Clean house under construction

Looks like at one point, we had this place all cleaned up. Thought I'd share the "glamour" photos of all the wood-y wonderfulness!

 The Dining Room. The temporary table was made with the last remaining sub-floor sheet.

Looking into the Kitchen

You can see how the stairs "fan out" a bit as they come down.

Looking across the table to the "shop" (which is the living room). Under the clear plastic covering on the table were paint sample brochures, so while we ate our meals we could contemplate color choices. 

There was a special project in the shop-- er, living room. More on that later!

Domestic Activities

 Now that I look back on the end of that summer, I am amazed at the progress on the house! But at the time it seemed to take forever! It was hard to keep to a temporary camping-style life, so out came some domestic anchors... the sewing machine, for instance.

 Laundry, always there. Will be there all of our lives.

 You can see at the bottom of the photo there were some stamps and ink pads sneaking in under the laundry....

 

RV chores. 

 

Speaking of RV chores, sometimes construction had to be RV focused. Here you see a thickly insulated box/mini shed that kept our water and plumbing hookup from freezing in the winter. Sort of a miniature well house.

The one big event of the year... taking fiddle classes at the fairgrounds. We were constantly cutting out social events, holidays, and vacations to focus every chunk of free time on construction, but the fiddle workshop qualified as "school!"

Rafters

Just beautiful:)
 

Double Columns

 

Double porch columns, made from 2x6 and 2x4 lumber, will be "wrapped" with something like a veneer... at least that is as close to the plan as I can explain. 

(Don't say anything, but it has been so long since this "wrap the columns" plan has not been done, that I am cleaning my paint brushes on the columns whenever they are loaded with white paint... shh...)

Scaffolding came in handy in more ways than one. With the builder gone during the day, I could take advantage of solar dryer...