Awesome!!! Everyman's version of a palace is different. Qualifies in my book.

"I like swinging a hammer and making sawdust."

Reminds me of an old man I ran across a couple of years ago building his house. He was 70 at the time and was driving home big ass nails through 2 inch framing wood. I said to him, "You know they make pnuematics to do that?" His response was, "Kinda takes the song out of it, doesn't it?" I'll never forget it.

Beauty of a place!

Looks nice Salmo G. I hope I have the opportunity to build my own home someday. 1275 SQ ft.? I was thinking I want no more than 1800. How many beds, baths? Must be very rewarding for you. If need be, I can develop a detailed schedule, to get you to your destination quicker. you might have to get your whip out on your worker though. Again it looks like a quality job..

One Way,

1275 sq ft main floor is enough space for two of us. Just a master bedroom, bath, powder room half bath, combo living rm-kitchen, and dining room with a mini office space upstairs. People ask what the big room off the master bedroom is, walk-in closet, of course, with space for a stackable washer & dryer. But there's a full daylight basement downstairs with two storage closets, two storage rooms, and two extra bedrooms, a bathroom, a big ass recreation room & kitchenette should the need arise. Oh, and 12 x 36 storage attic in the garage. I don't need a lot of living space, just a place to store my toys and stuff. Part of the reward is I'm doing my thing, and my schedule is to finish it when it's finished, which is exactly the level of detail that suits me for this project. Thanks for the kind words, I'm trying to make it a quality job cuz I'm gonna' have to live with it, however it turns out.

Big milestone Friday - moved the boat out of the storage yard and into the garage and emptied the portable rented storage shed and put everything into the garage. I'll be $125 richer next month for rental fees I won't be paying. Brought home the milled cedar from the tree we had to drop back at the beginning of the job last summer. It's been air drying at a friend's place since July. I'll be running it through the planer soon and edging it prior to oiling and then install as ceiling paneling in the big room - kitchen / living room area. Rolled on 7 gallons of interior paint today. I'd feel bad but I hear the fishing continues to suck on the Cowlitz.

Sg

Always nice to make headway.

My entire crawl is that way except for the part under the kitchen that I was able to dig out when we had the deck off of it. I finished running all the data/com wires this weekend under there, and now all that is left is the vacuum system. One more long day under the house and I will be done with it, I am having someone else lay down new visq and re-insulate where I had to tear the old stuff off.

If I had another $30k to invest I would have jacked up the house and installed a basement.

Nice work dad, the place is looking great....when are you having us over to BBQ without asking me to bring a paintbrush or hammer?

Love

Your Son
Mingleberry

man thats a lot of work...someday my house will be ready to be put on the market...ahhh someday....c