So despite all the going on with the outside of the house there's not too much happening (anymore) on the inside. Brent and Brian (the dynamic duo!) moved the original door to center it on the new peak of the back gable.
Because of the size of the roof and the sheer weight of the addition they needed to put in 18 inch laminated valley beams... hence the big ick cutting through the ceiling. It actually will work out, since that will likely frame in the top of an opening to a storage nook... Think archival storage... I'm a collector AND a curator.. it's a perfect marriage of interest and business :)
Also, the hole on the ceiling to the right side of the pic... this will MAYBE end up being the coolest thing in the world. I'm hoping to open up a hole, frame it nicely with oak and run a library ladder up to it thus creating the coolest guest bed in the WORLD. And on the other side, you can use the ladder to access the attic space.
It's all still developing. Keep an eye out to see how things progress (slowly...)
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This is shaping up nicely, you guys. The guest bed loft sounds like a fun and creative use of space.
Will, your house is looking really good! After you get the ceilings all fully popcorned it is going to be totally sweet or something. And, did you know--you put the 'corn to your walls too?
Ha ha ha! Thanks Patrick... I'm thinking that maybe I will just forgo the whole drywall thing and just put super-thick layers of popcorn all over the whole house... make it feel like a set from journey to the center of the earth! If I use the sparkly stuff I can pretend I live in a diamond mine :).
do you ever work on Tuesdays?
Hey Will, I never work on Tuesdays. I've got to draw the line somewhere.I think sometime back in the seventies, when people were putting shag carpeting on the walls, I saw a popcorn ceiling painted metallic gold. It looked just a tad nicer than a confederate flag tacked to the ceiling to cover a bare bulb, but not much.
In our house someone smeared some sort of grit (sand maybe) sparsely over the surface of the sheetrock.Everywhere they did it they started with a pattern in one corner, lost patience, they smeared grit around randomly.
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