Working hard or hardly working
Milly helps Chip bolt together some deck beams, while NEVER ONCE COMPLAINING. Actually she really did enjoy it and did a great job.
Super trooper
Chip bolting together the beams on the front porch deck.
Chef’s tasting
Grandma Old and Aunty Fran feeding the crew some egg sandwiches.
Spray booth
Dana laying down some paint with the super-handy Graco sprayer in the mudroom.
Sanding machine
Grampa Old sanding down the sheathing joints before flooring is laid. Lots of exposure made the joints swell during the build, but he belt-sanded them all down.
Post work
Cutting and notching some railing posts.
If at first you don’t succeed…
The first of three watering holes; a long process
Kubota time
Boys don’t get older, their toys just get bigger.
Tread heavily
Neighbour and all-around good guy John slicing up some 2 1/2″ thick stair treads out of the fir timbers.
High-sided
This wall stood unfinished through a whole winter and most of the summer. Was nice to get this lift and finish off the otherwise-impossible high side of the house before winter came around again.