Darryl's log home

The kitchen   Precious was in charge of cutting,planing and sanding planks from the blue gum logs. Darryl made a jig using the chainsaw to cut the planks. Now that the planks are ready, Darryl starts to make the kitchen counters. These will be the legs for the counter top. Support struts between the legs. Total span of just on 4m.        Darryl made a false base on which he will lay logs and encase them in epoxy resin. Hot glueing all gaps and joins so that the epoxy doesn't seep through. The false base and box is ready.... The wood and the first layer of epoxy is in. It cures for 24 hours before the next pouring. 3 days (3 pourings) later... the epoxy resin now needs to cure for a further 48 hours before the box is removed and the resin polished. Now the counter top that holds the sink. The boxes needed to cater for the base of the sink. The basin counter top rea...

The platform Under the house in the Safari area, Steven built a platform for a permanent tent to function as an extra space for guests / Air B&B etc    The fence and paving. Timo and Blessing used gum 'latte' for the fence. We had a supply of bricks which we used for the drive-way and pavement. Reeds Blessing cut reeds and Timo built a partition around the safari area's out-door shower. The garden path. This was initially uneven, cement steps. The guys and I took out all the cement... .... carried it uphill to the trailer to be thrown out at the dump... ... and then Blessing laid down steps - made of our log off-cuts. I landscaped the area and planted fynbos shrubs. Shelves We had some old melamine shelving that we used for our 'clothing room'  We did the same for the bathroom shelves.  Upstairs....The finished product... ...