Mr. Young's House

For the past 4 summers, Dan has been working for his boss to build this house.  While many things need to be done, the house could be lived in now.  Those vertical logs are well over 1,000 pounds each.  Just for the record, Mr. Young likes these "beefy" logs and beams.  You'll see them all through the house.

This is the master bathroom.  Dan installed the cabinets and that's about it.  The bathrooms were really the work of Keith Orr, with the exception of the woodwork.

Here is the kitchen... granite counter-tops, back-splash, and island.  Again, Keith's work.  Dan and Michael Butler (the school's music teacher) did the ceiling and the hardwood floors and carried the slabs of granite to their places.

Many hands helped do the rock-work for the chimney, but Randy Archuletta was the one who really made it possible.  When all is done, a full-grown mountain lion shot by Mr. Young will be standing on that mantle, with other hunting trophies on either side of the fire-place and around the room.

Wow!  This staircase is the first thing you see when walking in the front door.  Michael Butler built the staircase, and Keith built the railings.  The wood for the railings was actually cut and milled by Mr. Young some 20 years ago.  When the staircase was set up, Michael and Dan used come-alongs to pull it up, fastening it to a temporary 8 x 8 beam up above.  It took longer to build and secure the beam as it did to put the staircase in place.  

From the great room looking toward the kitchen, staircase, and upstairs.

That ceiling was several weeks of Dan's previous summer, working from scaffolding, ladders, and a lift.  

Here the chinking has been done, so that is the finished look.  This is a guest bedroom.

Dan, Michael, and Randy had a lot of fun working on these dormers and the roofing together.  The cedar shake shingles look great on the dormers, and man, Randy's work on the chimney is great.
It's hard to believe that this project is mostly done after all of these years.  Lots of things can still be finished, but Wes and Joy should be able to move in soon... once Joy gets to do the chinking.