Beams, Beams and more Beams

Wow, all of a sudden it starts looking like a house!

This week we fed lunch to the framing crew and their boss, Steve Mathies. We wanted to show our appreciation for their long hot days of labor. Steve and his specialty framer, David, worked to install beautiful antique beams throughout the house. Most of the antique wood is cyprus, oak and long leaf pine and comes from all over Canada and USA. We selected the supplier out of Forth Worth and Amy and Jim made several trips to hand select the beams after finding this awesome source. The beams are handsome and the color is beautiful. We will preserve them to their natural color with a stain color called Natural Light. The barnwood under the patios and between the beams is varied in color and will remain natural. It came from a different supplier out of San Marcos and was also hand selected.

This week was the first week for problem solving. We have had several problems to arise which we expected but worked through each with a good result. One was the exterior doors were never ordered as we were told and the expected delivery date now is late October. We also had to make a choice who to use for Sound and Lighting after reviewing 2 bids. We then walked the house with the frame crew and realized several architectural oversights that we corrected. We are also changing our previous decision about our wood floor and researching if we can use the antique wood throughout the house. Building is not without problems but we have a wonderful team that is communicating, patient and thoughtful This is a blessing in and of itself.

Now the frame crew, Amy, Jim and everyone involved will take a holiday break for Labor Day and we will see everyone back on Tuesday, rested! In the meantime the beams look so good and make me BEAM all over!