This is going to be a long post with lots of pictures. While it is still work on the Nyne, this is largely an experiment/how-to-guide using Band-It wood veneer strips, wood filler, and wood stain. When conceptualizing the Nyne, my initial idea was to have the floors be removable. To plan for that, I cut […]
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Building the Nyne House Part 3: Material and Furniture Placement Planning
Its Monday and Thanksgiving is in just a few days.. scary how time flies! This will also probably be the last post until after Thanksgiving since I have gobs of work to do, gobs of family events to go to, and gobs of turkey to eat! This is a rather simple post anyway. Its all […]
Building the Nyne House Part 2: First Floor Walls
These pictures have been sitting in my hard drive for a few days, but I only got around to editing and posting them until now. Its not much, its just putting up the first floor, load bearing walls for the Nyne. I used polyurethane Gorilla Glue and “nailed” in toothpicks (pictured above) to join the two pieces together. […]
Building the Nyne House Part 1: Dry Fit
Can I tell you how annoying it was to cut 3/4″ thick foam with a hobby knife? Its not as horrible as hand sanding, but it was pretty obnoxious. My cuts are not clean or perfectly square because it was all done by hand. Of course, it wasn’t until AFTER I cut everything out that I […]
The Nyne House
So this is the project that I dreamt up a few months ago and have been planning since. I actually started working on it a few weeks ago in my spare time (which is very limited) and have only got to the framing process. Remember a post I made a long while back? The Nyne […]