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Ok, only got a few pics on my phone at the mo, not the best shots and not a great selection. My portfolio is on the pc, which is still in a box, somewhere!!! Anyway... Oak and Tiger brown Oak triple gun cabinet.... Boat refit - Burr Walnut, Beech and Jet black formica..... Pippy Oak fitted cupboards..... Kids play house - Waney edged larch cladding, cedar roof shingles Kitchen Island unit - European Oak (tinted & lacuered) AC Coloured laquered spray main carcass Big shelving unit..... That'll do for now.... thanks again for the welcomes, friendly place here

Sure, only got the ones from the advert at the mo..... Seems to be alot of Contra's 090's and 070's for sale here.....

Genius!! Awesome sales pitch Britain has some of the best cheeses in the world, I like a good stinky strong Cheese, only the Frenchies come close making good cheese...... Nothing but tasteless rubbery cheese over here with the odd passable Goats cheese... one of the few things I miss about the UK.

Thanks for all the lovely comments guys..... explorer_ arb - Bok, kako ste? Hvala za poruku, učenje jezika polako, ali to je teško. I've not get a massive amount of forestry experience but can get a tree on the deck safely, nothing compared to the skill of the guys on here. Always willing to learn new skills though, especially like to learn some climbing basics. We can do better than somewhere to string up your hammock if you fancy popping by for a few days, our door is always open to visitors and my good lady cooks up some fantastic grub. And there is always plenty of our homemade Rakija, šljivovica and Crno Vino on tap My woodworking workshop is set up here if you fancy a few days of crash course furniture making as a skill swap? Anyway I'll swing an e mail your way in a couple of days mate Pozdravi

Cedar is great stuff for external use such as it has great resistance to decay and rot. Nice looking timber to....... How about knocking up some rustic bird box's? Our little feathery friends need somewhere warm to live too

Hey guys, thanks very much for the warm welcome and kind words, much appreciated by all here It has been an interesting, busy and eventful year and quite an experience so far. My place is about 50km (check me out with me euro measurements!) east of Zagreb in a little place called Novaki near Dubrava..... It's funny how many Brits I talk to who were here in Yugoslavia's and later Croatia's rather troubled recent history but not so much recently, especially inland where we are. Anyway a few pics...... The first time we saw our future house ( Nov 2011, minus 9 degrees that day ) A pic from across the road (dirt track) in the summer with Sam my pooch having his daily cool down swim View across our fields..... And a sunset shot out the back.... It's all changed so much now but a life times worth of work ahead..... but it's the best decision we ever made. Thank again for all your warm welcomes, look forward to joining some of the other threads. Cheers for now guys

Hi there As I have been 'lurking' around here for a wee while soaking up all the sound advice and info I thought I best introduce myself and my 'clan' Not sure if this is the right forum so I apologise if I mess up the place1 My name is Tom and I escaped the UK and moved to Croatia just under a year ago with my partner (now pregnant wife ) Eve, my 2 slightly special rescue dogs ( Sam and Monty ) and a grumpy cat called Bryan....... We purchased a small farm with a house, several barns, pig sty's (sp!! ), an old cottage and 45 acres of land and woodland with the aim of taking a step back and trying to live for ourselves a little and less for our jobs. I'm a furniture maker and bespoke joiner by trade and shipped my whole workshop of machines over here a few months ago. My lovely wife Eve owned a traditional pub in the UK ( our home for many years ) and is now turning her talented hands to the hospitality side of things out here. I have always wanted to get produce my own timber and am slowly working my way towards getting a big bandsaw mill. Timber production is big industry over here and second hand industrial horizontal bandmills can be had for a good price. At present I have a Husky 357xp for work in the forest and a Stihl Contra Lightening that I picked up here for milling. It has been the most incredible first year here and quite a learning curve as you may imagine. The welcome we have received and the kindness of the locals has been very humbling and in a very short space of time we felt that this 'new' home was going to be just perfect for us. Anyway I can go off on one so...... sorry.... I look forward to chatting with you all and sharing stories and skills from way over here Cheers for now