The final wall frames were put in today, creating the Master Bedroom upstairs with en-suite Bathroom.

This was taken from what will be the bathroom, which has a door only to the bedroom.
It’s just wide enough to enter the bed from the side. The bedframe I will make myself,
from the cedar that is still left. It’s been extremely cold for Texas standards;
tonight we will have frost (23 Fahrenheit or -5 Celsius). The gaps still open in the ceiling,
make for a fresh breeze on top of the already low temperature. Luckily the Ikea comforter keeps me warm.
The guest bedroom downstairs is much warmer, thanks to insulation and heating/airco.
Just a week ago it was 82F (28C) during the day. Like they say; If you don’t like Texas weather,
wait an hour.

I managed to find a solution for the ceiling also; the lap sided boards will go across on the 2×4’s
The originally 2×6 originally keeping the roof edge in place has been cut to 2×4 at the end,
so the roof can continue from the log wall all the way up and over. The top of the Rafter will become storage space.

Karel (my oldest brother) and his girlfriend Lina are over and helping me get things ready.
Here’s Lina in action staining the inside log wall in the dining area

In Texas, it can and will get both hot and cold. So for comfort, everyone has HVAC, which means both heating and air conditioning.
As there is a cold front coming in, it is time to get that arranged. So in come Mr. Cool.  And this time I’m not referring to myself,
but to the unit that will cool and heat the guest bedroom downstairs.

On the outside, this unit is temporarily placed on a board, whilst a concrete bed is drying.

On the inside is this unit, that can be controlled with both remote control and an App.
The temperature can be set, and will either heat or cool as needed.
Now we’re ready for the cold front, which might bring the temperature to freezing point!

That’s how my song goes. In who knows how many years, someone will open up that wall and think 🤔 ????

P.S. the boots I did take out before the drywall went on.

From my comfy chair this is my view.

Another construction/coding/vacation has almost come to an end: tomorrow afternoon I will drive back to Houston.
Again a lot was done: 1st floor tiling, deck railing, staining western gable end, siding the south wall, framing the bedroom walls,
inside stairs and 2nd floor railing, chinking of 2 inner walls, 4 power outlets, 2 (Siri controlled) smart lamps, second sink bathroom installed,
beam and posts deck stained. although I had planned to do the wood burning stove and pipe and chimney, that didn’t work out due to long delivery times,
but it wasn’t really fireplace temperatures anyway: at night it only goes down to 68F (21C), and during the day gets about to 88 (31C) so not a lot of need for a fireplace.
The pictures below show how the outside looks like now:

Trucks are great for building, so whilst I’m still hauling 8’x4′ plates I’ll hang on to my 236000 Miles Ford F150.
But when the rough building is done, I might go for something like this:

Not as convenient as my F150, but what a cool ride.

A new find this year is Canyon Lake Marina and the Baja BBQ shack.

Arnoud and myself had a bite to eat and a few beers, whilst listening to live music: Jimmy Spacek was playing some pretty good blues.

Canyon Lake Marina is 10 minutes from my log home and serves good food with live music on the weekends.