9/21/19
(Above: The painted face-plates / doors for the various unclad cabinets in Jacobhouse. My turquoise paint-bucket is getting close to the bottom, but I think I’ll have enough to finish my abode!)
Building Summary: Today I initiated Jacobhouse activities by shearing off an uneven edge from the bathroom cupboard’s door. This was followed by my setting up another makeshift worktable in the haybarn* and placing Jacobhouse’s various intended doors and faceplates upon it. After helping Padre and Wag with some cattle work, I sanded and then primed all of the prepared wood.
The second portion of morning activities consisted of my venturing out to Jacobhouse and fabricating sections of mini-floor to seat within the closet-wall. This process consisted of measuring / marking / cutting plywood down to the appropriate size (two 9 7/8” by 15″ sections for the front portion of the closet and one 9 7/8” by 20 ½” piece for the rear portion). To the underside of these pieces of plywood, I fastened on some flat (9″) 2x4s to raise them up to the appropriate height. The ‘mini-floors’ ended up fitting quite snugly and were just about flush with the surrounding floor**.
To the finish off the morning, I began fabricating an ‘undermount’ for the front of the closetwall’s slide-out. To this mount, I will end up fastening the plastic wheel procured from Sparr a few months back – a form of support that will likely be necessary when the heavy ¾” plywood faceplate is fastened onto the slide-out’s front.
(7:24 PM Update): I painted the aforementioned faceplates / doors turquoise this afternoon. Also, I took some of the paint leftover and used it to color in the markings left on the molding from when I had weights against it. After cleaning the paint tools, I began putting together the roller-wheel for the base of the closet-wall, and to finish off the afternoon, I helped Padre and Wag move a wall frame into the Studio container.
TIL: Today I learned / re-learned the difference between I.e. and E.g. The former (i.e.) is the Latin abbreviation for id est which means “in other words”. The latter (e.g.) is the Latin abbreviation for exempli gratia which means “for example”.
Commentary: I didn’t know what I was going to write about for commentary today, but on the way home I had an interesting thought. There is no doubt that, even with the various disfigurements accrued throughout its lifespan as a shipping container, Jacobhouse is pleasant on the eyes. As a matter of fact, I could not help but wonder if those dents, dings, and minor stains actually play a major role in the aesthetic appeal of the abode. Not only do they add character to the dwelling, they also accent the fresh construction within to make that new construction appear more pristine than it would appear in a completely ‘fresh-built’ abode (e.g. the contrast of Jacobhouse’s original container walls versus the brand new flooring).
Either way, I have long appreciated the imperfections of my abode, and now it appears that I’ve got one more reason to do so.
Final Note: Later today / tomorrow I plan painting the various (primed) cupboard doors and faceplates a fine, turquoise blue. This will be ensued by installing a wheel onto the base of the closet-wall.
*This time with a 4×8′ sheet of plywood so warped that it could likely be used as a boat.
** Ended up fastening on a piece of Gripstrip flooring to the frontmost piece of plywood to bring it up to exactly the same height as the floor just outside of the closet-wall (a smooth surface for the soon-to-be-installed wheel).