Work continues on the interior of the Hazelnut Inn, the North Star Suite being the furthest along. Parts of it are nearing completion, complete with final paint. This photograph, provided by the BNR Electric team, shows the inside of the ship which pokes out of the central tower. This will be the bedroom. Even up close, it is hard to believe that the wide planks are not real wood but all hand-sculpted concrete. It is going to be awesome once the floor tiles, bed and rich layered draperies finish things off. Stay tuned as it comes together!
The Hazelnut Inn will have many, many great spots to take spectacular photos when we are finished construction. It was carefully designed that way from the time we first put pencil to paper more than six years ago. We double-checked every angle and view when we built the scale model shortly thereafter. And now, as we carefully put all of the pieces together we can finally see them for real.
One of our favourite photo spots is peering through the garden gate of the Under Hill, up towards the Copper Crown which towers overhead. The garden is still very much under construction but the view is already pretty special. It’s not too hard to imagine this angle with a cobblestone deck and finished landscaping in place. Every day brings us a little closer to the finished view!
The Element Spray Foam crew is making great progress. Their last suite, the Copper Crown, is quickly being insulated and will be finished soon.
The insulation crew from Element Spray Foam is making great progress.
The Under Hill Suite looks like a confusing jumble of foam, wires, pipes, and welded pencil rod, but it all makes perfect sense if you know how it will all come together in the end.
The bulk of the building is now fully insulated and it won’t be long until our final suite, the Copper Crown, is finished as well.
We are temporarily steering clear of the Hazelnut Inn while the Elemental Spray Foam crew insulates the interior of the Copper Crown & Under Hill suites. While we wait the North Star suite sits ready for the theme work with materials, tools and scaffolding jamming all of the working space, save for some narrow walkways. It will be next week before the crew returns to this space to begin readying the space for the final painting.
The interior spaces of the Copper Crown suite are clean and prepared for the arrival of our friends at Element Spray Foam first thing tomorrow. The space is cavernous and lofty, befitting a castle and difficult to photograph without a wide-angle lens. As a point of reference, the scaffold is about seventeen feet tall. The beginnings of the arched ceilings and beams are already blocked in. These ceilings and beams will be filled out fully once as the insulation is in place. It will be great to spend the winter working in a climate-controlled space!