Router Router Router....

In the never ending journey of productivity and creativity Kevin and the house are well entrenched in the building process…..

Early last morning before going to help a friend drywall and mud his garage ceiling, Kevin was out in the carport busy routing siding boards. He is using a raised door panel blade. 

The first round of boards is ready to be placed, and then the house wrap will go on.  The final siding layer has already been milled and awaiting the routing process.

As is our belief in re-purposing, the boards came from pine logs left to us by Ray Pounds Tree Service, a local company.

~Cheryl

Cherylwood Forest's Castle

 

I think progress, invention or production should have been Kevin's middle name. I am in awe of the imagination, determination, time, energy, and sore muscles this man puts in for me.....the castle that Kevin built.

.....2 sides of the house are now clothed in wood siding, hand tongue and grooved by Kevin and router The fresh blanks were then blanched with bleach eliminating uninvited mold. Then all set into place

by hand.

We decided to stain the wood rather than paint so took a long visit to Lowe's to pick a color. After drooling over several handfuls of paint chips, I fell in love with a dignified plum and Kevin got busy concocting..... several 5 gallon buckets of mineral spirits and a secret ingredient list....just enough color to bring out the wood grain and give it that dusky evening shade of purple. I think it will be gorgeous with the green tin roof.

No homeowner associations or covenants for us!

As you can see the house and carport now meet at the breezeway. We were thinking about a mote............

….........all for now.

~Cheryl