Tuesday, November 21, 2006
November 11th
Welcome to Fort Shilay!
Doesn’t this first photo make the house look like an old western fort in the untamed west? However, we are not protecting ourselves from the savage Indians but from the domestic tree hugger down the bottom of the hill. What fun! - she hates us cutting down the trees on our property and here we had someone else cut down enough from the big tall mature trees to build a house. Wow that must be just torture! Never thought that way before…what fun!
This is the view from the garage entrance into the mud room looking up at the outside wall of the Master Bedroom. Whew! what a mouthful say that three times fast. This wall is tremendously impressive. The mud room will have what amounts to a cathedral ceiling, so this wall is not, at first blush, fully covered. So you will see that tall beautiful wall. I have to tell you it is Mind-blowing!
This third photo is a very cool photo of a very cool wall. I am constantly amazed by how this Lincoln Log project is going together. Check out the angle of those logs! It is just so cool how it gets longer as you go up it seems like it should topple over. Engineering! - what a concept.
This shows the progress in the Master Bedroom. We now have window and more logs on top of that! This room is really taking shape.
This is the Master bath window over the bath tub (this will be a whirlpool tub ~ I so deserve this, not to mention that Kenny does too! However, we all know that Amanda will use this as her swimming pool). If you take note there seems to be an error in that the logs don’t line up. Truth is it will be a square window with a half circle window above appearing as one but really being two. This is just the beginning of the half circle window but..... I see it, do you?
Doesn’t this first photo make the house look like an old western fort in the untamed west? However, we are not protecting ourselves from the savage Indians but from the domestic tree hugger down the bottom of the hill. What fun! - she hates us cutting down the trees on our property and here we had someone else cut down enough from the big tall mature trees to build a house. Wow that must be just torture! Never thought that way before…what fun!
This is the view from the garage entrance into the mud room looking up at the outside wall of the Master Bedroom. Whew! what a mouthful say that three times fast. This wall is tremendously impressive. The mud room will have what amounts to a cathedral ceiling, so this wall is not, at first blush, fully covered. So you will see that tall beautiful wall. I have to tell you it is Mind-blowing!
This third photo is a very cool photo of a very cool wall. I am constantly amazed by how this Lincoln Log project is going together. Check out the angle of those logs! It is just so cool how it gets longer as you go up it seems like it should topple over. Engineering! - what a concept.
This shows the progress in the Master Bedroom. We now have window and more logs on top of that! This room is really taking shape.
This is the Master bath window over the bath tub (this will be a whirlpool tub ~ I so deserve this, not to mention that Kenny does too! However, we all know that Amanda will use this as her swimming pool). If you take note there seems to be an error in that the logs don’t line up. Truth is it will be a square window with a half circle window above appearing as one but really being two. This is just the beginning of the half circle window but..... I see it, do you?
November 4th ~ 5th
We had a lot of goings on this weekend. Keith and Mark both came down to the house to help out.
This first photo is of Keith, Sr and Jr. putting logs in the Master Bedroom. This area that you are looking at is actually one of the, hers & hers closets for the Master Bedroom. Yup you heard it here first, two closets all for ME! Yeah right! Okay, Kenny can have half of one of the two closets. Anyway back to the actual reason you are viewing this blog. The amount of teamwork on this project is amazing. Thanks Keith and Mark for all of your help!
This photo is of the guys staging the final logs for the house. It's wonderful to see the log pile so depleted. This means we are really getting closer and it is a tangible way of seeing the progress.
Here is a photo of Senior working hard on the second floor. This is while the guys were staging the logs - he was prepping the area for more logs to go onto the main wall in the Master Bedroom. Check out how high those walls are getting, It’s beginning to look like a room!
Now notice that the area within the two long post is where the pentagon window will be. So walking across that bridge will be a daily dose of God’s creation! This is truly miraculous.
This photo is to document that my mom came to the property this weekend. She doesn’t get up there very often but she enjoyed seeing in person. All of you should come out and take a gander at the real thing. Photos just cannot tell the whole tale. The conditions are getting colder and we aren’t into entertaining out there just yet but darn you would have a good time.
We had a lot of goings on this weekend. Keith and Mark both came down to the house to help out.
This first photo is of Keith, Sr and Jr. putting logs in the Master Bedroom. This area that you are looking at is actually one of the, hers & hers closets for the Master Bedroom. Yup you heard it here first, two closets all for ME! Yeah right! Okay, Kenny can have half of one of the two closets. Anyway back to the actual reason you are viewing this blog. The amount of teamwork on this project is amazing. Thanks Keith and Mark for all of your help!
This photo is of the guys staging the final logs for the house. It's wonderful to see the log pile so depleted. This means we are really getting closer and it is a tangible way of seeing the progress.
Here is a photo of Senior working hard on the second floor. This is while the guys were staging the logs - he was prepping the area for more logs to go onto the main wall in the Master Bedroom. Check out how high those walls are getting, It’s beginning to look like a room!Now this photo was taken from the middle of the bridge (I was standing on it) looking out into the great beyond.
Now notice that the area within the two long post is where the pentagon window will be. So walking across that bridge will be a daily dose of God’s creation! This is truly miraculous.
This photo is to document that my mom came to the property this weekend. She doesn’t get up there very often but she enjoyed seeing in person. All of you should come out and take a gander at the real thing. Photos just cannot tell the whole tale. The conditions are getting colder and we aren’t into entertaining out there just yet but darn you would have a good time.
The Archway to Kitchen Heaven
Here is another feat that Kenny did. Look at this photo of the Archway from the mud room into the kitchen. This arch was hand chiseled and carved by Kenny. Look at the perfection of that arch. This photo was taken on or about 10/28/2006, however this was done prior to this date but this is the best photo to date of it.
October 29th
I know it has been weeks since I updated the blog, for this I am sorry. I really want to keep you all in the loop. These posts will be in an effort to catch up to what we are doing. This entry is to look at the progress of adding the second floor walls and yes there is an incredible photo of the bridge.
The Bridge is in. This is the structure that links the Master Bedroom to the library or Amanda’s room. Until we feel comfortable having Amanda at least one floor away from us, she will be in the adjoining room. I hope that maneuvering that bridge isn’t too much in my drowsy state. Up until now we have not needed a room monitor; I foresee that being a necessity when we move into the house. This first photo shows the bridge from the second floor looking down at it the incredible work done to create a safe, sturdy and of course pretty bridge (obviously there will be guard rails ~ Kenny is that crazy or maybe he is). What you see here is what will be visible from the first floor. These beams were all hand chiseled by Kenny to be interlocking and then bolted into place. The blocks of wood are incredibly beautiful and the photo cannot come close to showing the workmanship involved. I know stop bragging but I have to say I continue to be impressed by the work these guys are capable of doing.
This photo is what you will see when you walk in the front door. At the top of the photo there is the underside of the bridge. Then, as you can see, there is the view out the back French doors and the side panels of glass. It is fantastic! Again the photos do not do justice to that vision out our back door!
Now this last photo, well we just have to have photos of the princess in her castle. Amanda is sporting her new Pink coat toped off with her pink fuzzy hat and gloves and of course her pink work boots. Amanda is in what we lovingly refer to as her Cage. This allows her to play with in a safe zone within the construction area. She usually doesn’t complain all that much about her confinement and it usually is only for shorts stints of time.
The Bridge is in. This is the structure that links the Master Bedroom to the library or Amanda’s room. Until we feel comfortable having Amanda at least one floor away from us, she will be in the adjoining room. I hope that maneuvering that bridge isn’t too much in my drowsy state. Up until now we have not needed a room monitor; I foresee that being a necessity when we move into the house. This first photo shows the bridge from the second floor looking down at it the incredible work done to create a safe, sturdy and of course pretty bridge (obviously there will be guard rails ~ Kenny is that crazy or maybe he is). What you see here is what will be visible from the first floor. These beams were all hand chiseled by Kenny to be interlocking and then bolted into place. The blocks of wood are incredibly beautiful and the photo cannot come close to showing the workmanship involved. I know stop bragging but I have to say I continue to be impressed by the work these guys are capable of doing.
This photo is what you will see when you walk in the front door. At the top of the photo there is the underside of the bridge. Then, as you can see, there is the view out the back French doors and the side panels of glass. It is fantastic! Again the photos do not do justice to that vision out our back door!
Now this last photo, well we just have to have photos of the princess in her castle. Amanda is sporting her new Pink coat toped off with her pink fuzzy hat and gloves and of course her pink work boots. Amanda is in what we lovingly refer to as her Cage. This allows her to play with in a safe zone within the construction area. She usually doesn’t complain all that much about her confinement and it usually is only for shorts stints of time.
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