Crown Heights Reno

the good: part one
building the studio: a flip book view

in one of my first posts (mary, mary, quite contrary) i talked about where the studio was going and why. the pictures in that post will give you a sense of what the back of the house was like when we bought it.

the back of the house 2 months ago, just before we started building:

the grape arbor and the shack are gone.

while “garden” is extremely important to me,
so is my work
thankfully our house is on a 131′ lot which allowed for the option of housing the studio in an extension and still have substantial space left over for planting
(and i will garden as well on the deck that will go on top of the studio)

the view from above, 14 months ago:

the digging has started and so has the rain:

the foundation is dug:

guide lines are put in place, marking the actual boundaries of the building

the form is built to hold the cement

a layer of gravel is put down and the cement is poured:

cinder blocks are laid:

and are filled with rocks and cement for better insulation and to create more of a water barrier

in the end we add another row to what was originally called for

the inside of the wall is painted with a waterproofing material

the structure starts to take shape

and continues to grow:

and grow

the beginnings of a roof:

it’s covered with tar paper, those holes will be skylights

and the tapered, rigid insulation is laid:

and then
even though the roof was left exposed to a deluge of 3″ of rain
the roof is tarped in case it rains again
because it needs to be dry to put down the rubber
honestly, at this point, i would untarp it…

the rubber gets laid:

now,
it was my intention to continue this series until the skylights were in
(and maybe even the deck was on, )
but things don’t always work out as planned,
stay tuned…