We spent part of the beautiful day showing off the house progress to my sister and cousins who are in town for the Easter weekend. There's another wall uuuuup.... [sing-song]
That's Bob and my mother and the bathroom with yet another wall framed up!
Saturday, April 3, 2010
80 degrees and another wall
The weather is nuts today! 80 degrees in the North Country! In the beginning of April! Just crazy I tell you!
We spent part of the beautiful day showing off the house progress to my sister and cousins who are in town for the Easter weekend. There's another wall uuuuup.... [sing-song]
We spent part of the beautiful day showing off the house progress to my sister and cousins who are in town for the Easter weekend. There's another wall uuuuup.... [sing-song]
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Log Heresy
If you are a log home strict constructionist, a pine purist, a.... a.... stickler for ... sticks, you may shudder at this next bit of information.
We're covering up some of the logs. And it's mostly my fault.
I wanted to have non-log walls in the bathrooms. Sooo... I convinced The Husband to put up drywall against the logs to make the walls of the bathrooms. I just want surfaces that will do well in the damp, often unsanitary environment of the bathroom. (And yes, I clean my bathrooms! But they are where you do your nastiest business!) Because of my heresy, The Hubs is having to do some builder gymnastics to create the desired effect. Here's the first step (the first VERY PAINFUL step, I was told very pointedly. ahem.):
However, the kitchen might just finish them off.
We're covering up some of the logs. And it's mostly my fault.
I wanted to have non-log walls in the bathrooms. Sooo... I convinced The Husband to put up drywall against the logs to make the walls of the bathrooms. I just want surfaces that will do well in the damp, often unsanitary environment of the bathroom. (And yes, I clean my bathrooms! But they are where you do your nastiest business!) Because of my heresy, The Hubs is having to do some builder gymnastics to create the desired effect. Here's the first step (the first VERY PAINFUL step, I was told very pointedly. ahem.):
And if all the logs were [nearly] equal in diameter, which many log home companies provide, it wouldn't have been nearly as painful for The Hubs and FIL. But, since we are doing this the real hard way, the logs stick out or are recessed like crazy. Trying to get all the studs even and plumb and level and whatnot was a .... challenge. But, Amazing Bob and Jim were up to it!
However, the kitchen might just finish them off.
FIL Jim trying to stave off annoyance during our ever-lengthening kitchen configuration discussion.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Walls! More walls!
Beautiful day Saturday spent at The Lake. Lunch with the in-laws and I got to wander in my new house and take pix of the second (!) framed wall! Looky here:
Woot!
The wall on the left separates the dining room from the first floor bedroom (which will eventually be the guest room, so start planning your visit now!) The wall on the right separates the bathroom from the hallway.
Bathroom
Friday, March 26, 2010
The house, inside and out
Bob and I spent and hour and 1/2 this morning wrangling over the arrangement of the kitchen. Sure, sure, we had the whole thing drawn out on graph paper, but when The Husband stood in the space and started to map out walls.... well, he decided our grand ideas were full of poopy.
So. We switched around this and we switched around that (in our minds' eyes), and we used boards and boxes as stand-ins for refrigerators and countertops.... and we finally FINALLY! came up with a workable plan. It means a smaller coat closet in the entryway, but we think it will all work out. Eh - we'll see.
I actually remembered my camera, and took inside and outside pix.
Outside:
So. We switched around this and we switched around that (in our minds' eyes), and we used boards and boxes as stand-ins for refrigerators and countertops.... and we finally FINALLY! came up with a workable plan. It means a smaller coat closet in the entryway, but we think it will all work out. Eh - we'll see.
I actually remembered my camera, and took inside and outside pix.
Outside:
Doesn't look any different than last time I showed you, eh?
And inside:
Awwww, yeah. See my wall?
Almost looks like we're making progress, right? Yeah, baby. Look at my wall.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
We interrupt this sugarin' season....
.... to bring you this update on the log house:
Bob called me on the phone to say: "I took a chainsaw to the wall of the house."
No preface. No context. Just: "I took a chainsaw to the wall of the house."
Okay, I'll bite. "On purpose?"
So he comes home with this picture of the slot he cut in the log wall for the interior wall he's framing up now. He could have said, "I started framing up the interior walls, sweet honey wife of mine; I cut a slot in the log wall and I'll bring you a picture for the blog. (By the way, have I told you how beautiful you are?)" But no. He opens the conversation with, "I took a chainsaw to the wall of our house." Bob, Bob, Bob.... don't you know I'm *thiiiiis* close to the edge as it is? I'm just barely hangin' on for my handcrafted log house in the woods so I can withdraw from society, wear prairie skirts and bring a second wife into the family to do the vacuuming.
Yes, I know I'm weird. I'm also fascinated with the show Big Love.
Where was I? Oh yes. Interior walls! Isn't this exciting?!
I know it looks like a board on the floor. Well, it is a board on the floor. But it's also the sill plate... base plate.... something that becomes the base of a framed up interior wall. Bob told me not to post it because it was boring and not blog-worthy. *snort* He obviously has a higher standard for this blog than I do. Plus, it's the beginning of a WALL. A real, honest-to-goodness interior wall! There's no stopping us now, baby! Next: a staircase! Woo-hoo!
Sorry. Did I get weird again?
Blame it on the overdose of Girl Scout cookies. Or spring. That works too.
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