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Clear skies make for great construction days. Today was a big day...our contractor hired a crane to lift the main beams into place. Very soon we will start to see the logs of the second floor go up.
- Construction Update
The cupola has found its place on top of the garage roof. The walnut floors are stained and ready to finish. I love the warmth of walnut...and I love the mix of heartwood (brown) and sapwood (white). This picture was taken looking down on the powder room...
- Construction....slow But Sure
Here are a few pictures of the interior....The walls are framed, and now the plumber and electrician are finishing the roughed in wiring and plumbing. Once that is complete, there is an inspection by the codes office and then the walls are finished. Our...
- Cleaning Up
Christmas Eve's ice storm left us with a few fallen trees and limbs.Cleaning up was a necessity as one of the trees had fallen over the lane from the barn to the house. This road will be used tomorrow for delivery of our log home beams.Construction...
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Two days of clear weather, and more logs have gone up. The first floor is not quite complete...but getting a little further along each day. Eventually the inside and the outside of the logs will be stained a bit darker. A view of the front of the...
- First Log Delivery
Today was an exciting day, indeed... our first load of logs was delivered. These logs will make the outside walls of our first floor. Two more deliveries will bring the second floor logs and window jams and roof trusses. Oh if only we could control the...
Animals
Clear Skies
Clear skies make for great construction days. Today was a big day...our contractor hired a crane to lift the main beams into place. Very soon we will start to see the logs of the second floor go up.This is a 10 by 10 solid pine post that helps to hold up the main beam running through the center of the house. This beam will make up one of the corners of my kitchen. The beam that sits upon it is 12 by 12 solid pine and the smaller beams are 6 by 12.
Those red poles that help to hold up the main beam will be hidden in walls. This view shows the width of the house from the kitchen, across the dining and great room, the study and into the Master Bedroom. It is sort of hard to imagine without any of the interior walls in place. All of these beams will be exposed in the finished house. The interior and exterior will be stained a bit darker and sealed eventually.
- Construction Update
The cupola has found its place on top of the garage roof. The walnut floors are stained and ready to finish. I love the warmth of walnut...and I love the mix of heartwood (brown) and sapwood (white). This picture was taken looking down on the powder room...
- Construction....slow But Sure
Here are a few pictures of the interior....The walls are framed, and now the plumber and electrician are finishing the roughed in wiring and plumbing. Once that is complete, there is an inspection by the codes office and then the walls are finished. Our...
- Cleaning Up
Christmas Eve's ice storm left us with a few fallen trees and limbs.Cleaning up was a necessity as one of the trees had fallen over the lane from the barn to the house. This road will be used tomorrow for delivery of our log home beams.Construction...
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Two days of clear weather, and more logs have gone up. The first floor is not quite complete...but getting a little further along each day. Eventually the inside and the outside of the logs will be stained a bit darker. A view of the front of the...
- First Log Delivery
Today was an exciting day, indeed... our first load of logs was delivered. These logs will make the outside walls of our first floor. Two more deliveries will bring the second floor logs and window jams and roof trusses. Oh if only we could control the...