Last week was a big day in all kinds of ways. We removed the wall between the kitchen and dining room and brought in a support beam. A beautiful parallam beam that'll look amazing when it's stained. A parallam beam is engineered wood that's made from wood strands and bonded together. It ends up being stronger than trees. It has a beautiful woven pattern that looks both manufactured and natural all at the same time.
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| A cross-section view of the intertwined wood strands that make up our beam. |
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| The beam in place. |
The beam really helped to transform the vibe of the room. Where before it was always two separate spaces, the beam has unified the rooms into a single grand living space. It's going to be the most inviting room of the house.
And the deck. That thing was rotting and ready to come down with a good strong wind or a determined big bad wolf.
It had to come down. And so, last week our deck wizards came in and started stripping away the old deck to make way for the new --
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| Going... |
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| ...going... |
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| ...gone. |
The poor thing looks naked now. For the next 6 weeks, we'll be deckless. Next steps, a new water line is coming in from the city. We're working from old lead pipes that require filtering so we're getting an upgrade to proper, safer lines. Hopefully we won't need to filter our water anymore. Once the water line's been run, the deck can get started.
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