Progress of my house.

The slab was poured April 2008 and the house was dried in sometime in July 2008.
I began cutting the wood for my house about 1 1/2 yrs ago preparing for the build.
In my spare time (which hasn't been much) I've been able to cut all the framing material
(2x4', 2x6, 2x8, etc) from Southern Yellow Pine. Throughout the house you will find only wood cut and dried here at the mill. Such as... Aromatic cedar, walnut, red and white oak, southern yellow and knotty pine, white ash, osage orange, red leaf maple (soft maple).
The house is 1960 sqft, 3 bedrooms w/ office, 2 ½ baths and a 400sqft porch.

Building it (with the help of my Dad and Grand-dad) has been an absolute blast!
Sometimes it's hard to imagine that I have taken a bunch of trees,
cut them up into lumber, then turn them boards into the accomplishment
you see so far. I can truly say "I built my house board by board".
I still have lots of more trees to mill.... lots of wall paneling, trim,
fireplace mantel, and cabinets to do....oh, it's gonna need furniture too!
I hope to have some new pictures and update next month.
Until then... Happy Woodworking!

Front of house The exterior siding is 5/8"x 10"-12" wane edge aromatic cedar. Some refer to it as "Cowboy Siding".
Front Porch The Front porch is made from aromatic cedar (joist and framing) and topped with 5/4 Cypress decking. The post are 10"diameter peeled natural aromatic cedar.
Front Porch The ceiling under the porch is 3/4x5-1/2" T&G v-groove Cedar. The shutters are made of cypress
Rear of house This is a rear view of the house. As you can see it's a two-story spilt level house. The living room, dining room, and kitchen area have a 17' 8" vaulted ceiling.
Entry Doors The entry door (front and back )are made of solid rustic Mesquite. I had originally used aromatic cedar as the door frame, but was quick to find out that the softer wood isn't capable of handling the huge amount of weight. The picture doesn't do these doors justice, they are absolutely beautiful!
Interior Door The interior doors are solid raised panel pine, with a special rustic finish.
Interior Door (Trimmed) Same door as above, but trimmed with Aromatic Cedar.
Mesquite Fireplace Mantel I used a very large, thick (and heavy) natural edged slab of burl mesquite for the fireplace mantel.
Fireplace Here again is the fireplace. In this picture you getting a better look at the surrounding natural stone and how it comes together with the mesquite mantel .
Vaulted Ceiling 17 foot kotty pine vaulted ceilings trimmed with aromatic cedar. Natural edge cedar beams as support
Vaulted Ceiling Another photo of the vaulted ceiling and walls.
Wall Covering Most of the interior wall paneling is knotty heart pine with a "cowboy trim". As you can see from the picture, I think I made a good choice.
Kitchen Cabinets Here you can some (not all) of the pecan wood kitchen cabinets and aromatic cedar countertops.
Countertops Here is a better of the thick slabs of aromatic cedar use as countertops.
Stairs To add a little different wood into the house I used walnut with the sap wood as the wall covering along the botton of the stairs.
Stairs treads For the stairs I choose to use 10/4 (2 ½" thick) natural edged aromatic cedar treads with knotty pine risers.

M&G Sawmill
149 High Oak Dr.
Huntsville, Texas 77340
Phone: 936-439-0834
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Saturday 9am-2pm