Tag: barn

Long overdue.

Long overdue.
a view of the front door / foyer area.
the barn doors / dining room.
kitchen (the opening on the left leads to hallway to guest rooms, guest bath, and rec room).
more kitchen.
kitchen, looking into the dining room.
stairway to the midlevel, and door to pantry. (the door is original to the barn).
some more kitchen.
kitchen island / pass-through, looking into living room.
guest room 1 (also known as the brennan’s room).
guest room 2.

Here are some long overdue photos of progress that’s been made on the interior.

Guest bath

Guest bath
first floor bathroom sink.
first floor bathroom shower.
it flushes!

Big day.
Huge.

Billy’s buddy Chris King, who has been doing work at the barn with my Uncle Tom (TGWoodruff), texted these pictures to us to let us know that we have running water.

I never thought we’d be so excited to flush a toilet.

Kitchen Floors

kitchen floor, poly coat no. 1
polyurethane coat no. 2

So last Saturday (3/24), we had a very productive day at the barn, largely due to the help of Billy’s buddy Mike, and my brother Tommy. Lots got done including a bit of paint, light installation, and so on; but the main project of the day were the floors.

Aside from the bathrooms, bedrooms and laundry room, all of the floors on the main level of the barn are either original or re-purposed barn wood (so that means kitchen, great room, front hall, office, game room, and hallway). So we rented a belt sander, had my father’s disc sander on loan, and went to work. Most of the floors have now been sanded; just one section of the great room is left to be done. I’m lame, and forgot to take photos of the sanded floors when we finished.

Then on Sunday Billy and I put a coat of a satin polyurethane on the kitchen floor. After work on Monday, Bill went back and applied coat number 2. And the photos above show that process (while the poly was still wet).

The wide (11″) boards that run from the front door to the barn doors will get wood fill in the gaps (Billy actually started that process tonight), before they get sealed. Hopefully I won’t forget to take some “before polyurethane” photos of the other floors.

Slow and steady.

south elevation.
office.
hennessy is a big fan of the barn!
first floor hallway looking to bathroom.
reused barn wood as flooring.
first floor front bedroom.

Here are some photos of near-completed projects and rooms. Nothing is 100% done, so no photos show anything in a totally finished state. But it’s nice to see paint on the walls. It makes it feel less suitable for farm animals and more suitable for human (and canine) habitation.

Updates.

Updates.

Here are some more updated interior photos….. and it’s all stuff that is starting to make the barn feel like a house. In particular: drywall, spackle and flooring. And not just any flooring….. there were weeks and months where we thought we’d never see the end of pulling down boards and taking out nails. But we think it was worth it, as all of those boards will be used as flooring.

Pretty awesome.

Insulation, HVAC, and exterior stain.

new cedar on top, and some paint.
more paint.
spray foam insulation.
blue = closed cell, yellow = open cell.
plumbing.
octopus, the airhandler in the attic.
the dual zone hvac unit in the basement.
the geothermal pumping station.

Here are some long overdue photos of the progress that has been made over the last several weeks.  The hvac, electric and plumbing are complete. The spray foam insulation is nearly done (just a few areas need to be addressed). And we’re slowly chipping away at the exterior painting.