The cedar started going up on the house today and we fell in love with it. How good does it look!? Pretty cool to see the house finally putting its number ones on and all of our design decisions coming together. We simply love how natural the pod looks tucked into the bush and the combination of cedar, ironsand coloured joinery and lush green foliage is absolutely perfect.
There’s a bit of a wait till the rest of the pod gets clad as need to wait for the window flashings to be fitted and the structure of the glass bridge to be put in place.
Joinery – Fletcher Windows + Doors’ Matt Ironsand Architectural Suite
Cedar Cladding – Rosenfeld Kidson – RKA766 ex200x22mm (161×18.5mm finish)
Builder Dave cutting the first boards as the pod stands naked waiting for its clothes!
Mmmmm. So hot.
How beautiful is that cedar finish?!
Don’t think you could get a more perfect combo – lush foliage, cedar and that beautiful joinery.
Wow! I really like your cedar colour, we have nearly finished our build and it took me ages to decide on the cedar stain! I’m enjoying following your progress for your modern ideas and colour scheme. Your house is looking great!
Thanks Louise! Oh boy, we’ve spent so long deliberating on our cedar. Both the profile and the colour, but we’re absolutely stoked with our final decisions. Looks so good. Such a beautiful cladding option eh! Where about are you building? Love to see it
My husband and I are building in New Plymouth, it’s semi-remote in terms of sussing out cladding and getting ideas, so it’s awesome to see another house using similar designs and cladding. We’re conservative types so we’re sticking to the old fashioned way of building, although pre-fab looks like a great option.
I’m sure it’s beautiful. And I love the ‘Naki – NZ’s best kept secret
Hi guys, can you tell me what you used to stain your Cedar? Lovely colour. Cheers.
Hey Michelle – it’s called Driftwood – by Dryden Woodoil. The photos on our site show it with one coat ex the factory, we have just applied the second coat and it makes it slightly darker and more polished looking, while still keeping all of the lovely grain and colour fluctuations between boards. Your build seems to be coming along nicely!