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One that’s been hanging on the wall for a few years… “Grouse”… 4″x9” pen & ink on paper. http://huismanconcepts.com/artwork-gallery/

Back to the small cabin project on the Island, footing piers are in at the building site: Now floor framing can begin and then walls… http://huismanconcepts.com/ ______________________________ _______________________________________ _________________ This is a great editorial in the Ely Timberjay this past week:  http://www.timberjay.com/stories/Up-North-Jobs,11138  I don’t always agree with Marshal, but is this case he says it … Read more

The project we started a few weeks ago has progressed a bit.This is an interesting project, a little different than a lot of projects in that the homeowner has had an active role in a big part of the project, the timber framing.Last summer they took a class at the Northhouse Folk School in Grand … Read more

I just finished this one. It is a drawing of one of my sons, (quite a few years back), up in the loft of an old barn… Dimensions are 14″ wide x 17″ high… Just pencil on “Bristol Board”. http://huismanconcepts.com/

      This past week we have started another project. It is a small cabin that we are starting from scratch on an island on one of the lakes in the area.       The challenge, of course, with a water access project is getting materials, men and equipment to the building site.As with most projects, this one … Read more

Continuing the start of this project: Pouring the basement floor slab on top of the foam insulation and the “In-floor” heating tubes. Going up from there with the ICF forms …they stack up like life sized “Legos”… Here the insulated concrete form walls are completed and have been filled with concrete. Ready for a subfloor … Read more

Baseball for Ely’s American Legion team this weekend so far: ‏   http://elylegionbaseball.blogspot.com/2013/07/ely-reaches-district-finals.html?spref=tw  http://huismanconcepts.com/

To continue from last weeks post:The next steps are filling in and compacting the inside area under the basement slab and then laying the foam insulation that will force the heat from the in-floor heating system up into the house. Here the dirt is being brought in to the inside of the footings and compacted. … Read more

This past week we broke ground on a new lake home project: Rolling in with the Backhoe… EZ Excavating doing the dirt-work. Jake on the machine, removing debris and starting to dig The hole is dug out and the footings formed. This is the walk-out wall on the lake side of the home. This is … Read more

A story from city hall…a true story, though I may embellish it a little, (this is, after all, my blog and I can do whatever I want here…) I happen to know a wonderful lady, Claire, who works in the city clerks office. In her job there, she deals with people who come in or … Read more