As we get into the detail work on the interior, things are slowing down. They fixed the wall in the kitchen by the oven enclosure so it fits now. They built the vent hood over the cook top. That finished up the cabinet rough ins and the builder immediately sent us an invoice for the fifth installment. We also had to pay for the change request for the additional 220 outlets in the shop and the amount we were over the allowance for the flooring and tile. They got the insulation sprayed in the shop. We did not make it down to the Second Chance Sawmill in Stephenville since they had something come up and put us off. But we did go over to the Buy Barnwood shop over in Burlison to checkout what barn wood they might have available. We were blown away by their business. Not only did they have barnwood available at prices better than Amazon, but they also had old beam from dismantled barns available for mantles. We saw some display mantles in the front office and asked if they had anything over 90 inches long. So, they took us out into their extensive wood working shop and wood storage area. Turns out they make beautiful custom wood and epoxy tables with huge slabs of wood from a variety of local trees. David was drooling! We looked at several old barn beams but they were either too short or badly warped. He took us out into the outdoor storage yard and they had a beam from a 1890’s barn that Leslie fell in love with. Plenty long with hand hewn marks and hand cut mortices. There was no denying it would look magnificent as our mantle. We discussed the process of cleaning it up and getting it ready to install in the house. They will clean it, seal it and bring it to the house and install it just after Thanksgiving. After negotiating, we settled on a price of $1515. The washer and dryer were delivered to the builder’s warehouse with no issues. We also met with the tile and floor installers at the house and confirmed the tile going in each location and decided how it would be oriented (Never knew there were so many choices of how the tile will be installed) in each of the bathrooms and the kitchen. A clean up crew came out and cleaned up the remains of brick and stone out of the yard. Then we went out and cleaned up after the cleanup crew. We got over 2 inches of rain on the 20th. Of course, that was the day they decided to start the tile install! The property was a mud hole when they went to bring in their equipment. We noticed the truck was starting to make a noise we had not heard before and figured out it was the power steering system. David found the fluid level was low and added power steering fluid thinking that would fix it. We drove up to the Rustic Furniture Depot in Denton with our friends Mona and Wade and it became clear there was a leak in the power steering system. Wade pointed out where it might be coming from and we added more fluid so we could get home. We have an appointment to get the truck in to have it repaired on Monday. Unfortunately, we did not find any furniture at the Rustic Furniture store to our liking this time (We had bought furniture there for the apartment back in 2012). We are watching the black Friday sales so we can pick up items we will need when we move into the house. We locked up the shop this week, so we can start using it for storage. More rain is due this coming week. After months of dry weather and having access to the house and shop, the mud is deterring us from getting in to check on progress.
Our 1890's Barn Beam Mantle.
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