I had planned on starting a house in the spring however we had a warm week early in December and I was able to get a contractor to come in and build the foundation.
Here is the plan. For now we are going to build the main part of the house (the big part on the left) and we can do the addition later.
1st floor:
There is a window seat/bench under the large window that will contain a TV lift cabinet. The TV would recess down into it when not in use. (There will have to be a hole in the floor underneath to allow it to go down.) The bench will be large enough to serve as an extra bed too.
loft (still needs a little editing):
The cold and snow returned as they were pouring the concrete. I rented concrete blankets to protect it while it cured.
Meanwhile, I got to work on the log rafters. The house will be framed conventionally but the ridge and rafters will be log. I milled one side flat and built a jig to make the end cuts.
Dec. 18, 2015 got started on framing the floor system. It was snowy all weekend with temps right around 32. Oreo toughed it out with me but Shadow stayed in the warm cabin all day each day.
Shadow got out on Sunday to inspect the progress.
Terry is coming in for Christmas on Thursday!
Merry Christmas everyone!
