be a tiny house!&#8221;&#8230; and it turns out to be a five-bedroomed mansion?  Well, that&#8217;s how I feel right now.  Standing in the centre of the plot I can&#8217;t help thinking &#8220;Heck. Is it going to be big enough?&#8221; \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Right on time the concrete mixer backed into our yard.  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