I needed a large pile of antique timbers to create this barn frame. So, I began calling all my suppliers to see if anyone had something I might use.
I was tickled when one had just gotten in a load of hewn 9by9″s out of Canada. The salvager had just enough to meet my needs. Sweet!
Originally posted 2015-07-18 17:08:34.
Here’s the ceiling of the barn addition…
Originally posted 2015-07-18 14:05:40.
The Workbench/Island in the kitchen serves as the “go-to place”, located in the center of the home.
Originally posted 2015-07-15 14:30:17.
We made the kitchen cabinets out of antique wormy chestnut.
And for the floor, we used locally gathered flagstone.
Originally posted 2015-07-15 14:21:53.
Here’s a photo looking down into the kitchen from the loft above.
Originally posted 2015-07-15 14:15:28.
A year or so later… the grass had turned green and the copper roof… brown.
Originally posted 2015-07-14 13:15:34.
We used iron railing around the exterior basement stairs. It is easy and quite often tempting when I am building a home of natural wood to get carried away and use it everywhere… such as to fill in the area between these heart-pine posts.
I find that an occasional splash of iron though “snazzes” things up a bit, and accentuates the wood that I did use.
Originally posted 2015-07-14 13:10:51.
From the loft above the timber-frame kitchen we built a sliding barn type door, using old lumber and hardware, to give this area a bit of privacy when desired.
Originally posted 2015-07-13 20:47:45.
After the chimney was completed we then framed up the small home-office, making use of left-over timbers from the other additions off of this cabin.
This would be a small cozy space, with a lot of charm featuring a log wall, the stone of the chimney, three walls that were timber framed, and windows with a view to die for.
Originally posted 2015-07-11 12:01:08.
Here we have the harsh contrast of the old, and the new. The best of what once was, with the best of what is new.
Tyvek is a wonderful product, (although a royal pain to install on a windy day). It repels moisture from reaching the wood, yet allows the wood to breath beneath it. And it’s low in cost compared to the value that one receives from it.
It’s not very pretty to look at though… I’m not certain why the manufacturer feels it so important to blast their name brand all over it. Even so, I try to apply this house wrap so that the wording is not upside down or at an angle. I’m funny that way… I don’t want salvagers centuries into the future thinking that I was a sloppy builder.
Originally posted 2015-07-10 14:51:29.
