Monday 26 May 2008

Going goth.

The weather forecast for England this week is rather nasty, so for the rest of the week my merry men and I will be attempting to make a set of Gothic bargeboards. It is not a job we have tried before but occasionally amongst the usual mundane building tasks something new and challenging can come as a relief.A winter spent working on drains and roofs can be rather soul destroying so our attempts at fine detail work should prove amusing...to those of us admittedly with a sense of humour of a certain type. The Gothic arch style glazing bars we fitted over the last two weeks have been a great success so I am hoping that the bargeboards will further lift the project building out of anonymity into a world of Gothic excess.......now where are the plans for the moat?

4 comments:

Putz said...

why does your weather in gb generally turn out to be nasty///????i spent 8 years there and watched the weather change from hour to hour

Thud said...

weather is the bane of my life..I hate English weather!

phlegmfatale said...

wow, pretty. You're as handy as a handle on a pig.

Lin said...

Achhh .... I am jealous! Somewhere, somewhere in the moving trailer are my large books of architectural ornamentation. I used to sit or hours absorbing the amazing details. The Katlady finally sent me a strange volume to tide me over which analyzed symbolism in 'gingerbread'. I personally think the author was a raging dirty old man but you can see where perhaps a carpenter with a naughty sense of humor (or in revenge) might have slipped in a few zingers. Hilarious.