The Studio Has Arrived!

Yes, the very next day after the kitchen cabinet installation began, the studio was delivered.  Um, yeah, we like to keep things hopping here.   Nothing like 2 major projects happening at the very same time.  

I'm not sure if I was more excited to see the kitchen cabinets arrive the day before or if the studio getting delivered took First Prize.   I guess it's a toss up which one won.   Let's just say that getting closer to a fully functioning kitchen and sewing room are both at the top of my "happy place" list.

Mose was driving the truck and he took a running start to pull the heavy load through the small gulley between the road and our yard.   I held my breath but he's an old pro at delivering these buildings and it was just another day at the office for him.

He was able to maneuver the truck and studio into position perpendicular to the enclosed porch where my sewing room is currently located.    To do that he had to thread his truck in between a giant oak tree and one of the grape arbors.   It really was interesting to watch him continually adjust the angle of the truck and the studio....all the while keeping an eye on the obstacles in his way.

And now for the fun part.    His truck is equipped with an intricate system that allows him to slide the building off the trailer and then continually adjust the angle and height of the building until he can place cement blocks underneath it as he levels the building.   It took him the better part of 2 hours to accomplish everything, but when all was said and done he had leveled the new studio to within 1/2" of the old sewing room porch.  

The new studio is now perpendicular to the house and the door at the left end short wall is perfectly lined up with one of the windows in the old sewing porch.   The plan(plan?   really? ha!) is to remove the window in the sewing porch, replace it with a door and build an enclosed breezeway to connect the new studio with the old sewing porch.   That will allow me access to the studio without having to go outside in inclement weather.  Yes, I do love spending the day sewing in my jammies.

Now this looks like a fun gizmo to play with, doesn't it?  Each side of the trailer can lift or lower independent of the other side.   It was very cool to watch them ease the studio into the perfect position.

Now that the studio is in place it's time to level it and put the blocking underneath it.

See what I mean about the huge oak tree?    And you can see the arbor with it's white painted posts behind the trailer.   Not exactly the easiest place to deliver a building, 'ya think?

We chose to have hardi-board put on the studio that matches the workshop and the chicken coop.  Eventually we will have to remove the brittle white vinyl siding on the house and then we plan on matching the house to the new outbuildings.   But that's a project for another year.   Thank goodness.   All the buildings on the farm have matching green metal roofs, white trim and white windows.   As we change out the house to tan hardi-board, we'll incorporate some stone work around the foundation of all the buildings and that should give the farm a cohesive look.   But, like I said, that's a project for another year.

As all our neighbors drove by the house that day they slowed down to see what in the world the new city folks from Florida were doing now.   At least they all smiled and waved as they drove by....

Gotta love living in the country,
Debbie