“I call architecture frozen music.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Our family is adding an addition on to our 130 year old Finnish homestead in the UP of Michigan. My hardworking husband gets a little cranky with my photo obsession. He gave me permission to document this series of progress photos.
Oh my, check this out! He installed the windows today for the window seat in our loft. 😍 These windows overlook our orchard, the hoophouse, pasture, and upper pond (which John is going to dig deeper and add a section for koi). The loft will house my library of poetry books, a sleeper sofa, a bathroom, and be a cove of creativity and relaxation.
These windows are a wonderful source of light and joy already. Our house is dark so our addition includes a loft and lots of windows and open space.
We are going to work hard to marry the two sections. The cedar logs have been stained dark and we’re going to bring them back to their natural color (they were all harvested from our property). The new addition is not log (but we did incorporate live edge beams that John milled himself). He also milled boards on his sawmill to use as siding. He’ll add chinking to mimic the logs on the original structure.
Doing our own projects may take longer but it’s worth it in the end.
I can’t wait until this is liveable space. Our goal is by next summer. 💚
Thank you to my husband for his ceaseless energy and hard work. You are appreciated more than I can ever express.
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