Sail Away, Sail Away, Sail Away

The Avellana is nearly ready to set sail. The welded steel is complete and it is being prepped for its coating of sculpted concrete. It won't be long before she is ready for the sea!

Ship's Cabin
Brandy-Bucks

Yesterday, Rob and the guys installed the Under Hill's door and window bucks. They placed them perfectly the first time - its nice to have builders with an eye for detail!

Under Hill Bucks
Seeing the Future

Today, at the end of the day, Juniper and I took a walk to what Juniper calls "the big job site." I answered all her questions as best I could ("Why?" is a popular one these days) and when it was time to leave promised we would come again soon. It was a great end to a good day's work!

Pointing
Nautical Nodding

With the hull of the ship finished the push is on to complete the rest of the Avellana. We've nearly completed the steel frame on the bulk of the North Star's nautical bedroom. It won't be too long before it gets its coat on concrete!

Nautical Bedroom
Turned Turtle

The hull of the Avellana is painted and ready to be installed! Once the inn's first set of walls are poured and the forms are stripped she will be hoisted into the air. In the mean time, she sits waiting patiently.

Ship's Hull
Good Form!

When people ask what we are building next door, we tell them it's something that will make our old house disappear. They think we are joking because the house is a bit of a landmark, but the Hazelnut Inn will handily steal the show with it's much fancier architecture!

Today, the carpenters began tipping up the forms for the giant firewall which will run along our shared property line. Our house literaly disappeared (from certain angles)! This is only the first story of the wall which will go up two and a half times this distance in places. Once the concrete is poured the real interesting work will begin. This is going to be a whole lot of fun!

first forms 1
first forms 2
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