March 1, 2016
Today, Tuesday, they started the brickwork. They are going so fast, I have to keep up with them, making sure the windows widths and sill heights, the recessed niches, and other openings are correct…
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| Oscar and I fine-tuning the locations of arches and corner closets in the Master Bedroom. |
They are building 1m (39″) in height and before they go further they fill the “castillo” with concrete.
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| Trough the door between the Dining and Terrace. Miguel is building an Architectural glass wall with plaster dividers. |
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| Looking out the Dining room window towards the Spanish Court. |
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| View from the back of the Spanish Court towards the front. |
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| At the back of the house, the narrow vertical glass block window in the shower, and the window/Med cabinet above Ilana’s vanity |
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| After the first meter (3 feet) they pour the concrete in the Castillos |
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| The start of the L R fireplace in the corner front of the house |
March 31, 2016
The loose brick under the arches gets removed once the arch is dry and solid. The same arches will
be build on the exterior line of columns, which are bigger, as they support the second-floor Studio for Jim’s Man Cave.
Behind these arches and in front of the brick Party wall there will be a real stone wall separating the long stair from the Passage Hall leading from the Day area of the house (the front) and the Bedroom area.
The columns for the front and back of the covered Terrace are built in reinforced concrete to be stronger and slimmer.
The Jacaranda trees —this one is in front of our current rental in La Floresta— are in full bloom in March. The whole town looks magical…
The stone for the solid stone wall by the stair arrived today. This is how the house looks now from the street.
Looking from the Spanish Court (side yard) through the Dining Room window towards the Kitchen and the street.
Happy Ilana sitting on the stone for the future wall. We waited for this for a long time as it is a straight face stone for a “dry-stacked” stone wall. The Dry stack only means that the mortar is on the interior only and there will be no visible mortar on the face of the wall. The machine up in the mountain that cuts “straight” the quarry rock was broken and the supply of stone was low.
The many, many arches and arched window openings are finally done. As my architect, Oscar, calls it, this is a “complex” not “complicated” architecture. It took some time, but it is spectacularly Mexican. Oscar is fabulous and his guys are simply great. Thank you.
Looking from the Dining Room towards the Den/TV room.
From Dining Room, same spot, but looking more Left towards Terrace/Outdoors Living Room
The West wall, (atop of the arches) is now at the full height for the Cathedral ceiling.
May 13, 2016
On April 18th the Maestro started the Boveda ceiling in the Dining Room. Because the room is small, he had decided that we will get a smoother curve if he works with half bricks instead of full bricks. Well, that is more than expected, and the man has to cut by hand EVERY brick and of course, has to place in position twice as many pieces. The end result is well worth it.
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| Dining room Boveda is done. It will get little lights in the four corners and a little pendant in the middle. |
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| Hot tub in progress |
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| Arched recess for a bench in the stone wall |
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The electrical work stated. Lupe is the Plumber/Electrician. He worked in Houston for many years and he is familiar with North of the Border “standards”.
 Master Bedroom fireplace.
 They started the Boveda ceilings over the 1st floor. The brick is set on the edge for more strength and a 6″ layer of reinforced concrete will be poured on it to make the slab for the second floor.
 The wall separating the Court from the back —for the dogs— will have a wrought iron gate and openings. One of the concrete posts contain the round steel tube for the center of the stair from the 2nd-floor balcony to the roof Mirador.
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