Barn Board Update

 Yesterday afternoon my son-in-law "Stinger" and I moved the new load of lumber into the barn. We stacked them with spacers between each layer and left space all the way around each board in a effort to speed up to final drying process. I'll keep the air circulating in the barn with a large fan and in a few weeks or so the boards should be acclimated to the inside atmosphere They've been sitting in the saw mill yard for quite a while so with a little luck they shouldn't shrink much more. They were cut from fairly fast growing pine trees with pretty large growth rings so there's a possibility they'll go through some more changes. Since they are rough cut and I'm going for a rustic look, it's no big deal if they do.

I'll keep you posted as the barn project moves along (I go at a little slower pace than the Pioneer boys do when they're setting logs on a new home).