Life Happens and the ceiling is tops!

8-13-17 Life happens...
The tongue and groove walls and ceilings are slow going, but getting done. Life happened and we had to delay some building. We are back on track and working through the 100 degree heat to install the tongue and groove walls and ceilings.  The living area walls are complete with the installation of the 1 x 8 x16 pine T&G.  The North side of the ceiling from the wall to the center beam was finished today.

Left to do: trim.  We have had a long standing discussion on the color of the trim. Matching or working out the colors of all the permanent fixtures, floor, walls, trim, etc. is difficult.  Hours of discussion go into deciding on staining, painting, tile or wood floors. Today we decided (again) to go with paint on the floors. We will let you see how that goes when we get to that juncture.

A bridge and our beam

In light of the amount of rain we have been getting we had to take a side step and build a bridge. This bridge will do the trick to get us back and forth from the shop to the house without sloshing through the mud. While the new gutters are helping tremendously, the sand is a soggy mess when wet. A simple DIY bridge and it works great!

Sam " hmmm what is that!?"

Finished are all the 10' walls in the living area!! 🏆🏆🏆

After finishing the wall with the main door and windows, we finished the beam.  We lightly sanded then textured the wood with a few handy tools.  Those marks make a wonderful look on the finished stained wood.  The scaffolding is a fantastic tool and made this staining job alot easier!