When you have a heavy cold any wonderful scent that manage to pass through your clogged nostrils is a welcome treat, and that scent must be very powerful to do so. And such was the scent of cedar.
I didn't even need to be right next to it, it was wafting in the air and you get a whiff of it the moment you open the patio doors.
The cedar shingles for the new jungle hut has arrived and was piled on the top patio ready to be installed in the following days. I followed the scent to where it was obviously coming from and found myself deeply inhaling the scent of roof tiles - now that's something I bet you won't hear too often! And even better, a couple of builders did the same after me. There we were, a trio of people sniffing roof tiles!
But cedar wood also meant cedar oil and some of it were leaching from the shingles on to the patio. It doesn't matter at this point as the patio will be repaved anyway but this is something we'll have to keep in mind for the future. The initial plan is to use cedar slats to screen the existing fences in this area next year, as part of this patio's looming makeover. The stone paving must go on first before the screening and the last thing we want is for oil to leach out on to the porous. So if we go for this material we'll have to store them somewhere else.
The new jungle hut is shaping up very nicely. The builders are not always good at following design brief faithfully but so far so good, it looks like, for a change it is heading towards there a hundred percent. Full credits to Gaz here, he made all of the sketches and did all of the redesigning and all I did was to give him full faith to do so. I'll have lots of input with the furniture, decor, and colour scheme though but that will have to wait till next year.
Ahh, the sweet scent of cedar!
Mark :-)
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| Being all arty with cedar shingles! |
The cedar shingles for the new jungle hut has arrived and was piled on the top patio ready to be installed in the following days. I followed the scent to where it was obviously coming from and found myself deeply inhaling the scent of roof tiles - now that's something I bet you won't hear too often! And even better, a couple of builders did the same after me. There we were, a trio of people sniffing roof tiles!
But cedar wood also meant cedar oil and some of it were leaching from the shingles on to the patio. It doesn't matter at this point as the patio will be repaved anyway but this is something we'll have to keep in mind for the future. The initial plan is to use cedar slats to screen the existing fences in this area next year, as part of this patio's looming makeover. The stone paving must go on first before the screening and the last thing we want is for oil to leach out on to the porous. So if we go for this material we'll have to store them somewhere else.
The new jungle hut is shaping up very nicely. The builders are not always good at following design brief faithfully but so far so good, it looks like, for a change it is heading towards there a hundred percent. Full credits to Gaz here, he made all of the sketches and did all of the redesigning and all I did was to give him full faith to do so. I'll have lots of input with the furniture, decor, and colour scheme though but that will have to wait till next year.
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| Before they go on the roof they might as well serve a temporary purpose - as a platform whiche helped me tidy up this Nolina longifolia |
Ahh, the sweet scent of cedar!
Mark :-)
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It's looking rather wonderful already, and those cedar shingles will be an excellent addition. I like the larger veranda. It demands the wearing of Panama hats and the supping of colourful cocktails whilst admiring the surrounding jungle!
ReplyDeleteThanks Janet! Let's hope we get another decent summer next year so it will definitely feel that way :)
DeleteThe jungle hut is looking great! Perhaps you'll start a fad and cedar sniffing will be some sort of new designer drug craze.
ReplyDeleteHa Peter, can you imagine! :)
DeleteThe image of several people hanging about sniffing cedar shingles drew giggles from me (and that doesn't often happen). Your hut is already looking grand!
ReplyDeleteIt made me laugh too Kris, the moment I realised what we were doing!
DeleteI love the smell of cedar! We just rebuilt our front steps...and every time I come home, I get a nice whiff of the cedar we used :-)
ReplyDeleteCedar front steps sounds lovely Scott, and can imagine the little pleasure of getting a whiff of its scent every time you pass by :)
DeleteIt's really coming together for you. Looks like they will be done before too much longer and you will finally have your home and gardens back to yourselves.
ReplyDeleteCher Sunray Gardens
Thanks Cher! Hopefully they'll finish soon as we need to put plants in it for the winter.
DeleteYou could sit in there and have cedar oils drip on you - a new kind of sauna.
ReplyDeleteHaha, like the sound of that!
DeleteI love the scent of cedar also. The Jungle Hut needs an upgraded name to go with its stylish new look.
ReplyDeleteOld habits die hard Shirley, even if we rename it the words jungle hut will still creep in :)
DeleteI echo what everybody already said. The smell of cedar (or redwood, or just about any wood) is almost intoxicating. I hope the smell will last a good long while.
ReplyDeleteWe hope so too Gerhard, it's a lovely scent!
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