Today was a project day. Alan took Clair to Pagosa to run errands, so I pottered about, working a little here, a little there. Here’s some of my current projects:
You might recognize our old stools, coming back for a rerun. The island is a funky old homemade cabinet that we’ve given a new butcher block top and are about to trim and paint. The entire kitchen behind will eventually be torn out and rebuilt with more counterspace.
The house has no closets, so I’m building one. Needs doors, trim and some shelving, but I got the walls up.
The house had 2 stovepipes, one (like the one in the picture) from an old wood cookstove that came up through our bedroom. We’ve dismantled it and replaced it with a heat register. The floor is well insulated, so the upstairs is always cooler than down. The extra heat was nice last night when it hit minus 14 degrees. The pipe in the picture comes from the regular wood stove, and will eventually be surrounded by decorative metal.
While we have all the power tools needed to do the work around here, whenever possible I prefer using hand tools. It’s quieter.
Alan got home around 3pm with the parts for our first (of three) solar arrays. This one is 12V (DC) and will run the FrostKing fridge, the composting toilet, and some back-up lights. The second array will run the well, and the third will be the big one, 6-8KW, running everything else.
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