Tuesday, September 11, 2012

ART STUDIO - FINAL PHOTOS

IT'S BEEN A BUSY SUMMER, AND I HAVE NEGLECTED 'SQUARE TO THE WORLD'. MY APOLOGIES.
I'LL BE BLOGGING ABOUT THE LATEST PROJECT TOMORROW. TODAY, HERE ARE THE FINAL PHOTOS FROM THE 'ART STUDIO', WHICH I FINISHED SOMETIME IN JULY.







Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

ART STUDIO - DAY THIRTEEN

GATHERED A STACK OF BOARDS AND BEGAN CUTTING THEM TO LENGTH. TRIMMED THE ENDS AND SHAPED THEM SO THEY WOULD FIT BEHIND THE FASCIA.


DAYS FOURTEEN THRU SEVENTEEN - MORE CUTTING AND SHAPING. ROLLED OUT THE RAFTERS, AND NAILED DOWN THE PLYWOOD DECKING. PUT UP THE SOFFITS, FITTING THEM BEHIND THE FASCIA. A GREAT EFFECT, BUT SUBTLE.




Tuesday, May 29, 2012

ART STUDIO - DAY TEN

FRAMED THE REMAINING WALLS.

DAY ELEVEN - STARTED SHEATHING THE WALLS WITH PLYWOOD.


INTERIOR VIEW:


DAY TWELVE - THE WALLS ARE DONE. THE ROOF IS NEXT.


Tuesday, May 22, 2012

ART STUDIO - DAY EIGHT

PREPARED FOR THE COMING RAINSTORMS BY SETTING UP 'CAMP'. COVERED THE LUMBER AND PLYWOOD, AND SHELTERED THE CUTTING STATION, SO I COULD WORK IN THE RAIN.


DAY NINE - FRAMED A FEW MORE WALLS. THE TALL TREES SURROUNDING THE SITE BLOCKED SOME OF THE RAIN.


THE SMALL TOOLSHED WILL BE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE STUDIO, WITH ITS OWN ACCESS DOORS.


Monday, May 21, 2012

ART STUDIO - DAY SEVEN

REPLACED MY HAMMER HANDLE...



...AND USED IT TO FRAME THE FIRST TWO WALLS.


Wednesday, May 16, 2012

ART STUDIO - DAY SIX

THIS IS WHY THEY CALL IT A 'LUMBER DROP.'


FILLED THE FLOOR BAYS WITH ROXUL INSULATION, WHICH IS MADE OF ROCK WOOL AND RECYCLED CONCRETE. 


NAILED AND GLUED DOWN THE PLYWOOD. THE 'HORIZONTAL' CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETE, AND TOMORROW WE GO 'VERTICAL.'