What an adventure! Meander through the photos to see the highlights of how locally sourced pine logs, repurposed factory beams, a barn hip roof, and an ironwood tree all became the Amherst Riverdance.
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Testing out to see if we have enough logs to make a cabin. |
The other side of the model. |
How many logs do we have? |
Setting the first log. |
"Planting" the tree for the stairs. |
The tree lives! |
Chuck backfilling the foundation. The door frames to the deck are ready for logs to be built around them. |
The doorways with logs. The crew(l-r): Arnie, Marvin, Leroy, and Mary. |
Mary lifting a section of the old barn roof. |
Another section of roof going up. |
Chuck making the old barn roof fit. |
Fitting the top of the inner roof on. The framing will be filled with foam insulation. |
Another section to put on. |
What it looks like from below. |
The inner roof and insulation framing in place. |
Time to get the whirlpool tub down to the first floor. |
Mary and Jean adding nails for chinking. |
Adding the dining area. |
Ben and Chuck framing the dining area. |
The insulation is in. |
Insulation from the inside. |
Sealed in. You can see the inside of the barn roof. |
Doors are in.Setting more nails. |
Adding windows to the dining area. |
Mary ready to work on the back deck. |
Roof decking on and the front porch taking shape. |
The tarp being a tarp and not wanting to stay on. |
Adding felt paper. |
Roofing over the back deck.. |
Oh look, another spiral staircase. Where could we use that? (Hint: it went on the outside.) |
Mary staining the gable side of the roof. |
The front porch with a roof. |
Solar hot water heating over the dining area. |
Future countertops, tables, and benches. |
The staircase from the loft - not quite finished. |
Coming down the stairs from the loft. |
The base of the stairs on the first floor. |
The loft floor is in! |
Mary painting the loft. |
The shower awaiting installation on the main floor. |
Starting the tile pattern in the main level bathroom. |
Mary cutting tile. |
The tile pattern is taking shape. |
Mary cleaning tile after installation. |
