Second Floor Pieces

 I'm using up my PTO so I don't have to take it all at the end of the year so I had two days off last week before Memorial Day.

So I started working on the walls, fireplace, beams and windows for the second floor.  I also wanted something that I've seen in several pictures and thought would be perfect for the build.

I've always wanted a cupboard bed!  I made it so it would fit between the wall and the fireplace. It took most of a day and a half to build, paint and seal.

There was a lot of dry time to fill with other things though. So I worked on the fireplace and the forge chimney.

I added stone to the foundation as well so when I take off the front wall we don't see bare wood. And made some ashes and set up logs for a fire in the fireplace.

Figuring out the windows for the second floor took a bit of doing but once I decided how many I needed and where I still had to make them.

I forgot to show you before but I also made a handle for the front door.

I also added a chain to the shutters so they stay level when customers come up to buy stuff.

That was harder than it looks. I needed an extra hand.

But I primed the upper walls and painted them so I have a base coat under the plaster. I also cut support beams for the roof.  

Listing everything out like this it doesn't look like much.  But it took up four and a half days.

The beginning of last week didn't start out so well. Captain Jack wasn't feeling well and when we took him to the vet they told us his liver was failing. My other two cats were older but Jack was only eight and a half at the most.  

So we lost Jack.  

Our Siamese Miho was like a mother to Jack and she kept wandering around looking for him. We figured that if we got a couple other cats that would give her company (besides my husband). And they'd also be a distraction.

I went Friday to see the cats at the Animal Shelter and today I brought them home. No pictures yet because they're both adjusting and a little skittish. Princess (a sixteen year old Siamese is hiding in the closet). Anthony, a one year old black and white little boy is exploring the living room but is highly suspicious of other locations.

Miho is annoyed with us, pouting and doing her best to show the other two that we're her humans. Princess doesn't care and Anthony is ignoring her mostly. So we'll see how everything goes.

I did get a few things marked off my list though.

Anvils

Tools

Whetstone

Finished goods

Forge Roof/ceiling

Forge Bargeboards

Second floor/ceiling beams

Second floor/ceiling

Second floor walls

Second floor fireplace

Second floor railing (so no one falls down the stairs)

Bed

Candlestick

Dormer

Windows

Forge Chimney

House Chimney

Roof

Bargeboards

Tree

Landscaping?