Friday, January 30, 2015
Monday, July 7, 2014
Monday, June 23, 2014
Summer update: two of two...ready for plaster in two rooms!
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| "A girl and her heat gun" |
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| Grueling endless laborious task, but just as fullfilling to see the beautiful old pine exposed and ready for some oil |
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| You could measure how thick the layers are: top layer white modern paint probably done 1970-1980's, middle layer wood graining probably done around mid to late 1800's, and the original paint; a grey ish off white oil based paint that will be reapplied soon after all of the stripping and sanding is complete. |
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| Plaster board lift |
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| In awe of the progress, Chris and Jay pause for a moment of reflection: the dining room is ready for plaster!!!!!! |
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| Hempstead Suite is ready for plaster!! |
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| Pic of the day: Nothing like your arm around a good friend |
Here with a Summer Update! One of two:
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| Topher spearheaded our earth oven project, an oven body composed of "cob" material: clay, sand, straw and water mixed together then packed down into a dome form lined with a fire brick insulated bottom. |
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| Lawn boy |
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| Digging out clay for the oven |
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| Beautiful clouds |
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| Linseed oil painting the powder room in Houghton Brown. |
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| Stripping the original pine trim from the windows. |
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| Sand form with brick base |
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| Topher and the chickens giving the cob a good scratch |
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| Starting the body one layer at a time around the base and up up up |
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| We finished up around 11pm..deliriously giddy |
Monday, May 19, 2014
Spring has sprung! Every one is busy at the farm.
Honey bees busy working the dandelions
Duncan is busy mowing
Kitty cattails is hunting mice
Crab apple in full bloom
Chris is making mohagany shower panels
Tulips showing their colors under the budding oak tree
Monday, April 28, 2014
Bees, mud, paint and pesto!
Sunday, March 2, 2014
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