Monday, February 8, 2010

More Granary Grandeur

We found some wonderful oak flooring a few weeks ago on Craiglist, for sale by somebody who was remodelling. This weekend, Rog got very ambitious and installed the floor in the granary, with a little help from me, a lot of help from Cadence, and close supervision by Nutmeg.

We rented a power stapler and compressor, which probably reduced the work by three-fourths. Because the lengths of flooring had previously been sawn to somebody else's dimensions, the trickiest part was finding pieces in lengths that required minimal cutting and didn't waste much.
Last weekend Rog had taken out the wood stove and cut out the floor below the brick hearth. He re-installed the bricks so they would be nearly flush with wood floor. The granary has no heat or electricity, but we strung a very long extension cord from the barn for light and power and the little parlor stove did a great job keeping the building warm. We plan to re-chrome the decorative metal trim on the wood stove and we still need to grout the bricks and cover the fireboard behind the stove - perhaps with tile, or maybe old decorative metal ceiling tiles, if we can find some.
The finished floor! We had planned to leave the barn board walls rustic and natural, but now we are thinking they might need some sprucing up to match the elegance of the floor --and to make it not feel like you are inside a wooden crate. This building is shaping up to be pretty darn cute, and nearly every building material has been purchased on a shoestring, salvaged and recycled.

7 comments:

Linda said...

What a delightful story. There are a lot of reasons why I could never do what you are doing but it sure is fun to reading about it.

Becky said...

Wow! Gorgeous flooring! The granary is looking beautiful!

katiegirl said...

I love it! Great work everyone!!

Callie Brady said...

The floor and everything looks great! I would love to curl up on a couch and read by the fire. I very much like the rustic look!

Anonymous said...

Beautiful work! (I've featured your blog in my sidebar this week under the heading "Have You Visited This Blog?" I hope you get lots of new visitors.)

Susan said...

Thanks, everyone! It's still very much a work in progress- I cannot wait to be able to show off photos of thje finished project.
Nancy, how sweet of you to highlight my blog!

Dan said...

Hi! I just came across your blog the other day and have been looking through past post. Very nice! I look forward to reading about your farm this year.