For the last three days I’ve been doing little else but painting and staining. There’s still a lot to do, but it’s starting to look like I want:

The white walls and ceiling make a nice contrast with the deep brown Rafters.
By tomorrow, I should have the entire upstairs painted.

The picture below (taken last week) shows the different stages;

The silver on the left is how the roof was made; it’s OSB board with the standing seam metal roof on top.
Supported by two joists, a temporary 2×4 floor was put it to reach the top (8m or 26′).
You can still see two of the 2×4’s on which the sheetrock boards were mounted. In-between is insulation,
that was nailed in place.

One of the major jobs still to be done is the ceiling in the great room and the bedroom,
so here’s 16 sheetrock boards, 36 2×4’s and 4 big packs of insulation  to create the ceiling, being unloaded:

Right now, we created a temporary floor that will allow us to put in the sheetrock in the gable ends of the upstairs,
which otherwise is very difficult to reach, as it is about 24′ (8 meters) up and the boards have to go in at a 45 degree angle.
More pictures on how that’s done tomorrow.

Update to the post below:

The bed has been made, stained and made, as you can see below:

So tonight I’ll be sleeping upstairs, just to try it out. It’s not cold anymore, so I won’t need Mr. Cool to keep me warm anyway.

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I’ve been making my bed for many years now. But never like today. Today I actually made a bed. That is, a bed frame.
Remember when I stated there was a lot of Cedar wood left that Neil had provided as “siding”? Well, after creating a table,
the stairway and deck railing, there was still enough left for an actual cedar bed frame:

It’s a double bed (53 inch wide) and that’s about all that fits in this upstairs bedroom.
I went for a rough and solid look, with 7″ x 2″ legs but with well rounded edges,
as nobody likes to kick their shins against a sharp bed edge.
To make the frame strong, I chiseled holes for the long vertical boards into the legs,
and then glued and pocket holed the boards in place, so it’s pretty solid.
The height of the headboard was determined by the two longest beams I still had.
They are actually left over Jambs (the vertical beams that support the logs were windows were cut out).
The width of the bed leaves just enough space to walk on each side, and to put a night stand in.
I just might have enough cedar left to add those too.
I do still have to sand and stain it, but I kinda like how it looks already and this one did not dent my budget much;
all it took was a pocket hole jig (to join the legs to the vertical boards) and some wood glue. In total $30.
It’s nice to be able to make stuff yourself. Very fulfilling. Can’t wait to sleep on it. But I will have to,
as the glue is still drying.

I know, I know; I should not be complaining. But for the second time a cold front has hit this neck of the woods,
and although I’m fine at night under the covers or when working physically during the day , I’m not so comfy when I have to code and the toughest bar I work on is the space bar.
So, if there is indeed nothing between Texas and the North Pole but a barbed wired fence, and these fronts keep coming,
I’m going to have to get more heating comfort in.  So today, (Cyber Monday) I ordered this electrical fireplace:

This was the only one listed as being able to heat up to 600 square ft, and although the great room here is not much more than 400 sq ft,
it is as high as a church and the roof is not yet insulated, and even has a few gaps right into the great outdoors.
This does not mean I will not get a real wood stove anymore, but a real wood stove requires a real pipe up and through the roof,
and it’s simply not in my budget right now.
I’m looking forward to Thursday, when day temperatures will be around 75F (24C) again. Until then I will just retire to the bedroom early,
as that room is comfortably warm after Mr. Cool’s heat pump has been on for 30 minutes.
Hopefully Home depot’s courier can find me; today USPS claimed to have been unable to fit a box with 3 fairly large items into my mailbox,
as they claimed it was full…  Even if it would be empty and double the normal size, the box would not have fitted. I never liked USPS much,
now I remember why. WalMart had no problem delivering my fire pit (which is also great for outdoor heat, but it’s hard to cook and manage a fire pit simultaneously I found out)
Hopefully Home Depot uses the same courier or at least not USPS.

When I started planning the kitchen, I thought I would just buy Ikea cabinets and easily be done wit it. But then I thought;
I’d like a bar with barstools and proper bar height, so Ikea become a non option, as Ikea kitchen look like crap from the back.
Besides, they are made of particle wood which does not fit the log home.
So, instead of having a few boards to slap together, I had to design and make everything from scratch.
This also includes drawers, the first three of which are now in;

Above, the first three drawers are in, in closed position.
Below shows them opened up.

Obviously, they need to be stained still. Oh and notice the running faucet?
The faucet is connected and the sink drain is going through the floor (I still need to
connect it so the septic pipes below the home, but at least the kitchen can now be used to do dishes.