Sun Room

Our New Sun Room

	Part of the roof of our old office is broken, but instead of repairing it, we decide to build a new, more dramatic one, put lots of windows in the roof, and call it our new sun room!

	First Jim cuts 4 beautiful beams	Then we prepare to get them up on the roof
	Success - but not easy!	Then Jim drills holes before mounting them
	Here they are, with the beginning of a framing	The framing grows
	Next we take down the old, lower roof	And then we take a lunch break.
	Then we place windows in the roof framing	Here are the 11 windows in our new roof
	And here it is!
	But we can't stop here. We need to add some beautiful details.
	We add stairs made from wood slabs	And hang plants from the new beams
	And some more plants	It needs a dash of color from flowers
	And a little palm tree. .	We put in the special stained glass window Jim made a couple of years ago
	And a bamboo plant moves in .	Jim makes a special fountain with abalone shells

	Here is a closer look
	P.S. For those of you who were wondering, when we have one of our infrequent showers during the summer, we have a large tarp that we can rapidly throw over the whole roof and tie down. During the winter we take out the 11 windows, cover the empty holes with sturdy pieces of plywood, and replace the tarp for complete protection. Also during the winter we put in 8 temporary braces so that each one of the four beams is securely braced in two places. This means if we have a heavy snow winter of four feet or more, the roof will be fine in the spring. (We often go away in the winter. We also put braces in all the other areas of our house, greenhouse, etc. for the same reason. Four feet of snow on your roof can get pretty heavy.)

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