Our wood floors from recycled lumber

A few months ago a friendly neighbor donated us some lumber that his father had stored decades ago in his shed.  These chestnut, cedar and cherry timbers were kept from a dismantled structure on their property.  Others were milled from trees on their property and seasoned.   Then they had a very long shelf life probably longer than my life at the least.  We took these rescued lonely timbers to the local band saw mill and had them sliced into 20 mml planks for floor boards😀

Working with earthen plaster

Although the smell is pretty bad we have chosen to reuse the earth from the mud walls that we previously demolished, to make plaster for the interior walls.  Earth is a very forgiving medium to use for plasters and other building projects and allow for creative artsy work:)