Timbers, Plaster & Roof

Happy Fourth of July to all my fellow Americans.

My husband, like all proper Americans (?) spends the day watching Wimbledon.  Which is sort of the point.  The freedom to do as you please with your spare time, assuming you're not infringing on anyone else's freedoms.  I enjoyed the last couple days of my vacation though.  I won't get anymore until my work anniversary in three weeks.  Maybe by the time I get to take it we'll have more cross training done.

I feel like I've spent the last few days with my fingers constantly stained Dark Walnut.  I did some work on the timbers on the outside of the tower.  I figured out my pattern and got everything cut and stained...gluing them on was a bit more difficult.  But I managed it.

As you can see I did manage to figure out the roof.  Mostly.  I realized that if I made one that came off completely it would look really weird.  But if it didn't come off I wouldn't be able to get the door open.

So the roof will have a removable panel.  I need to find some small but very powerful magnets to make it stick together but I'm worrying about that later.

I needed to make a framework for the inside so I got that cut, stained and glued.  I really dislike geometry these days.  But I got it done.

That's the bottom half.  Here's the whole thing. Still drying.  You can see where I split the frame for the removable panel.

Since the glue was going to take a while to dry I got my plaster ready.  I used this plaster method and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.

I didn't want my walls to be perfectly smooth so they have some imperfections left deliberately.  That has to dry too so we're waiting again.

Before I got going on all of that I decided to mess around with my orrey and the curved table to see if I could make it fit in there.

So long as I arrange the planets carefully it works on the table.  But I can see I need to do a little touch up work on the oriel window's framing.

I also tested the tower room's lights.  And I'm thankful to say that they work.

Still need to work on the texture inside.

Slowly crossing things off the list.  Hope everyone else is having a great week!

Drill & Route out channels for lighting wires.

Finish shutters & interior trim for all windows on main cottage. 

Build Fireplaces & chimneys

Cut bricks and stone for outside of lower walls and tower.

(Test Magic Brik) - in progress

Add brick/stone to fireplaces.

Plaster upper walls and third floor of tower.

Add timber to upper walls and third floor of tower. (testing)

Paint stone.

Add grout to stone and brick.

Ceiling beams on first floor.

Ceiling beams and roof support for lofted ceiling on second floor.

Ceiling beams and roof support for the tower.

Build furniture:

          Make sink

          Make curved table for tower room

          Make loom

          Adjust tables for lab

          Make stool

          Make telescope 1/2 done

          Make orrey 1/4 done

          Make tapestry

          Make rush mats

          Make bedding

          Make books & scrolls

          Make paper pottery

Furniture in place finalize lights.

          Make candelabras

                 Standing Candelabra

                 2 small Candelabras
Add flooring

Plaster inside walls

Inside window trim & shutters

Build base for house.

Create 'slate' roof

Create front garden

          Make tree?

          Make stream?

          Make lake/river to go alongside house

          Make stone wall to go around garden

          Iron front gate.