My Stone Wall

The wall is now done (more or less). I will touch it up and then we have to make the mantel. The mantel will cover up the first few inches. The beer bottles are to show the shelves built in - there is also a 'coffee cup holder' built into the left near the top. I forgot to put a cup there to show it.

Bedroom Floor

Jim and I put the floor in Saturday. It needs to be sanded and varnished which I will work on next weekend.

Tile Wall (thanks Steph)

The tile wall in the kitchen is now tiled and grouted. Deb did the tiling and we both grouted.

the supervisor

not the progress I wanted

I had expected to get farther today.

It's too freaking early.

Woke to snowflakes this morning:(

Random Planking or How Anal Can One Be?

My latest toy - beats the heck out of the manual ones.

So the flooring comes in 4 widths (2", 3", 4", and 5") The flooring is supposed to be installed 'randomly'. There is not an equal amount of each size (for example the 2" is 11% of the lineal feet of planking). So how is one to 'randomly' install flooring? I wrote a computer program that took the decision out of my (and Deb's) hands. I had decided that I was too anal to select widths without having a pattern - but Deb thinks I was being anal in writing a program - not sure who is correct - but it looks nice (all 4' of it).

Irony

So we build a place in rock heaven. Our footings in the one corner are on bedrock. There are rocks everywhere (just ask the well drillers). So what do we do - drive 50+ miles to Minocqua to buy rocks for the wall

Art, Tile & Deb

Deb working on the tile. Note Steph's art work. See the rest of her tiles below.

last weekend

In no particular order:

The pantry. Doug put the paneling up and we finally put up the shelves. Still needs to be trimmed out (story of this project)


















So I took out the screens to varnish 2 small parts of the jambs that are hard to get at. Imagine my surprise when I had all these flies camped out.

















The bedroom windows are trimmed - not to mention the ceiling:)










The top of the jambs stick out some places up to 1/4" which results in the gap that is shown. I think I have to live with it.


















The rosettes. Notice the apparent difference in the paint color between this and the above picture. I would say that this picture more accurately represents the color.





































Behind the wood stove I am going to put a stone wall. The contractor built a foundation wall for my stone flush to the floor height. Deb and I then decided to have a raised hearth for the stove. The choice was flush with the floor, a tripper (1" - 2" above floor height) or 12" so that we could sit on - we opted for 12". Because of this I needed to extend the foundation up to the the hearth, which is what is shown. I still have to cut out the rest of the drywall above the cement board to put 3' more of cement board. The wall will be 5' above the hearth.

The bedroom

Just a quick shot to show the ceiling (done) and the trim (not done)

The Closet

These pics are in no specific order - all trim will be put in after the floor

This is the only pic that shows the top shelf - 1' deep by 8' long

The closet rod support - a tad bulky but simple.

The pocket door to the access to the crawl space - what a vile ugly jacket

The left side of the closet

The closet in its entirety. We are now planning on leaving it open with no doors.

women's work

Deb has been busy on her sidewalk - I love the rustic look of it. Once our wildflower/native grass landscaping takes off I think the sidewalk will be perfect.

I bought a mortar 'mix' instead of mortar so Deb had to run to town to buy mortar. All they had was type 'M' and it is higher strength than what we were using and her hands are really hurting.