tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72287287937361740662024-03-13T09:59:15.345-07:00The Freeville EarthshipChad DeVoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01042558747176501531noreply@blogger.comBlogger117125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7228728793736174066.post-59427374191578574122017-03-12T07:52:00.001-07:002017-03-12T07:52:24.589-07:00Fall/Winter Update Not a whole lot of progress on the 'Ship over the last few months. We've actually had a pretty "normal" winter in terms of snowfall and temps which has made it hard to get things done. The major upgrade was probably the installation of PV panels and radiator fans on the tops of the cooling tubes. Since ours must perform a 90 degree turn underground to enter the house, this helps push air through the ~50' of earth tubing.<br />
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The banana tree has been used to make tamales!</div>
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Solara has been enjoying the orange harvest.</div>
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Bearss Limes - pretty prolific for a small tree.</div>
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I've been experimenting with grafting different types of citrus onto one tree - so far so good!</div>
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Looking forward to the spring weather!</div>
<br />Chad DeVoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01042558747176501531noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7228728793736174066.post-83764077666002599882016-08-09T19:58:00.000-07:002016-08-10T09:12:56.980-07:00Spring/Summer Update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
It's been a busy warm season with limited time to get projects done. Solara welcomed her new baby sister, Lyra, in April so most time is devoted to them. Aside from that, the region has had the worse drought in recent memory. We are currently about 7" below normal for the year and it looks as if we're going to fall way short of the 36" annual average. We've heard reports of wells going dry in the area...a region that has no experience (or need) with water conservation...a wake-up call for everyone. Our cisterns are currently a little under 1/4 full (about 1500 gallons) in spite of this. Lots of people have been asking us about our water levels and I think they're surprised. I was planning on cleaning out the East pair of cisterns this summer but I postponed due to the lack of rain to recharge them.</div>
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Solara - 2.2 yrs Lyra - .3 yrs</div>
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Our perennial food systems are starting to kick in - I spent the spring planting lots of berry, fruit, and nut trees. The currants and elderberries did ok - looks like a bad apple year though.</div>
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Our outside gardens haven't been very productive this year - water rationing, kids, and travel have taken a toll. Lots of Kale, chard, garlic, potatoes, and tomatoes though.</div>
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Late season greens and herbs for now. Excited for this bed next year.</div>
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Also turning the area on the West end into a garden area. I've struggled with this area because I don't want seasonally-shed leaves ending up on the roof and gutter. Annual veggies should work.</div>
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Small retainer wall with leftover timbers from the barn construction.</div>
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It's been a fairly mild winter in the Northeast with only about a foot of cumulative snowfall where we exist. We did however, have one weekend where it reached -20F but we were very cozy because it was sunny and over 80 degrees inside in the greenhouse. As of early March, we've gone through about 2 full cords of wood for heating and cooking. This winter we gave several tours to school groups and individuals interested about Earthships and eco-architecture. We're expecting our second little girl in late April so we'll be trying to get several projects done as soon as the weather breaks so stay tuned.</div>
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After 2 previously brutal winters, we were prepared for a fight.</div>
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Tried the new Finnish LeverAxe. I think I still like my Gerber Splitting axe better.</div>
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Oranges are ripe and blossoms are popping everywhere!</div>
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Still trying to master the best bread recipe for the wood-fired oven.</div>
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Transplanted a coffee plant into the greywater reception cell...in 6 years, I may have a cup of hyper-local coffee.</div>
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Summer went fast and today's snow prompted me to finally do another update. This was a very bizarre year in that we didn't get a frost before the first snowfall....and we even had a little accumulation. Anyway, back in early summer I noticed something "off" in terms of power production with the PV system. Upon further inspection, it turned out that 1/2 of our 2.8kW array was not producing consistently and at times not at all due to a malfunctioning charge controller. <a href="http://www.outbackpower.com/">Outback Power</a> was great though - sending out a new one within a week. Another highlight this summer was that I crawled into the two West cisterns to scrub them out (maintenance that should be done every 2-3 years. I'll do the East pair this spring after we draw enough water out of them. Here is a quick recap of what we were up to this summer and fall. Many of the major building tasks are now done and we are focusing on family life and developing our <a href="http://www.tappedearth.com/">permaculture farm</a> outside. Here are the highlights....</div>
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We finished the final coat of plaster in the back hallway and bathroom but left a truth window to show the can walls.</div>
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Solara loves spending time outside - she's now 17 months old!</div>
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Lots of good produce this year! </div>
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First time trying sweet potatoes. They were huge!</div>
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Its that time of year where the west interior bottles light up.</div>
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Tap system installed with natural refrigeration! This Earthship proudly pours <a href="http://hopshire.com/">Hopshire</a> brews.</div>
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We got a decent amount done on the wood-fired oven exterior. Hopefully we can finish this up next spring.</div>
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We built our hen-mobile and meat chicken tractor this year.</div>
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The tractor currently houses 11 turkeys.</div>
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We've moved all of the potted citrus inside for the winter....winter tomatoes just starting to form.</div>
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Our "in-ground" mandarins are starting to turn orange.</div>
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We are very happy to see spring approaching. Its been a cold, snowy, polar-vortex winter here in the Northeast. The Earthship kept us warm though. Many people and municipalities experienced burst or frozen water pipes this winter....far above average. We, however, didn't have a problem in that department. We had a day of -25 wind chill but it was sunny so the greenhouse was over 80F. We burned about 2 full cords of wood in the wood-fired oven this winter for cooking and to bring the temp. inside above 70F. The exterior earth-bermed hoop house performed OK but still dropped into the upper teens inside on the really cold nights. Its currently on par with Zone 8 but I think i can tweak a couple things this summer to make it better next winter. I'm excited to grow vegetables and root crops in there this year</div>
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25 hens have started laying lots of eggs.</div>
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Herbs and sown seeds. We had tomatoes into Jan last year and plan to grow a lot of annuals alongside the various citrus and avocado. Between the greenhouse and exterior hoop house should give us some serious food come harvest.</div>
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This spring we plan to finish up the remaining plastering jobs inside. </div>
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Under the wood-fired oven proved to be a great place to start seeds.</div>
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Solara Jade....9 months in, 9 months out.</div>
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50 meat chickens! First of 3 rounds this year for our newest endeavor: Tapped Earth Farm! Follow us at http://www.facebook.com/tappedearth for the latest news and pictures.</div>
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In the greenhouse, we're raising this year's batch of egg-layers. They'll be laying in March.</div>
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The chicks have been moved into the exterior greenhouse until they are big enough to ride out the rest of the winter in the coop.</div>
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Solara loves to bounce now - 4 months old!</div>
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The indoor garden is much more lucrative than the outdoor.</div>
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The lemons are just starting to turn! (Pretty stoked about this.)</div>
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The greenhouse has turned into a huge project. I am scrambling to get the thing enclosed by sub-freezing temps.</div>
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The main holdup is acquiring bottles. I'll go through close to 3,000 by the end.</div>
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Our baby girl, Solara, is loving life in an earthship. She loves the natural light and colorful bottle walls. We can't wait to see what each new day brings with her and someday soon she'll be running down the greenhouse hallway.</div>
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Also, here are a couple more photos of the wind turbine Chad put up! It looks pretty cool!</div>
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Solara is adjusting to her first month of life!</div>
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The Greenhouse is alive with Peppers, Broccoli, Tomatoes, Greens, Strawberries, Artichokes, and we have baby Meyer Lemons. The Avocado tree has put on lots of new growth as well and should start producing next year. Water flow in the house is so efficient that we find ourselves running faucets to fill the greywater planter this time of year.</div>
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Outside we're currently establishing a "food forest" for humans, birds, and pollinators. Pictured is yellow sweet clover, elderberry, and currants</div>
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Introducing Solara Jade - Born 25 May 2014 at 8:16am. 7 lbs 15oz<br />
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If we had sun every day in the winter we could probably get away without any heat source whatsoever. I don't think its possible for the main living area to get below 55F...unless a door were left open of course. We easily keep the main room in the mid-upper 60s with the wood-fired oven. We just got done with -25F wind chills and the greenhouse stayed in the 40s at night. The radiant floor heat setup coming off of the oven works well too. After a few hours, the back hallway floor heats up to the mid 70s and sometimes into the low 80s - warming the East end of the Ship.</div>
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Our tomato plant is about 2 months away from becoming a "perennial tomato plant."</div>
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We use the oven as much as possible....toasting, boiling, baking, frying, dehydrating, etc. We had a $200 propane bill our first year and this should help lower that.</div>
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Looking forward to lots of canning next year. I put my Fedco seed order in and we should start seeing the beginning of production from the orchard this year.<br />
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In other related news, Courtney is pregnant! This is how we finished our last bedroom for a future nursery, with a raised-plaster sun, pallet-wood wall, and yellow, orange, and red bottles on the hallway wall:<br />
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My cousin, Jon, did an awesome video update in early September. Unfortunately I cannot embed the clip here so go to the source: <a href="http://vimeo.com/77143056">http://vimeo.com/77143056 </a><br />
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We've spent much of late summer/autumn finishing some concrete/masonry work outside. We poured a walkway and entryway at the West entrance (our main entry from the driveway) and finished the brown-stained cement finish coat on the East end. <br />
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The greenhouse is still productive...peppers, citrus blossoms, and sauce tomatoes. Our banana tree is finally starting to bloom too!<br />
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We've been using the wood-fired oven for a lot of our cooking so far. It takes awhile to heat up but it eventually doubles as a great heat source as well. We've had a couple nights in the 20s and as long as it is sunny during the day, we don't have to start a fire. On cloudy, cold days we usually start one but it easily brings the place up to the lower 70s. The greenhouse has been a lot warmer so far as it wasn't fully insulated last winter.<br />
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We hosted a tour of Groton Middle School students via an after school teen program with the Groton Public Library. Its a shame there is no funding for field trips anymore. Luckily this grant-funded program was able to provide enrichment for about 15 students....and....Pizza!<br />
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Winter Projects: Finish the other bathroom (shower), build the second hallway closet, tile mosaic in the West entryway greenhouse area, and plaster the back hallway.<br />
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Spring Projects: finish East and West patios, final masonry coat on West end, and finish garden<br />
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Stay tuned for a Kickstarter Campaign for our spring/summer project!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Last week we had Joe Lamp'l, host and executive producer of<span style="color: #222222;"> </span><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Growing a Greener World</span><span style="color: #222222;">® </span></i>and his cameraman/director Carl Pennington from Georgia over for the day to tape a segment for their sho<span style="color: #222222;">w. We had a lot of fun with them and can't wait to watch our episode on October 19th! They have a really great show about sustainability and gardening, and are on their 4th season. All of their episodes are worth checking out, and are posted online here:</span></span></div>
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As you can see the Airbnb advertisement located on the upper right corner on our blog, we started renting our master bed and bath as an earthship bed and breakfast. Throughout July and now into August we've enjoyed hosting about a dozen different parties (individuals and couples). It's been neat to share our space with interested people, answer their questions, and tell stories about what we've been through to get to this point. Sign up to stay with us by clicking on the Airbnb image! </div>
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Another big project we've been working on is our back patio. I had a vision of a mosaic-ed wall, wrap around bench, unique bottle fence background, and a fire pit. It isn't done yet, but it's coming along!<br />
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And finally, Chad's been chipping away at his brick oven. He adds rocks on the outside almost every day, and started lighting some curing fires. And then, we finally started cooking some food and some pizzas! It is soooo good!<br />
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Chad ordered around 750 ladybugs to release on our orange tree because we've been battling with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icerya_purchasi" target="_blank">cottony cushion scale</a>, an insect that often feeds on citrus trees. It's a gross little white fluffy insect seen below. Chad read that ladybugs were natural predators, but it turns out it's vedalia ladybeetle, a specific type of ladybug, that will really eat them up. Unfortunately, those aren't sold commercially.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">huge tomato "tree"!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">lots of heirloom tomatoes growing... they are so good!</td></tr>
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Our herb garden: see stick labels for identification<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I bought this little guy that tells us our current battery voltage. We have a digital reader in the "power organizing module" (POM) located in a greenhouse closet, but this one is mounted right next to our refrigerator so that we can check it before running major appliances. It varies from 23-29 volts, depending on how/if the sun shines on the panels. In reality, the batteries are fully charged at 25.4 volts and it's bad to use them if they are below 24.0 volts. <br />
Therefore, we run the bigger appliances (vacuum, dishwasher, washer, dryer, and dehumidifier) only during the day, if it's really sunny (and not all at once). We do have a generator for backup, and we usually use power tools directly off of the generator's energy.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chad created a little jig to help hold up the 5th chain before it dries</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">this is starting to become a very fun place for cats to check out... before there's any fire, that is</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Prepping for the 7th chain of bricks... going with the exercise ball method (with lots of wood shims). Each full brick is cut into 1/3s now and the 15degree wedges aren't used anymore. The inside height of the dome is looking like it'll be around 16". We've used close to 200 medium-density firebricks and four 50# bags of Heatstop 50 refractory mortar so far for the whole project (34" diameter wood-fired oven).</span></span></td></tr>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7228728793736174066.post-88490067582728259822013-05-28T14:38:00.000-07:002013-05-28T14:54:27.605-07:00Pantry and Greenhouse!On our long Memorial Day weekend, Chad finished the greenhouse ceiling and I finished our pantry. I LOVE how it turned out! Check it out below!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">very tricky in a concrete room... hence the vertical 2x4s plastered to the wall!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I spent a long time fitting the shelves around the 2x4s and fitting to the curves of the slanted tire wall, then stained them, the assembly!</td></tr>
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Once again, we've been working hard and I haven't updated the blog in awhile. When I don't get to it Sunday night, I end up starting a new project throughout the week and think "I'll update it after this project so I can include it in the posting"... so here's a month's worth of our earthship projects!</div>
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On Monday, my dad came with his Kubota to help divert surface water which comes from the North. I'm following a permaculture system brought to my attention by Ben Falk of <a href="http://www.wholesystemsdesign.com/what-we-do/">Whole Systems Design</a> in Vermont. He has a <a href="http://www.wholesystemsdesign.com/resilient-farm-homestead-book/">book</a> coming out but not until June...too late for what I need to do right now, unfortunately. I have fruit and berry trees coming next week, and they will be incorporated into our system.<br />
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Basically, we created swales - on contour - and seeded the bare spots with clover and other nitrogen-fixers for a cover crop. On the swales, we will be growing a variety of fruit, nut, and berry-producing trees that will soak up the runoff, nitrogen, and organic fertilizers.</div>
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Mulch (donated by <a href="http://www.cortland.org/business/construction/con108.htm">Windswept Tree Service</a> in Cortland) and burlap will act as a weed guard for the trees, positioned at the top of the berm. A lot of planning has gone into this as some trees need male pollinators, specific pH and sun requirements, and/or lots of space.</div>
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Chad DeVoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01042558747176501531noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7228728793736174066.post-70971433317719412682013-04-03T10:40:00.000-07:002013-04-03T10:40:21.742-07:00One year ago we were pounding our first tire! Both being teachers, Chad and I have this week off and now that it's getting a bit warmer outside we are able to do some more things around the house. It's amazing how much our lives revolve around the sun now. Sun for us means more electricity, heat, and time. A sunny day means I get to vacuum, run the dishwasher, or wash a load of clothes (but never at the same time). It means the greenhouse will rise to a toasty 95 degrees F even if it's freezing outside. It means our bottle walls will shine like colored stage lights. And hopefully, it means the days are getting "longer" and warmer, which means that maybe soon we can start up the cement mixer after it's winter hibernation and finish some plastering in the house (the entryway, pantry, and the back closet walls). <div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7228728793736174066.post-58677203424889782432013-03-17T18:05:00.002-07:002013-03-17T18:08:58.941-07:00UpdateHi followers,<br />
Sorry for the lack of updates recently. Our work has died down a bit as we have done almost all we can this winter before needing to do plaster work to keep going. For example, our pantry needs the walls finished before we build the shelves, and the back hallway needs the walls finished before we build the closets. For the first time in a year, we have been relaxing a bit more! Here are some pics from the last couple weeks though:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Woo hoo, new 4-ft window washer/squeegee! We only have 22 large (floor to ceiling) glass windows to wash (x both sides) on the interior glass wall and around 40 (x both sides) on the exterior wall... no big deal.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">new star lamps from my mom for The Starry Night room</td></tr>
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Chad and I have continued to chip away at projects around the house (despite dark rainy days where we just want to cuddle up and watch a movie!) Here are some of the projects we've been working on lately:</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">me laying the pantry tile floor with free tile from Best Buy in Rochester, NY!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our living room needed some help where the wall met the floor. I took the extra thin-set from tiling the pantry and touched up the floor, then painted it all the way down to a nice crisp line on the floor!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">orange tree starting to blossom!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">lemon tree has lots of blossoms!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chad's latest door: the Starry Night room's door</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Starry Night room entryway</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">trim in the family bathroom</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">painted the Yager wall above the hallway doorway</td></tr>
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Chad's been making the doors for the bedrooms and bathroom and they're turning out beautiful so far. My mom visited this past weekend and helped us paint our bedroom. We painted it gray... I know that sounds weird because the cement was gray, but it evened out the tones of different applications of cement (some of the water used was dirty and there were patches) and we decided to stick with the gray because our room's color scheme is like a silvery/blue/dark wood.</div>
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First, though, I totally forgot to put up a picture from when Nick, an apprentice from the build, visited us last weekend. He was so thoughtful that he brought us a housewarming gift... a well-planned custom-made shelf with scrap pieces of all of the different types of wood that went into building our house. The end product is really cool and we can't wait to find a place to hang it. Thanks Nick!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the bathroom door Chad made</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">door to the sunshine room, the room we named because of the yellow, orange, and red bottles in the wall and eventually a giant sun on the east wall</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">our bedroom: new shiny coat on floor, bathroom and closet wall in background</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunshine Room door (exterior) in place</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">interior side of the Sunshine room's door</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">northern view of The Sunshine Room</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">northern view with room lights off and hallway lights on</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">southern view of The Sunshine Room<br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">meanwhile our bed (and Koda) were temporarily in the Starry Night bedroom</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">northern view of The Starry Night room... floor in and grouted!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Starry Night room with room light off and hallway light on</td></tr>
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