We started building the house in 1988, Erick as general contractor and a bunch of nephews aged 16-23 down to help for the summer. Problem is that I sounded just like my father. Found myself walking around the construction sight muttering things like "look at that, can't those kids pick anything up? That square is just laying across those 2X4s. Somebody's going to step on it and bend it all to ......". My father had passed away some years before, but I'm sure I heard him snicker :)

Anyway, as you can see it all eventually worked out.


Balsa wood model
Model made from Balsa Wood 		Just the foundation blocks
Just the foundation blocks 		The timber frame, delivered in pieces
The timber frame, delivered in pieces
The timbers assembled
The timbers assembled 		The outer stress-sking walls up
The outer stress-skin walls up 		Lifting the tower into place
Lifting the towers into place
The outside is roughed in
The outside is roughed in 		Building the interior walls
Building the interior walls 		We moved in (lots left to do)
We moved in (lots left to do)
The outside is completed
The outside is completed 		Here's the finished interior
finished interior 		Finally got some plants outside
Finally, some plants outside