The Topping Off

Before Christmas Bastian made a wreath at kindergarten. This came in handy now at the topping off yesterday, because traditionally at a "taklagsfest" you should hang one on the house for good luck.

I'm saying that it can't fail with this perfect wreath!

So yesterday we gave the builders a sandwich layer-cake ("smörgåstårta") and they hung our wreath at the gable. And it will hang there until it is time for the exterior of the house.
We hope that the cake was yummie and gave a lot of energy!

Then they continued covering the roof, preparing for the roofing tiles. Yesterday it was only Dan working, in hard wind, and he was just exhausted when I met him. The wind really can take all your stamina away!
But when the roof is complete, the rest of the job is indoors! (or in the beginning under a roof...)
The roofing tiles will be dark gray, looking something like this:

This is how it now looks from the inside.


Dan the Builder told us that they will be a team of two doing the tiling, but after that it will be mostly Dan himself that will build the rest of the interior walls and other joinery, in conjunction with other contractors coming in to do stuff like plumbing, electricity and painting (indoors and outdoors).

We also want to extend a huge congrats to my cousin Jonas and his Sara that surprised us today by telling us that they had married January 30th! Good luck and we hope to see you soon!