It all starts with a dream.
Like most things in life this project started with a dream, a vision an idea. I have always liked small spaces, when I was young(er) I always wanted my room to be the closet. I would build forts and...
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Acquisition # 1
1950's Dixie RV CookstoveI spent 2 wonderful weeks with my grandma and sis in Stoverstown, PA - harvesting, pealing, chopping, drying, freezing and eating fruit. We clothed ourselves in overalls and...
View ArticleThe Art of Manifestation
Throughout this ongoing process of design I have been focusing much of my energy on manifestation. Finding and acquiring the materials I want and need to create this dream. Many think manifestation is...
View ArticleTough Decisions, Welding and Reciprocal Relationships
First of all check out this article on my project in the local paper! - South Whidbey Record.We are faced with many decisions, at the moment I am dealing with two (well many more than two, but two main...
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Learning as a way of LIFE
Floor is partially on (it is now finished) with our set up for the tarp - it rains a lot here!The interest and enthusiasm this project has generated so far is astonishing, and I thank anyone who has...
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Singing Out Loud
Picking up the panels down in McCleary! Peter and Irene had not only the panels but pizza and wonderful conversations waiting for us!It amazes me how rapid plans evolve when new knowledge is acquired....
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Picture Post
No time for blogging. But a few pictures! Click on the photo captions for more.Three walls up! These Sing Panels are AMAZING. Time for a lunch break. Working on some custom Fluer De Lis brackets.We...
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Designing a Life
I was just given an amazing experience, Whidbey Island Center for the Arts put on a production WOW - Women on Whidbey. They asked 14 interesting women to share their stories and passions. I am honored...
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Slowly but Surely
Much has happened since the last time I wrote. Joy, mistakes, progress, stress and life has happened. In the last four months I have become an apprentice shoemaker, I have gotten six stitches, I have...
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Picture Post
Jeff Holtby (jeffholtby.com) a talented blacksmith and I working hard on my custom fleur de lis brackets and my cloths rack king post.Off to work!Celina
View ArticleThe Learning Process
About a month ago, I had finished building a 20’x5’ roof panel and was ready to put it in place. I had called on a group of guys to come with tractors, jacks and trucks to help with the process of fork...
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Metal working + Sink of my dreams
Preparing the steel for the loft floor supports, installing my clothing rack/king post, and MY NEW SINK!!
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Before Roof
An update on the progress.We have been scrambling, preparing the structure for the roof and we are almost there! The roof better be up in the next couple of weeks... other wise I am screwed. Bathroom...
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Raising the Roof.... finally!
And there you have it! By tomorrow the roof will be totally sealed in : D now I get to go on the search for roofing!Off to work,Celina
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Mock-up and Mold
Click on each photo for descriptionsWe mocked up all the furniture in my house, and spent a few days rearranging things until they felt just right. Next we made cardboard windows and determined size...
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On Copper Roofs and Trusting Life
The past couple of weeks have been quite a challenge on the building forefront. What we are dealing with is my lack of knowledge and the excessive amounts of moisture in our current environment.It all...
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Fingers Crossed
We spent a ridiculous couple of weeks dealing with mold in the 40 degree weather with high humidity. To give you an image of what this looked like, we squeezed in next to the barn with two large...
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A quick update:
My butcher block base and top are complete, the plan is to finish them with a mixture of (perhaps local) bees wax, linseed oil and turpentine.My bathroom floor is complete! It is made of thin strips of...
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Under Pressure
Test tiles in painted steel (just to make sure they work)!Hand bending every tile (each tile took 8 bends), a total of 200 tiles.Working in a sheet metal shop for four days was a wonderful...
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12 hour days
It is quite amazing what can happen when you work from 8:30 in the morning to 8:30 at night. Here is a synopsis in photographs (you can go to the Photos page for captions on all the photos).The next...
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