Pompeii Oven in Switzerland: the Saga Continues...

[RCLake]

Awesome chair, can't wait to see the dome completed.
My wife is now on her fourth mosaic, her second is shown below. It's a backsplash in in kitchen.
She declined on the dome, more interested in her projects.

[Acoma]

RC, would have been superb if the wife would have done the whole kitchen wall to the counter with that concept. Now that would be worth pursuading.

[Inishta]

Frances, the mosaics are brilliant. Seems there is no end to the talent of folks on site. Perhaps WFO's are an extention of our creative sides.......

[Frances]

Today, after our late easter get-together with parents, inlaws etc - for which I baked a vegetable pie, a fruit pie and a loaf of bread with the retained heat from yesterdays pizzas (and a small booster fire I'll admit) - well after that, when everybody had gone home...

I decided to paint the oven with some white 100% acrylic paint designed for putting on house walls. This, apparently, will protect it from the elements. Which is good, with rain coming tomorrow.

Its really weird to think I could just stop here... I could call it the white elephant or something and say the mosaics thing was a joke and tell everyone my oven was "finished"...

[Acoma]

No way the oven is done. It is calling for some last character, mosaic, rock, colors, etc? No? Yes?

[gjbingham]

Frances, I'm with you. I love the look! You can always go back later and change it, every year in fact.

[Inishta]

Frances, I agree with George.............looks great and matches your outdoor room decor beautifully.

[Xabia Jim]

Vaughn loves to rearrange the furniture periodically, change colors....Frances you can change the color every year and get artistic too but it's hard to relocate an oven (hmmm, a portable design?)

Frances, how does that chimney work for you....I like the height and need to extend mine...just can't find the right material yet.

Jim

[Frances]

No no no, its nowhere near finished... but it IS waether proof - I just went to check, and the rain just pearls off it. You can't imagine how great that feels, after worrying about water getting in all through the winter!

Jim, I think the chimney draws ok. But I made the outer arch higher than the inner one, and this seems to create some turbulence in the vent area - with a fair amount of smoke coming out when I light the oven. So the draw probably isn't as good as it should be with that chimney length. I wondered if maybe I should try to lower the entry in some way, but I've decided I like it the way it is, with the black archway and everything.

Its been said before, why fix something that works?

[mmmhumous]

Looks great Frances!! But if you do decide going to mosaic it, Gaudi's work is always great for inspiration (and it's a good excuse for a weekend in Barcelona too).