Lofty dreams

The slow day today was "heightened" by building the loft walls.

For such small walls...22 inches to be exact....They were the most complicated to build. Making sure the header and the window fit within the space with proper support took some figuring out....But we did it!

(Got more help from Dave my carpenter mentor friend)
After a few lessons in the importance of measuring three time nailing once (wink wink) we managed to get them together and nailed into place by sunset!

Today even more than before I’m learning how important accurate measurements are. And what things are okay to fudge and what things  must be exact!

Walls are finally going up!

It was a landmark day today finally able to build the HIUSE part of my dreams!

It feels like a long time of dreaming, planning and preparing just to get to this phase and suddenly it feels like it will happen so fast!

Had a friend help this morning with the first wall, then I did the second wall by myself! Another friend helped me out them up and now...I can see it all happening right before my eyes!

Here are some pics so you can too!