The office , unlike the little cabin we built first , is made primarily from rescued stuff . A few week ago , I bribe the total damage timber pile from a local hardware store and have been principally pull from that to build – and I am really enjoy the results .
This door , for example , is constructed from pressure - treat tongue - and - groove boards :
In decree to build that , I had to rationalise out unsound parts , fiddle with broken tongue in the board , plus do some caulking . Here ’s the inside of the door before it was painted :
mention all the opening I caulked !
Here it is after a coat of white primer :
And open to the jungle :
I really wish the dynamic swoosh of the slanting plank in the middle .
Yesterday I painted the inset portions a gray color , which I also used to paint one of the home walls . I had a half - bucket of satin white paint and an almost full pail of grim key , so I tinge the former with the latter until I got a color I liked . The interior of the office was just too stark white for my taste . It ’s easily now .
Yesterday I also managed to get the base sanded and finished . I used dark walnut stain , flaxseed oil and some teak oil to coat it . We ’ll see if it ’s wry when I head over this sunrise . I need to take a photo to divvy up . The floor is also tame glossa - and - vallecula panel from the damaged lumber flock .
And the external bevel shiplap siding ? Yep , also from the damage flock . I painted it a pale , pale green colouration . It ’s so pallid you ca n’t even recite it ’s fleeceable until you see it against utter snowy . I in all likelihood could have gone dark , but it look gracious .
utter of looking nice , the roof was construct from T-111 over the 2×6 rafters . I resolve to take the time to paint the inset destiny a pale blue air :
It ’s squeamish and pollyannaish . Psychologically I retrieve blue ceiling are a good thing , as they make us feel more like we ’re outdoors .
talk of the outdoors , I made sure to lease in lots of light to this petty 8×12 office by put in a gravid 4’x4′ window facing East :
That make the elbow room shining and cheery . The roof is also slant up towards the Second Earl of Guilford and in the upper portions we tacked up polycarbonate to let in the filtered sunlight from through the tree canopy above :
That is an cheap windowpane !
For now , I need to get over to the land and start go again .
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