Grand Designs
You'll see us on TV, with our hard hats stuck on tight
Showing Kev McCloud around our unusual building site
It could be the ruins of a barn built centuries ago
But after we've done it up, no-one would ever know
Windows of handmade glass, roofs of water reed thatch
Our house is not one of those churned out by the batch
No aluminium frames, no stencilled concrete drive
On entering our house, all your senses come alive
The wood, the light, the views, the staircase helical
That leads up to our mezzanine, a world ethereal
Our house could be floating on a loch or sat in a national park
It could be warm and cosy or modern and strangely stark
Foot and mouth quarantine may delay the build
Or it could be there's no stuff for something which needs filled
But although our budget's blown and our dream house still not done
They'll show it on the telly, so you can have some fun!
(Sydney, Australia - 2010)
Alessandra Liverani
Showing Kev McCloud around our unusual building site
It could be the ruins of a barn built centuries ago
But after we've done it up, no-one would ever know
Windows of handmade glass, roofs of water reed thatch
Our house is not one of those churned out by the batch
No aluminium frames, no stencilled concrete drive
On entering our house, all your senses come alive
The wood, the light, the views, the staircase helical
That leads up to our mezzanine, a world ethereal
Our house could be floating on a loch or sat in a national park
It could be warm and cosy or modern and strangely stark
Foot and mouth quarantine may delay the build
Or it could be there's no stuff for something which needs filled
But although our budget's blown and our dream house still not done
They'll show it on the telly, so you can have some fun!
(Sydney, Australia - 2010)
Alessandra Liverani