Kitchen

[lsanderson]

It ustta have two gaslights, and you can see the plaster where the servant's stair came into the kitchen. Real 2X10s & 2X4s.

Comments

[mia-mcdavid.livejournal.com]

Cool!!!

[shelleybear.livejournal.com]

You mean, at one time there would have been a well-muscled male servant coming down the stairs to do the master's bidding?

[dd-b.livejournal.com]

Even modern 2x10s are pretty scary. Real ones are quite remarkable. And a lot of houses had their second floors made with 2x8 joists, so it's good to have 2x10s.

I wonder how modern trusses with tongue-and-groove manufactured sheathing and glue will hold up for 100 years? It's pretty clearly "better" today than what we do with solid wood today, as well as cheaper (including installation), but there's still the question about the long run, generations of people hacking on it, etc.

[gerisullivan.livejournal.com]

Pictures!

(Way neat.)

[sethb.livejournal.com]

No, I can't see it; my browser isn't showing me the pictures.