Seriously rustic

**Jill** · 9th June 2005, 06:43 PM

Hi all,

Well if you are interested in seeing some seriously rustic stuff - read on - I will try to post pics of the last home we built, along with some of the fit-out woodwork. Keep your blinkers on, experts, and put away the magnifying glasses, as I am still on L plates! And female, to boot, learning as I go. My husband and I owner-built a pioneer style home - log frame, 8 x 2 sleeper walls (with cover strips of milled sleepers on both inside and outside of joins - & Central Queensland climate, we're talking about!) & it functioned beautifully (back facing to the North with lots of windows to let the winter sun warm the terracotta tiled floor). Not everyone's cup of tea, as I appreciate, but we loved it. I built the rustic kitchen out of mixed hardwood (Qld. - spotted gum, ironbark, etc.) fence palings, planed to similar thickness with an elect. Makita plane. The benchtop I made out of left-over facia boards, which I joined with my biscuit jointer & tung oiled - one flood coat & about 6 - 8 rubbed on after that which made it pretty easy care. I tiled the floor with broken slate.

Cheers,

Jill

**zenwood** · 9th June 2005, 07:45 PM

I think you need more wood here: what's that white thing in the middle?

Looks very cosy, and practical, with a lot of love in the room. Superb.

**ozwinner** · 9th June 2005, 07:56 PM

Sorry, but all I could think of was Mr Ed, Wilber........

Al :eek:

**gatiep** · 9th June 2005, 08:56 PM

Looks nice and cozey, I'm sure you must've had a log fire somewhere in the house. Surely different

**Harry72** · 9th June 2005, 09:17 PM

Keep them piccys coming, looks good so far.

**Chisel** · 9th June 2005, 10:24 PM

Fantastic.

Keep the pictures coming.

C

**Jill** · 9th June 2005, 10:42 PM

Thanks for your responses - it was a cozy home, but being on the Tropic of Capricorn & on the coast, we didn't need a fire. I'll try to attach some more pics - takes some mucking around to get the files small enough!And Zenwood - that white thing is the dishwasher - since working at building 16 hrs/day with 3 or 4 kids and one on the way, made one worth the ugliness in the kitchen - should have covered it with timber, though!

The ceiling/first floor were 8 x 2's - put through a thicknesser - definitely immovable! With log joists. One South African friend who visited, said, 'If ever there's an earthquake, this is where I am'!

Cheers,

Jill

**adrian** · 9th June 2005, 10:44 PM

I like it

It's a shame about the power cables though.

**Jill** · 9th June 2005, 10:48 PM

And some more...

The front door was a metre wide, using rough-sawn pine that I put through the thicknesser, and then grooves to add separate tongues into.

The appliance cupboard was built to house all our white goods out of sight (so they didn't break the all-wood thing, like the D/W did!!) - with a power point in the back of the cupboard. Made the top separate for easier moving, but attached well in the meantime - 'scuse the extra support in the middle - the ol' Jake the pet thing!

Cheers,

Jill

**Jill** · 9th June 2005, 10:59 PM

Lol Adrian - being single skin walls, there was nowhere to hide them - but we did think of using copper pipe as conduit!

**Jill** · 9th June 2005, 11:06 PM

The stove alcove above was my first go at stone work (I'll try to attach a pic of the exterior). I built the window frame out of hardwood. 'Scuse the door and stove top being open - one of our kids took this shot.

The little phone cupboard worked well, with the slanted part folding down to form a desk, and also hiding all the pens, etc. when shut.

Our 11 y.o. daughter made the stable door with some help from me.

Cheers,

Jill

**gatiep** · 9th June 2005, 11:16 PM

Love the mirror in the second lot of pictures. Even a very superstitious person will be happy with it. Break the mirror, get 7 years bad luck I think the saying goes, BUT just think of all the good luck with 4 horse shoes!

Very Nice Jill!

**zenwood** · 9th June 2005, 11:19 PM

Much coolness throughout this house. Is that marine grade varnish protecting the bathroom?

I take my hat off to an amazing lady. See, none of these guys have hats:

:eek:

**Harry72** · 10th June 2005, 12:07 AM

Originally Posted by Jill

Lol Adrian - being single skin walls, there was nowhere to hide them - but we did think of using copper pipe as conduit!

Bah... make some wooden conduit(capping), it'll look like its ment to be!

**Woodlice** · 10th June 2005, 02:47 AM

Capping? No way! Scribe! Take out a wedge, trim down the long point and hide the cable in the furrow.

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