Terrace roof

Bali is full of these kind of roofs

So we decided we will use it to cover our terrace

Our village where we have our house is a center for woodworking.

So it was easy to visit quite a few.

The designs are remarkably similar between shops

This is because these are traditional designs

The motifs have religious meaning

Knowledge is copied over generations.

This one will be ours, but without gold. We will have it in chocolate colour.

It takes a very long time to make each piece.

We will pay 1600 euro for the whole terrace roof. Which is a good price considering how much detail it will have.

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A very common reason for a traffic jam in Bali. But a very interesting one. They always play music while having those religious processions.

We reached 10.000 km with the motorcycle today. It has been exactly 10 months since we got it, to a day!

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We  bought kitchen table for 100 euros.

It is a Suar tree. https://conte-caserta.com/en/what-is-suar-wood/

 

We consider buying one that looks like this

But decided it is too impractical and visually too strong.

This kind of table demands all the attention in the space, and we already have a lot going on.

https://www.instagram.com/luihwood/

On Bali you can order furniture made by hand relatively affordable. This bed is 300 euro.

 Which means you can customize it to your liking.

So I made these 3d plans.

The woodworker spend few minutes looking at it

And had no remarks. He will make it exactly like this.

It is very rare for a worker to not have a comment about architects drawing... and it is a sorts of a compliment.

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Two days earlier "rumput mutiara" has arrived

Putting it in one by one.

It will take a month to fully grow.