Here’s a photo of the almost completed kitchen (the upper cabinet doors are being installed) It’s a great space. open to the entire barn frame, but tucked under the loft area giving it a more secure feel.
I really like painted cabinets. I like natural wood ones too. But often wood cabinets in a log cabin or timber frame create an overabundance of wood… you eyes are overwhelmed.
Painted wood is not a crime… it is gorgeous.
Originally posted 2015-02-11 16:45:14.
Here’s a photo of the completed heart pine barn/home frame. It was an absolute pleasure and privilege to design and build this beauty. In a fiction world where money doesn’t exist I would gladly keep on building homes like this one.
Notice the back addition. On most of the homes I build I incorporate a standard stick built addition, whether it’s a log or a timber frame home. It’s a money saving feature… the fact is that there are rooms in a house that don’t need the pizazz of glorious wood exposure…. such as the laundry room, a bathroom, the utility room, closets, etc.
And, another bonus is that we like to put these modern additions up first, they give us, and our tools, and our materials protection from the weather. When a quick shower shows up we just quickly retreat and wait it out.
Originally posted 2015-02-11 16:20:57.
Here’s a photo taken inside the barn-home just prior to closing up the roof. The final stress skin panels are being set. We are only hours from having the house in the dry, and never again will we be worried about this frame getting wet!
Originally posted 2015-02-10 23:29:10.
Men are invincible.
Or at least we think we are.
We can stand on the “do not step here” top rung of a ladder, while wearing no safety helmet, while operating a saw… yes, even a very large saw.
I still remember this moment years later, when I showed up on the jobsite to witness this feat. The young man was given a talk on safety and an inquiry into his desire to live a long life, free of injuries. My company has had an amazing record of job site safety, no major injuries at all, the insurance companies have made out like bandits from us… thank God. Our success has not come from following the government rule books, but from practicing caution and common sense, from looking out for each other, and from listening to that quiet voice saying “is this a smart thing to do?”
Originally posted 2015-02-10 13:04:26.
Real men wear hats… no further comment needed.
Originally posted 2015-02-10 12:12:17.
I was challenged by potential clients to design and build them a home with an unusual requirement… they wanted the interior to be framed like an old barn, assembled with huge salvaged timbers… and… the tricky part… was they did not want the exterior to look a barn.
It’s tough to disguise a barn!
Originally posted 2015-02-10 11:58:26.
Heart pine timbers… of all the species of wood in the world, it is my favorite. It was one of the main reasons that England settled this country, they needed this wood to build their ships. The only way to get heart pine lumber like this is to salvage it from old factories and once that source dries up, it’s gone for good.
Originally posted 2015-02-10 11:43:44.
Here we are assembling a barn home that we made from antique heart pine timbers. The wood was a joy to work with and created a beautiful frame.
Originally posted 2015-02-10 11:33:41.
Men are interesting creatures.
When it comes time to lift a heavy log up onto a log cabin, and set the log into place, my crewmen all complain and moan. They ask me “where’s the crane?” and then they accuse me of being cheap.
Well, I admit I am frugal, but that’s not the point. I have found from experience that men bond when they share a strong physical challenge, that they take greater pride in what they are doing when it doesn’t come easy, and, they create memories that they will look back on fondly for the rest of their lives.
“No crane needed, thank you”.
Originally posted 2015-02-09 14:11:01.
So, what do you do when you are building a log home and you have some logs left over in the end? Well, you make something cute out of them!
Originally posted 2015-02-08 23:22:09.
