Front entryway addition

Although it is not yet fully complete we have gotten about 70% of the front entryway installed! Yay!! Incase you were not aware, the entry way is made of 1/4 of a grain-bin, which was the clever idea of Michael.

Now for those of you that do not live in the middle of nowhere where the wind blows and the snow blows and the rain blows, you may not appreciate the significance of this structure, but for us prairie folk, this entryway cover is going to be a game changer. No longer will we be assaulted by weather exiting our house (we will have a chance to slowly adjust to it in the covered entryway.) No longer will we have to bring our muddy pawed friends into the kitchen to wash their feet off. Our muddy boots will not have to live in the kitchen, and track mud all over the main living space on the way to their home. Rain will not drip onto our beautiful door and destroy it. Now we will have to wait and see how badly the snow drifts into the corner of the entryway (my guess is that it will be substantial.)

For now though I am enjoying my new decorating space!

You can see that we have not yet installed the corner post. This is due to the fact that we need to pour concrete for the screened in porch that will be on the east side of the house (next year project). The post, however, is all ready to install- just need the concrete first.

In other news the staining is getting closer; the photo below shows where I am as of today. I should make substantial progress and maybe even finish staining by the end of this week.

Tata for now.

Kymberlee

Farm Progress August/September 2011

So the last time I updated about the farm construction (which was actually the only time) the siding had not been finished, the staining was not yet started and the front entry was a long way from getting started. Well today, the siding is completed (mostly), the shingles are up on the south sid
e, the staining is about half way done (I think it will be done by the close of next weekend), and the front entryway is really getting going. So lets cut to the pictures.

Lets just recap where we started. Here is the house in 2006. Nice right.

Fast forward through new siding, insulation, stone trim, new door configuration, new windows, etc.

And here was my rendition of what the house would look like with the stain.

And here is the house with the stain. Pretty close with the colors. You can also see the cinderblock wall built to support the front entry as well as a template of the arch of the roofing.

Also in this picture you can see the hook that I put up and the wreath that I made for the fall.

And here is the siding completed on the west wall. I

am pretty proud of this wall because I sided it myself (with the fantastic assistance of Hanna's SO)

And here is a mock fit of the grain bin roofing.

Back to this wall. Here is the wall yesterday morning. We finished adhering the lathe to the blocks using a cement like composite.

Then added a layer of mortar. Also you can see the bracket on the far side (black object attached at the top. Ill get a better picture later) Plus test fitting the top cap stone.

Then we moved on to routing a notch in the wall to accept the roofing. This turned into a difficult task that went less than perfect, but it will work. We still have to notch the top by hand where the router would fit, which will hopefully happen today.

Good picture of the craftsman!

Stay tuned for the progress made over the next week!