A House Built With Love
Matt has been painting up a storm on the many trim pieces. The rough woodgrain and the three layers of hearts routed into the Precision Board high density urethane means that it is tricky to get into every little crevace and pocket. As fast as Matt can apply the three base coats the MutliCam CNC router is churning out more.
This stack is only the vertical pieces we will need. The horizontal pieces start tomorrow.
-grampa dan
A number of years ago I discovered the coolest lighting I have ever seen. The LED lighting is connected by simply stringing the modules over a wire without contact. The lights can be slid back and forth while on and spaced out easily to what is required. The contactless lighting modules are super efficient of course and even made in Canada! It is called HEICO lighting.
The lighting modules we want to install will provide indirect up-lighting on the curved ceilings through the dining room and living room.
The feature lighting will also be done down the very long hallway, hidden under a heavy crown molding that will be towards the top of the wall.
Another area that will feature the lighting to good effect will the the stairway hidden in the giant tree. Under the handrail we have fabricated a pocket for the tiny LED lights. The mesh will be covered with sculpted fiberglass reinforced concrete to make it look like a tree.
This same lighting will be installed under the upper kitchen cabinets and a few other surpise places through the house for maximum effect. The lighting will create a special ambiance and also act as night lights when we have guests. It is going to be VERY cool! We are currently in the planning and specification stage, working with the folks at HEICO to create the very best possible effects. Stay tuned...
-grampa dan
Today was relatively quiet around the house. The carpenters finished the prep work for the windows yet to be installed. They also applied the biggest part of the paneling in the lawnmower room. The room looked pretty spiffy in a hurry.
I spent the bulk of my day creating routing files for the trim around the windows but I did manage to put up one small piece on the house. The single heart over the beam was today's piece of eye candy.
The CNC router will run steady (24 hours a day) for the next three days to produce the trim around the windows and begin the horizontal pieces we will need. The balance of the windows are now due next Tuesday and then we can begin installing the trim late next week.
-grampa dan
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