No work for the WICKED this weekend

HALLOWEEN is rapidly approaching and we should be concentrating on yard work and decorations, but instead off to visit the Momma we went.

Walter Cline's Barn

Looking to the SW with POTATO BUTTE in the background.

This is no easy feat.  YOUNG is a 4 hour drive, the last hour of which is on the DIRT ROAD TO HELL.  Young is more than a little off the beaten path, but this is where I lived as a kid, and where my Mom's significant other is from, also known as PLEASANT VALLEY.  The road is narrow, steep, rocky washboards, no guard rails on haripin curves with breathtaking drops to either side.  Not for the faint of heart, or anyone with a new or clean car, that they want to keep that way.

"TODD", aka my Trooper, is a fine choice for this drive, though I should have listened to Owen's suggestion that I remove all the ceramic tile samples from the back seat, it would have been a quieter drive.

We arrived just after dark on Friday evening safe and sound but with a few loose hubcaps. 

Saturday morning we began one of the last projects at THE BARN, antiquing the last couple cabinets for an entertainment center.  First let me explain THE BARN.  THE BARN is Walter's old barn, which he and my Mom, Nancy, have been remodeling for the last couple of years.  Everything they have used has been recycled.  I donated salvaged materials from design jobs, and they have scavenged most of the other materials.  All in order to UPCYCLE!  Not much is new, a couple of faucets, and some ceramic tile. THE BARN has been used as a makeshift guesthouse for years, but they wanted to spruce it up a bit.  So they added about 450 SF, which is a bedroom, walk in closet and a bathroom.  I'm pretty sure I drew up the plan on a piece of notebook paper, but it was good enough for a permit.

When they recycle, THEY REALLY RECYCLE.  First there was the timber, which they milled for the wood to do the addition.  Ponderosa Pine from The Little Green Valley Ranch.  The trees were cut to make way for the new ranch house.   But nothing goes to waste on a ranch, so all the lumber came from those few trees.  Beautiful rough hewn 2 x 4's, 2 x 6's, 2 x 8's etc..  Someone they know had some of the same 40 year old roofing, so the new roof matches the old roof perfectly and using 40 year old material truly qualifies as recycling.  There is a beautiful old wood stove which my Mom and Norma lovingly restored.
All the kitchen cabinets were salvaged from Vicki's place in Phoenix, and have been painted the awesome color of JADITE.  The kitchen sink is from the HABITAT store in Payson, $25 for a KHOLER with a chip.
Well I guess you get the idea,...............reuse, recycle, upcycle!!  It really looks great and is so cozy.  Walter has contributed lots of handmade furniture, all upcycled from old wood and old metal parts from sadles, and stoves, and wagons, and who knows what.   Check out the feet on the bathroom vanity, and the big blanket chest in the bedroom, as well as the night tables.  All one of a kind Walter originals! 

 Enjoy the photos of the barn, and remember to RECYCLE.



Check out the window latches and pulleys
Windows from a demolished house.





Claw feet with glass balls, OLD!
The framework is a cart from IKEA,
which I only need the top for a job.
LOVE the rope trim on the window!



The sink cabinet is a recycled vanity cabinet,
great small drawers for storage.  The barn even
has a dishwasher (courtesy of Phil and Marsha).







  




A tiny but working range with vintage coffee pot.
MDF countertops with MARINE varnish.
The cabinets have vintage BLACK glass pulls
and knobs with some trout and apples too.



This is a new cabinet, but made from scraps.
Sandblasted door glass at a later date.
They use the coffee grinder.
The curtain has RIC RAC, wouldn't my Grandmother be proud.





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The lovely  wood cook stove.
Restored by NORMA and NANCY.
Scott and Debbie installed the tile,
EXCELLENT JOB!





Fabulous blanket chest made by WALTER.
PONDEROSA PINE board and batten wall panels.
Bedroom, bathroom and closet addition.