the commons

The wood siding is reclaimed from the old 2″x lumber that was salvaged from the prior house when we deconstructed it. We’ve yet to put on the front awning, the front stairs, front deck and a fair amount of landscaping, stay tuned…

planing the wood (from the old house) and shaping it (to put a drip edge on it) with the table saw

has created quite a bit of sawdust, but it’s great for keeping the mud down on the path in the garden.

I gave a tour to a group of young adults from Portland YouthBuilders – apparently the students enjoyed the tour as we’ll be having another group out soon.

Here we are in the garden, on top of the shop.

a few pics taken last night – it was clear and cold.

we have a one and one half walls left for the steel siding:

and then we’re on to the wood. which looks like this:

Here is a page from my graduate school portfolio that explains the different systems in the house.