Its starting to look like a home.
July 26, 1996
As you can see our first floor walls are almost up. The
perimeter walls are framed with 2x6 studs at 16" intervals
and sided with an ¾" insulating wafer board, commonly known
as Tyvek. The Tyvek is colorfully splashed with
Wilderness Log Home advertisement, I assume this is done to
promote the company and also perhaps a way to remind the owner
this is a log home despite appearances to the contrary at
this stage of construction.
Standing in the great room, looking towards the front door I can finally begin to envision the size and feel of our new home. As a geologist I am trained to envision two dimensional maps in a 3d perspective but seeing the blueprints and standing inside the house has clearly given me a new perspective. The first thing I noticed is that the windows are really big! We designed the house so that it would always appear open and well lit. I now realize that the flip side to having large windows is that we don't have much wall space in the Great Room to put furniture against. The Windows start much lower then I had expected, from 2-3' up from the floor, and this further decreases the area we can put furniture. Mind you, I'm not complaining, the view is spectacular but I'm already fearing a horrendous drapery bill!
We also had our first meal in the
dinette area of the Kitchen. Margaret packed a picnic lunch and
we ate off the plywood floor. The kids had a wonderful time and
for once we didn't have to tell them to stay in their chairs for
supper since there were no chairs.
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