The Interior

This visit was in late June. It was a pleasant day with white puffy clouds in the sky much of the day. The new house appeared inactive until we approached the door on the side and found a carpenter working on the interior.
	Standing in the doorway we note the freshly hand cut beams. The smell of pine wood and some simple hand tools remind us that it is the early 1800's that we are exploring on this day.
The carpenter has moved to his work bench to choose some tools to work on the stairs that will eventually connect the cellar and attic to this floor.
	These two sections need nails but a fear that they will split or crack justifies guide holes be made first.
With a hand tool and some muscle a hole is made right through a knot in the wood. No power tools at the work site in the 1830's.

I inquired as to how long it would take to finish the house and was advised that each project like this might have it's own schedule depending on who was doing the work, when they were available, how quickly materials were made available, how many people were helping out and when it truly needed to be done. I guess what he was saying was, it will get done when it gets done.

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