orthodoxmason
@orthodoxmason
Builder, designer, craftsman. Building upon long-held truths.
Masonry is done. Had some friends come up and help us finish it out before winter. Next week we are back at the shop and will start cutting out the timber frame roofs. I’m continually grateful for the opportunity to create such beautiful project with such lovely folks!
A bit of our cabinet making process. 5/4” eastern white pine face frame pinned with white oak dowels. Milk paint for the finish.
Cabinets are coming together. Working on the husks, and lazy susans. Giving the panels a coat of paint before assembly helps keep them looking sharp as they shrink and expand. Quote taken with how the texture of the grain comes through with this milk paint.
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It’s the story of The Three Little Pigs. We forget our fairy tales and nursery rhymes at our own peril. When the big bad wolf comes knocking, will you be able to resist and ride out the storm?
4Runner was sluggish this morning. Turns out having a mouse take up lodgings next to the air filter will cause that.
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Speaking for myself, it's rare that I do a project that isn't, in part, targeting some specific thing I want to be better at
Quite taken with this window lintel detail that I saw yesterday. It’s quite subtle, but adds quite a lot to the overall feel. In a word, umami.
“Patrick, why are you focused on building lovable places that last?” “This. These are the ties that bind, the threads woven across time that unite us with past and future alike. I’ve met my forebears at their walls, and want my descendants to have the chance to meet me at mine.
850 year old Viking church 🇳🇴This is the church my wife and I were married in. Here are a few pictures from our weekend visit there.
A door blows open in your mind when you learn about the suffix -le, it explains so much. People used to add it to verbs to mean ‘more than once’ or continuously—so originally, to ramble is to ‘roam’ on, to jostle is to joust repeatedly, and to sparkle is to emit lots of sparks.
