This weekend we started on deck #1, which sits behind the Schoolhouse overlooking the creek and connects – or will connect – the Schoolhouse to the Library. We also learned about a new tool: the magical palm nailer. The deck was framed out before we got red-tagged, but this weekend we worked on rim joists [...]
Archive for July, 2010
We start on deck #1
Posted in Building, tagged deck building, palm nailer, power tools, Russian River Schoolhouse on July 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Our first guests
Posted in Beginning, tagged Monte Rio, Russian River Schoolhouse on July 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
My sister Melanie is a sport. Her girls, Melia and Linnea, follow in her footsteps. On July 4th weekend, they were our first overnight guests. They brought a tent and camped in the yard, ate sausages off paper plates, attended Monte Rio’s July 4th festivities, and generally gloried in the vision of the Schoolhouse, while [...]


