With the ceiling finished, we wanted to make a little more headway on making it look nice, so wanted to install the trim piece along the ceiling ridge and also all the nice pieces around the roof window. Really, there were three more ceiling board pieces that had to be installed next to the roof window, so we weren’t quite finished on the ceiling, as I had claimed in my last post. 😉
We had to make some clean tight cuts on these last three pieces of ceiling board so they fit snug at the change in plane. Also had to put a shim in so the board next to the roof window would seat tight up against the window frame. Sooo many little details.
Okay, now the ceiling is FINISHED!!
On to the ridge trim. We cut and routered a couple of the remaining unused wall boards to make three trim pieces to our needed specs for covering the ceiling ridge. Then, as always, sand and seal. Unfortunately, I didn’t get any photos of creating the trim or installation of it. But, did get some of the finished product! (The anticipation, I know!)
That spot where we had a few ceiling boards go up to the roof window created a little gap above our ridge trim, so we had to install a sliver of wood to fill it. Again, those little details. While Eli cut the sliver, I utilized this bit of down time waiting for him by sealing up the house just a bit more tightly, shoving wool insulation into nooks, cracks, and crannies. (Take no notice of my beanie hat as a telltale sign of how behind I am on getting our progress posted about! No beanie now as I sit here writing this post in 80 degree temps. D’oh!)
After installing the first piece of ridge trim, since we were already up in the loft, we figured we’d work on the finish boards around the roof window. I picked some of my favorite boards for this. Love, love, love those little knots! And, we had a couple of boards with some real character that we put in here. Since the boards we used for the walls and ceiling were just a bit too narrow to completely cover the rafters around the roof window, we’ll need to use some wider trim, but–waste not want not!–we had the boards, so wanted to use them. And, like I said, they were some beauties!
In the midst of all this, our kitty had to check out the tiny house in progress, too. After some exploring, he found a sweet sleeping nook. I think he’s accepted his (hopefully in the not tooooo distant future) new living space.
Finally, it was back to the ridge trim to install the final two pieces. We had to butt these pieces up against the trim around the ceiling fan electrical box nice and tight for a clean look. Like I said before, no installation pics, but here’s the finished product!:
Looks wonderful!! I forgot to tell you last time how much I loved the lights!
Yay!! 🙂 🙂 Thanks!!