We have a small plaque in our entry that reads...
"There is no place anywhere near this place that is like this place - so this must be the place." The saying sure fits our place without a doubt.
Today, things were busy - and that was without doing much actual work. Hailey's drafting class came for a tour of the house, eager to see the many features we had designed into it. It was my pleasure to give twenty-four students and two teachers a tour of the shop and house. While the theme work certainly caught their interest they also were pleased to see the many green features we had built into the project. The house is a great teaching tool, because it offers a first hand look at many of the modern technologies they have studied in class.
We did manage to do some work on the house today. The trim pieces continue to recieve the glazes. The address marker was the first to be completed. It will go up tomorrow letting folks know that this is indeed the place (in case they didn't already know). :)
Upstairs we started in on the ceiling strapping. The whole ceiling in this area will be strapped with strips of half inch thick plywood, following the curves of the ceiling trusses. In the left side of the picture the sprayed foam still needs triming before we can strap that area. The area to the left in the picture will house the end of a built-in king size bed with adjustable shelving built in on either side.
Below the lightly textured plasterwork we will be installing vertical panelling with a heavy baseboard. An engineered cork/vinyl floor of commercial grade will ensure durability and ease of maintenance. It will be of a dark woodgrain and slightly textured pattern. We are in the process of selecting the colors we will use for each area as well as the theme for each room we do.
-grampa dan