I only have a few screws holding all the trim on the windows and doors. Once I am happy with how they look and the fit, I will add nails to finish them. Would you believe that some of the windows have only 9 screws holding up all the trim? I love Torx head screws.
I used up the last of a very fine and rare Black Walnut and Butternut trim that has a Black Walnut rope laid into the trim, as well as the borders, which we may repaint white again.
Tiger Oak doors for bathroom walls, parts from at least a dozen houses or more, consolidated and married to other parts and pieces for a lifetime ahead. I wonder how many humans will live here before the house is dead in a hundred years or two, depending on how well the owners take care of it and do not abuse it. How many homes are made this way without a piece of sheetrock or vinyl in this place, without formaldehyde or chemicals that will leach into the lungs of the owners like the new trailers sold as homes by most these days? Few builders, nearly no one builds without imports, toxic chemicals leaching from the parts, or danger from the quality of air from the very start. Why not have a healthy house to live in that is also art?
If you are interested in building a home with pure materials, contact us for parts and packages to build homes like no one else can, using parts I have ready and stored in warehouses few can imagine. Please let us know if you need help with the design or just getting the materials; we can help.
If interested in purchasing the Retreat to move to your land or to live here in Luling, at Salvage, Texas for a year while getting your land ready, it can happen, perhaps. Give me a call.