October 28, 2017 at 10:43PM

Putting down the wood floor.

October 26, 2017 at 10:52PM

The Tung oil makes the cedar come alive!

October 26, 2017 at 05:29PM

Recessed glass into the cedar floor. And Beth is painting the metal brackets underneath in the kitchen ceiling.

October 21, 2017 at 10:17PM

Here is the kiln I used to bake the bugs out of the cedar boards. Kept it at about 150 degrees for 5 hours, which was well over the worst bug's time/temp values. Here it is moved back by my house, but while it ran, I parked it away from anything else, in case it caught fire.

October 21, 2017 at 10:00PM

Laying the red cedar flooring in the main loft.

October 20, 2017 at 10:23PM

Two years and many happy hours later.

October 18, 2017 at 09:53PM

Building the temporary kitchen.

October 18, 2017 at 09:52PM

We put milk paint on the walls. I want it a little whiter, so we'll wait for the next shipment of zinc oxide, and then do another coat on most of it.

October 11, 2017 at 08:37PM

I machined the floor (using a router) for the sloping drain trough. Tonight I lathe'd the drain clamp-ring to change it from a threaded to glued joint. It's so good to be using a lathe again!

October 09, 2017 at 10:35PM

My parents came out and helped put in the wood flooring in the other loft. Also (not pictured), my mother on a ladder, caulking the nail holes, finishing the walls

October 07, 2017 at 09:34PM

I looked at it, and I thought a bit, and I looked at my frozen chum. Then, "Here!" said I, with a sudden cry, "is my crematorium". --The Cremation Of Sam McGee, Robert Service

October 07, 2017 at 09:52AM

Usually the cedar bugs eat along the bark, but this guy just went out across the red wood.

October 02, 2017 at 08:07AM

Wichita friends: anyone have a tile saw I can borrow?

October 01, 2017 at 10:14PM

First coat of green paint on the floor! We painted a third of the house with this copper-sulfate milk paint. It should turn green with time, and the CuSO4 should kill mold.