Alrighty, so I figured that it’s about time (actually, it’s past time!) that I posted an update to “The Project” (sounds so catchy!). So, in the new room, it’s be insulated, had the sheet-rock put up, been painted, the ceiling put up, and now they’re trimming. So here’s a little snippet of how it’s looked in the past…
From Floor to Roof
This post is to show what got done in one week. We went from having just the foundation and floor on Monday to have the walls up, the rafters in, and the roof on by Friday! Since it rained hard yesterday, it wasn’t worked on today and probably won’t be tomorrow. Like I said, we…
Rustic Boxcar Timbers and Plates
Now for the next part of the project: Making the rafters! It started out with making the metal plates. We cut cardboard templates out and then I would trace them onto some hard-board a half-inch smaller than the original cardboard template. They’d then be cut out using the plasma cutter. After that, they were cleaned…
Tree Removal and Footings
In this part of the project, we were cutting down the trees behind our house and then pouring the footings for the wall foundations. (I just sound so builder-like there!) This tree had been here for many, many years. At one point, it was split in half and about to fall down. So we didn’t…
Old Boxcars and Timbers
Over the past few months, we’ve started adding onto our house a great big living room. I was planning on taking pictures throughout the entire project and then posting one post at the end of how it went together – But it seems that I have no where near enough patience to wait until…