finishing unmilled timbers

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FINISHING UNMILLED TIMBERS FOR OUR HOUSE

Yesterday Doug and I started our new one-day-a-week routine of working with the crew building our new house, Underhill.  Thursdays is all we have for February because Doug is teaching genetics at University of Wisconsin-Platteville Monday thru Wednesday and Fridays, and I am juggling three writing projects – all with […]

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PAINT OR STAIN OUR TIMBERS?

Our house will be built of unmilled timbers, which we selected from our woods (see  my post How to Peel Trees).  Most of them have been peeled and are starting to dry before they will be felled this winter.  Some are too tall to peel until they are felled.  It’s […]