Taking more shape

Chris and I got quite a bit done this weekend. He finally got a two day weekend! (YEAH) It seemed like we got so much more done and worked so much less. It is not as rushed when you know you have one more day to the weekend.

These are the stairs for the second grain bin. It leads to the master bedroom and bath.

This set of stairs has a bit more curve to them then the other set. The 2x4's are temporary  stairs treads. The permanent treads will be slabs of oak that were milled from a tree that my mom had cut down. 

We started the upstairs flooring.

The view going down the stairs.

There was a swap meet in town so of course we had to go and look. We ended up coming back with a truckload of old ceiling tin. The man we bought it from said it came out of the top floor of a general store that has been moved to a place called Frontier Village. The cost of the truck load of tin - $800. There should be enough for several rooms.

The biggest stack looks like this. It is in 8 foot long sheets.

The stack.

These are 4 foot tall decorative pieces. There are 8 of them.

These are another bigger stack of decorative pieces that are about 2 foot square.

There is a large stack of these crown molding pieces.

Another Trim piece style. There are about 12 pieces of it.

Another style of trim.

Another style of crown molding.

Chris finishing up the structure of the porch.

Putting on the cedar decking that we bought at an auction a while back. I think we paid  $300 for a pallet of it. ( 64- 12 foot long pieces)

We ran out of boards. So we will have to go and buy the rest from a lumber yard. At almost $20 a board and we need 14 more....so it will cost almost as much as the rest of the deck cost.

It's getting closed in! We have the upstairs to frame and cut the windows in Finish the flooring on the South grain bin.. Also ,we have to finish the back roof ( for that we have to have little to no wind and we sit on a hill that makes no wind hard to come by.)

Slow going but the weather is getting better

The girls and I have spent the last few nice days getting the garden ready for planting,building a small greenhouse, and planting 100 pounds of grass seed for the lawn.

Chris was able to finish up the flooring in the upper level of one of the grain bins. With his brother's help. It always seems to go much faster when there are two people who know what they are doing. I help but have a limited knowledge.

The ceilings in the upper level will be around 7 feet at the sidewalls and the center is about 12 feet high. This area will be divided into two bedrooms and one bathroom. Chris has to frame the exterior walls and ceiling, cut out the windows for this level and then frame the interior.

Just another view of the floor.

They also started framing the front porch. 

Honestly, I am amazed at what they were able to get done in just one day. Chris is working 6 days a week now so one day is all he has to work on the house.