Phase I Complete

We set out on our recent set of activities to get the Bardominium completed on the exterior.  We accomplished that goal plus also completing the very large planter along the front of the Barn.  Also, we have the camper trailer now safely parked inside the Barn and we'll be using the Barn as our base of operations for all activities during Phase II.  We'll be doing planning on the interior architecture for a few weeks now, along with slowly doing some of the electrical wiring for the garage portion of the Barn as well as setting up for the wiring of the house, once the interior framing is done.

Here's a couple of shots of the exterior, all cleaned up and tidy.

After getting the exterior of the Barn in good shape, I spent a few hours removing some of the dirt from the north side of the building and putting that in the driveway area to build it up a bit.  There's too much dirt on the north side anway, and that excess will provide good fill for the driveway.  We'll get that dirt moved at a later date.



The final few activities of Phase I were to get our camper trailer from our daugther's house over to the new garage.  As you can see from these few shots, the trailer fits extremely easily within the garage with lots of room all around for the truck and lots of other storage.

And before saying goodbye to Casa de Christie and our Texas property for a few months, we got the shop and tools all organized and clean so that when we return to another pile of lumber on the porch, we are ready to start to work immediately on Phase II.

Until then, our family and friends will be doing electrical work and getting things ready for the next phase of intense activity.