The Hut looks like a house!   Mark and I just returned from five days at the farm.  We went up on Tuesday and missed the action with the crane.  When we arrived, all four walls were up, and the six glulam roof beams were up and in place.  The roof joists were on the roof, but not in place.  As the week went on, the roof joists were nailed in place and additional framing continued through Saturday morning.  

We are really pleased with the look of the cedar trim cap around the top edge of the roof. It will eventually be stained and will not lose the natural look of the cedar. More work on the frame and wall next week with the roof on Friday, July 25th. With such a small structure, the process goes quickly!

The foundation and framing work has been done by Miranda Construction--John Miranda and his crew.  They do high quality work and they work hard—even in the rain.  John is an interesting guy.  He has been a builder and woodworker all his life.  As the story goes, his ancestry is Chinese and Native North American via Canada.  He is involved with canoe racing with the Nooksack Indian Tribe and showed us these gorgeous canoe paddles he makes—and uses. 

http://s178.photobucket.com/albums/w259/mark_proulx/John%20Miranda%20Canoe%20Paddle/

The walls were built flat and the crane lifted the two heaviest into place. 

That is John in the center and his co-worker with the caulk gun.  They are getting ready to tip up the first (and lightest in weight) west wall.

This is the north wall.  There is a "bump out" on the corner that will hold the mechanicals--heat and hot water.

The glulam beams are wrapped in a protective cover.  The I-joists are above.  The glulam beams will be exposed as part of the interior ceiling.

You can see the cap around the top that I mentioned earlier.  Beautiful cedar.

The view below is from the road.

Detail for my Weyerhaeuser friends--the dimension lumber, beams and I-joists are Brand X, the OSB is Weyerhaeuser product made in Canada.

Mark and I kept busy looking at countertop material and interior and exterior paint.  We have to make those decisions soon--the project is moving quickly!