...John is building!
I Really like small houses and I hate to put a "but" here but, they are not the best for storage. God has blessed us with STUFF, more STUFF than we have a place for. So, John has put in a lot of man hours working (in rain, in mud, in cold, in heat) to provide a place for our STUFF here.
This man has skills! He started out with grid paper, sketching out his options. The structure needed to be 10 x 10 and needed to hold... about a million things. He has maximized the space by building partial floors at different levels. No stairs are necessary, you can just hop from floor to floor. This also provides custom storage: tall spaces for tall items, short spaces for short items.
He has been so resourceful by using logs he cut down (to make space for us in this part of the world) for beams for the shed. To make the beams flat for the base, he screwed boards to the log and used his chainsaw (!) to slice off the rounded part. (No wonder he is so good at cutting cheese!) He took one large log and using a couple of mauls and and an ax, split it down the middle -- I have been amazed by his creativity!
John has done all the work (mental and physical) by himself. At times, I have been his "gofer", or tree hugger (so the beam didn't fall over while it was being attached). He has been very patient to explain each task I can help with and has certainly stretched my skill level!
I Really like small houses and I hate to put a "but" here but, they are not the best for storage. God has blessed us with STUFF, more STUFF than we have a place for. So, John has put in a lot of man hours working (in rain, in mud, in cold, in heat) to provide a place for our STUFF here.This man has skills! He started out with grid paper, sketching out his options. The structure needed to be 10 x 10 and needed to hold... about a million things. He has maximized the space by building partial floors at different levels. No stairs are necessary, you can just hop from floor to floor. This also provides custom storage: tall spaces for tall items, short spaces for short items.
He has been so resourceful by using logs he cut down (to make space for us in this part of the world) for beams for the shed. To make the beams flat for the base, he screwed boards to the log and used his chainsaw (!) to slice off the rounded part. (No wonder he is so good at cutting cheese!) He took one large log and using a couple of mauls and and an ax, split it down the middle -- I have been amazed by his creativity!
John has done all the work (mental and physical) by himself. At times, I have been his "gofer", or tree hugger (so the beam didn't fall over while it was being attached). He has been very patient to explain each task I can help with and has certainly stretched my skill level!
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Interior Design inspires me. Here are some jewls I found at the library with links connected with the books. [I have not looked over the sites]:
American Dream Houses by Concept House Plans Gmbh
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