The walls and ceiling will be covered almost entirely with pine tongue and groove boards. The exception to this is in places where there will be cupboards or cabinets and these are covered with 5/8 fir good-one-side plywood.
The backroom is already done, but with salvaged wood that needed cleaning, sorting, planing, and sanding. The rest of the house is moving along more quickly as the wood just needs to be cut and put up. It surely makes a difference in speed and ease - but I'm glad to have been able to use recycled materials in at least a small part of this project.
The fireplace will go in the corner on the right of this picture where you can see the green tape on the floor. The door is still missing. I was going to build the door but then decided to buy one instead (which proved problematical since it's shorter and narrower than most doors. However, one should be ready in about two weeks).
Looking into the kitchen. The plywood shows where the kitchen cabinets will be. The wires hanging down like straggly hairs on either side of the kitchen window are to connect to a transformer at the plugin and run LED lights under the upper cupboards.
The corner where the ladder is standing will contain the refrigerator and pantry.
When I was a small boy I had a book about Chinese river boats with eyes on them that I really liked, but all I remember now is a few images and that "Ping" was a name in it somewhere. In any case, when I first looked at the windows on the front of the house I remarked that it looked a lot like Ping's river boat, but needed a mouth. I went away for the weekend and came back to find this somewhat toothy grin waiting for me. Ping the homely, but happy, house. :-)
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