Lot’s of painting

December 22, 2018Newsbkrijger

For the last three days I’ve been doing little else but painting and staining. There’s still a lot to do, but it’s starting to look like I want:

The white walls and ceiling make a nice contrast with the deep brown Rafters.
By tomorrow, I should have the entire upstairs painted.

The picture below (taken last week) shows the different stages;

The silver on the left is how the roof was made; it’s OSB board with the standing seam metal roof on top.
Supported by two joists, a temporary 2×4 floor was put it to reach the top (8m or 26′).
You can still see two of the 2×4’s on which the sheetrock boards were mounted. In-between is insulation,
that was nailed in place.

Living room 360

December 21, 2018Uncategorizedbkrijger

Here’s a 360 of tonight’s look of the living room;

http://pnr.ma/avKlfx

Later on I will try embed it as a picture

Shiny Bar

December 20, 2018kitchen, Newsbkrijger

The bar top is Birch, stained. But even though it’s stained, it could easily get stained in a not so nice way by glasses, plates, spillage etc.
So I applied a two component clear resin to make it easy to clean and protect it.

It’s now shiny enough to see your own reflection in it. It was n’t easy, as the temperature had to be 75- 80F (23-26 C).
So to get to that temperature, I waited till a nice day and put both heaters on max to get it to 80.
That worked well, but I got over ambitious and tried to also do the backsplash, as I had enough resin left.
Unfortunately, the resin was already curing too much, and I could not spread it well anymore. So the backsplash is a bit droopy.
I will redo that next time around.
You may also notice that the walls behind the bar are now finished too; chinked and stained, with a power outlet for the fridge and microwave.

Great Room Stained

December 18, 2018Uncategorizedbkrijger

This has been a team effort of Lina, Petra & myself;
today I finished the last few logs that can be seen from the ground level of the inside of the great room.

I also painted the most difficult to reach ceiling; above the staircase opening.
All remaining ceilings and walls in the home are easier to reach.

Beer can be enlightening

December 18, 2018Uncategorizedbkrijger

“I used to like beer”, “I still like beer” Like a certain supreme court judge, I like beer. With that, the resemblance pretty much stops.
But my beer loving nature and handyman skills put together can create some nice effects;

Credit where credit is due; Arnoud helped by cutting the bottoms off the beer bottles.
I added a cedar wood ring at the bottom, to hide the sharp cuts and match the color scheme.
From left to right are Shiner Pecan Porter, Devil’s BackBone and Blood & Honey.
The light is cast on where the three bar stool seats will be, and also illuminate the kitchen countertop.
The brown glass also sheds a little ambient light.
Of course, they are smart lights and can be controlled individually by voice or all together by a dimmer.
Now each bar seat can control their own light and set it to their wanted level by saying something like “Hey Siri, Centre bar light to 25%”

Rock hard: breaking the pick axe

December 16, 2018Uncategorizedbkrijger

I don’t consider myself strong, only strong willed. Yet today I managed to break the pick axe on the rather tough rocks;

Granted, it was only bent and broke when we tried to straighten it, but still.
Luckily, the other side still functioned; Arnoud & myself took turns in cutting a trench for the septic power line,
which is now in a conduit pipe under the ground;

Other than that, we cleaned up the connection to the downstairs bedroom HVAC;

Both lines are now in a conduit pipe also.

Another ceiling in

December 13, 2018Uncategorizedbkrijger

When there’s no 1/4 open floor or 45 degree ceiling, things can go a little quicker;
In one day we closed the ceiling in the downstairs bedroom.

Like in the great room, the sheetrock still needs a coat of paint,
but that’s something I can do by myself, after my helping crew of three is gone.
Tomorrow the downstairs bathroom is next.

Below some action shots from the previous days, closing the great room ceiling.

Ceiling Great Room Covered

December 12, 2018Uncategorizedbkrijger

With a team effort, the sheetrock plates in the great room are now all in place:

Paint still needs to be put on the walls and most logs upstairs, but it looks a lot more finished. And the insulation helps to keep the temperature. You can still see the temporary wall in the middle, but I’ll take that out once the paint is on.

Too busy to post

December 11, 2018Uncategorizedbkrijger

It’s not that there is no progress, but more that I’m too busy to post about it.
The roof in the great room is coming along well; hopefully tomorrow all sheetrock boards will be in place.
I will post some pictures soon.

Fire Pit

December 9, 2018Uncategorizedbkrijger

When it’s cold and not raining, it helps to have a fire pit.
It’s outside on the deck and help to make the deck more enjoyable during less warm months like these.

The mesh on top prevents large pieces falling onto the deck, so it’s pretty safe to use.
And I have three big boxes of scrap wood that can be used for it for the coming weeks.

Ozuye Lodge

B's log home