Today looked really wintery at first … and though some more light and eventually some sun came through it stayed wintery throughout. I spent the first part of the day with a second-sanding , then raising the grain (since I am using a water based finish) and then another quick sanding. All in all this [...]
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Today I spent almost the entire day with a breathing mask on my face and an orbital sander on my hand. Sanding was more difficult then it can/should be because I am using green (undried) wood … all we could get our hands on. Green wood does not respond well to planing – some of [...]
I started the day a bit earlier then usual and chopped my way through more fire-wood. Then Andreea joined the day and we went to the market – picked up my custom tailored sheep’s-wool vest … great stuff from the neighboring village. We also purchased ~3kg of locally made cheese and stored most of it [...]
First thing in the morning hopped to the village to get more silicon … then applied a first layer … and went to work outside in another sunny day. I started with finer sanding of the counter top and started applying boiled linseed oil finishing to it … I started early with it so I [...]
Off The Grid Build
Excellent video and images describing the process of an Earthship construction project.
Today started late again … foggy and cold … though eventually the sun made its way through and it was a nice and sunny day for work. The hardware store was closed today so no silicon to complete the shower … so that will have to wait for tomorrow. So … I got back to [...]
Today as another foggy morning … this time though the clouds stuck around … feels like rain is coming … and with the freezing temperatures at night & morning it means snow is soon to follow. Before anything else I finally got around to writing a post on my personal blog … it’s been quite [...]
Today was a weird … all over the place day. I started out with pre-assembly of the shower stall while heavy fog was still covering everything. That went great. It was great fun to suddenly see this large lacquered & rounded wooden post which has a faucet and shower head installed into We had plans [...]
A very rewarding day today … even though it started late as it was very foggy in the morning and took time to clear up. I started out with, thankfully, the last session of lifting lumber up to the barn attic … that’s finally done. From here on it will be about hauling stuff back [...]
Yesterday was another pleasant day … what seems to make the days pleasant is the ability to focus on one thing or one kind of work without interruptions (be it people or forces of nature). In the morning, together with Andreea, I planned the large shelves to be built for the summer kitchen (where we [...]