A newly made large wall cupboard with drawers from old oak furniture he bought at a sale.
The floor was laid using very mature second hand timber from old buildings, but it needed replaning. Zigi was forty three years young whilst doing it.
A foldable table for kitchen use.
Laying the drain which was 110 yards long going to the main outflow - all the work was done by Zigi and two helpers. The trench was two and a half metres deep at the other end (over eight feet).
Zigi building the stone steps leading to the flower garden (1964).
One of the assistants helping to build the slope in the flower garden.
The slope of the garden is finished (as it looks today).
Sink being installed in my studio in 1963.
Una by the sink in the studio in 1965.
Julian and Una did a lot of drawing while Zigi was building.
Zigi, Una and Julian at the Christmas tree in the old days.
Paula sitting at the table in the kitchen (1984).
Paula, Zigi's stepdaughter Melissa and stepgranddaughter Emily and her mother Karen in 1993.
How the cottage looked in 1960 with the old sheep shed in the foreground.
How the cottage looks today showing my studio and living house as a single unit.
The gate was made to keep the children away from the stairs. As the stairs were made from oak, it would have hurt the children if they had fallen.
The front of the house as it looks today.
Here the large gate to the main garden is open. The gate was made from the sound wooden boards from the demolished kitchen floor.
The view of the large lawn with the sheep field behind. Neighbours garden and house behind our wooden barrier (adult trees and hedges). Our little summer house is on the left.
Looking at Siberian Crosses with the sheep field behind.
