Log cabin restoration
Coming up this week… how I “upgraded” this home. The photo above was taken near completion… the photo below was taken on Day One.
Originally posted 2015-06-07 19:59:58.
Inglecress… part 4
Writing the check for that copper roof was not easy back then, but the owners of this house have now watched each of their neighbors replace their roofs… twice.
And this copper roof?
It’s still as good as new… in fact, the owners could double their original investment by selling the copper to the local scrap yard.
Chances are that one of the owners children will soon buy the home off of the parents, and they too will never have to replace the roofing.
Sweet.
Originally posted 2015-06-07 13:24:13.
Inglecress… part 3
With just the addition of old pine beams this room became a very special place.
Originally posted 2015-06-07 13:09:33.
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.