Friday, December 10, 2010

Winter Morning and Roof Trim

 It's winter!  It came on so quickly.  We didn't have time to transition from the warm, rainy fall.  We went straight from 40-degree rainy days, to a snow storm that left us with highs in the 20s.  Yikes!  This weekend we are supposed to go back into the 40s, so goodbye snow (at least for now....)!

The house continues to move along.  It seems like it's such a slow process, but then this morning, Jason was heading out to work and we began to think about where we were this time last year.  On December mornings just a year ago, Jason was still working on getting the sawmill in working order.  We hadn't even begun to cut the timbers yet, much less chisel!  Since then we have milled all of the material, chiseled, sanded and oiled each piece of the frame, and raised the frame.  Thinking about all that we have done in the past year, it doesn't seem so slow after all.  :) 
 Jason has begun to put up the braces that will support our large (2.5 foot) overhang.  Aren't they pretty?  They're painted with Allback Linseed Oil paint in sage green.  This paint is made from 100% linseed oil (flaxseed oil) and the pigments are all natural, too.  You could use the linseed oil to cook with, if you wanted to.  If you're interested, check out the Allback website:   http://www.solventfreepaint.com/  When the roof is all finished, these sage green braces will be visible as well as the trim pieces you can kind of see in the photo below. 
The metal roofing material is set to arrive early next week!  Jason is busy working on putting up the last pieces of trim and the rest of the braces.  Once those final pieces are up,  he will begin to cover the roof, preparing it for the metal.  He will then need just a couple of days to finish the roof all together.  We still hope to have a few good days before Christmas to get this part of the project done before we hit the road!