Throwing mud

The plaster crew started to throw mud Friday. They made it almost all around the house today.














The back courtyard with the scratch coat.












Coming around th the front of the house at the end of the day.

Window details

Ivan puts trim on the windows. The interior plaster will wrap around and meet the trim.
















Dining room window all trimmed out. The window looks out onto the screened porch.





The courtyard wall is lathed and ready for plaster.

Rockin it

We have been sheet rocking all week. Here is the greenhouse almost done.











Eric stands by one of his arched doorways.













Rooms start to take shape as the sheetrock goes in.

If you come to visit us this will probably be your room.

Courtyard wall

We use leftover straw bales to build a courtyard wall. In the foreground the angle iron will hold the door jambs for the gate.












Here the wall is partially laid out as we decide how high to go 2 bales? 3bales? what do you think?

Buttoning up

Dan is up in the trusses blowing cellulose insulation above the ceiling.













After the last of the insulation is blown in we finish installing the tongue & groove ceiling.

Through the roof

I cut a hole in the roof and Random builds up the top of the fireplace and the chimney.












After the chimney they built the banco or seat of the fireplace. A stone will go on top of this when it is finished.










Aaron, the guy who hauls the cement and cinder blocks and keeps the workplace fun, poses in front of his work.

Inside finish

We are now working on the inside finishes, here the tongue in groove ceiling is installed in the office.

















Stuart from the insulation company prepares the walls for insulation. He is stapling a reinforced membrane on the walls. The insulation is a blown in cellulose. This is made of recycled paper that is treated with a non toxic fire retardant.