Inglecress… part 2
It was on this house that I learned that screen porches were not just for us common folk… but, that everyone loves a nice screen porch!
Originally posted 2015-06-07 13:03:32.
Inglecress
This is Inglecress…. a home near and dear to me.
I was the job foreman on this home. A foreman is the man in charge of the process of creating a home to look like something drawn on a set of plans. A foreman is the man who truly puts his blood, sweat, and tears into a home.
A year later and I would start my own company and begin the process of becoming a designer/builder. This home would provide me with inspiration in the possibilities of refined “rusticness”.
Originally posted 2015-06-07 12:56:29.
A faux candle
My windowsill… this photo was taken last July.
That’s fake snow on the window, and a fake evergreen branch, and a fake tree outside with fake snow on it.
Oh those sales catalogs… is nothing real in them?
At least the candle is real.
Wait a minute.
Originally posted 2015-06-06 22:33:20.
Wood working shop… part 14
It’s a man thing.
Originally posted 2015-06-06 22:20:32.
Wood working shop… part 13
We made use of the old attic stairway for use to get to the second floor of the shop.
Barely two feet wide and steeply pitched this original piece to the house took very little square footage out of the shop and since it was seldom used it fit our needs perfectly.
Originally posted 2015-06-06 09:13:06.
Wood working shop… part 12
We don’t often save and reuse old siding, but here it worked.
Most of the time the siding on an old house is worn out, dry and brittle from years exposed to the weather. We have found that so much of it breaks apart that there is never enough quality material to reuse.
And besides, most clients want a crisp new finish to their homes… not the “Beverly Hillbillies” look. But, here, on this woodworking shop, we went for it.
Originally posted 2015-06-06 09:04:30.
Wood working shop… part 11
Once the stress skins were all up we popped the old doors and windows into place and put the slate back onto the roof.
Originally posted 2015-06-06 08:45:14.
Wood working shop… part 10
Stress skin panels are light enough that these three men were able to cover this entire home by themselves without the aid of a crane.
And yet they were strong enough for this crew member to scamper up one of them with a handsaw to cut flush a peg that was still sticking out a bit.
Originally posted 2015-06-05 17:17:02.
Wood working shop… part 9
Once the frame was complete we next covered the exterior with stress skin panels. I had these made differently than the standard type… these panels had wafer boards on both sides of the the foam core. I was not interested in having a nice painted drywall surface inside but rather wanted a wall surface where I could easily attach tools and cabinets.
Originally posted 2015-06-05 17:11:45.
Wood working shop… part 8
The new shop begins to make her presence known in the center of my work lot. This is the area that for years I would store materials and pre-assemble log cabins.
Notice the old window units leaning against a stack of vintage logs in the foreground, ready to be reinstalled into the frame.
Originally posted 2015-06-05 15:14:27.