Judith | May 4, 2012
I use so little cement in my papercrete mix that I was concerned that the screws would not hold a shelf with a lot of stuff on it. That part of the room designated as the kitchen has very little space and no upper cabinets. Ideally you would put a piece of lumber in the [...]
Judith | March 7, 2012
It’s been a long time since I posted anything to this blog. That’s because there hasn’t been a lot going on with this project. Now winter is on its way out and I’m ready to get back to work. I went to Lowe’s this morning to get some fence posts so I could start the [...]
Judith | March 3, 2012
Judith | October 8, 2011
It took about 3 weeks to get the floor done but it was worth all the hard work. It looks beautiful. There were several steps involved in getting the floor ready for the final layer. First I had to determine where the finished floor level would be. This was decided by where the bottoms of [...]
Judith | September 19, 2011
Late summer and early fall are always the busiest times for me when it comes to building. At the beginning of the summer it seems like you have so much time but when it gets to be mid September you realize how much still needs to be done before winter sets in. So the camera [...]
Judith | September 10, 2011
I finally got to plastering and thoroughly enjoyed it. I had a hard time deciding what color to use and how to go about it but once I got started it was really fun. I went with a sort of dark iron oxide red with lots of mica in it. The plaster mix I used [...]
Judith | August 6, 2011
I’m still in the process of getting ready to plaster. I’ve gotten the window trim in (although not as perfectly as I would like) and am adjusting the door frames to fit the doors. One thing I am not too good at is measuring and cutting. One of my longtime idols, Norm Abram always says [...]
Judith | July 29, 2011
I know it’s been awhile since my last post. I have to admit I got pretty discouraged with the way the floor turned out. I know now what I did wrong and how I will correct it, but I just had to leave it for a while and concentrate on something else. That something else [...]
Judith | June 14, 2011
It’s taken a lot longer to get this floor down than I ever imagined it would. What with the extremely windy weather and the truck breaking down it’s been quite a challenge. But yesterday I finally got to the point where I can leave it to set up and be ready for the final layer [...]
Judith | May 23, 2011
Well I started the floor the other day. To me this marks a division between the rough construction work and the finish work. Once the walls, roof, and floor are in place you can start to have some fun. I know it’s not that simple but it helps to think of it that way. I [...]
