Clopton
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Completed in 2016 in Rønde, Denmark. Images by Niels Nygaard. Jagtens Hus is situated on Mols peninsula in the eastern part of Jutland, Denmark, and is the new domicile for the Danish Hunter Association. In the...
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We have looked through countless photos in our quest for Craftsman style with modern amenities, and I wanted to share two of my favorites for backsplash inspiration. What did people do before Houzz and Pinterest?! It seems like much of the tile used for Craftsman-style installations has that handmade look with just a smidge of inconsistency in shape and glaze, which adds so much character. That's what I'm picturing in our kitchen :) Craftsman Kitchen by Dallas Kitchen & Bath Designers Brooke B. Sammons (image courtesy of houzz.com) In the comments from this photo (above), Ms. Sammons says that the tile was made by Motawi Tileworks. Check out their online catalog - it's gorgeous! I love the layout of this backsplash because it features tiles in multiple sizes along with some accent relief tiles. Click on the image to see the entire project gallery on Houzz. Traditional Kitchen by Saratoga Springs Design-Build Firms Teakwood Builders, Inc. (image courtesy of houzz.com) This photo has already inspired our kitchen's cabinet finish and countertop, so it seems like a no-brainer to stick to this beautifully designed scheme for the backsplash! The glass tile accent has really grown on me since the first time I saw this image, and something similar would tie in well with our dining room fixture. What do you think? Again, click on the image to see the entire project gallery on Houzz. Currently pondering over these tile samples in our kitchen... We recently went back to visit Marion at Ceramic Harmony here in Huntsville. They did a perfect job of fabricating and installing our countertops, so we want to give them our business again when we're ready to buy tile for the backsplash. I'm feeling quite set on these samples (above), but the layout is still undecided. We're planning to DIY the backsplash and it will be our first tile project, so I don't want to overcomplicate things. I mean, we never overcomplicate things around here, right? ;) For your viewing pleasure, the sample tiles are arranged so you can see how they look with the cabinet finish, flooring, and countertop. The glass tile is by Lunada Bay Tile, and the pattern is a Sumi-e custom blend with colors Zushi and Honey. If we include the glass, it will likely be a single row above the bottom row of field tile. The ceramic field tile is by Pratt & Larson, and the finish is one of their Craftsman Matte glazes in the color C330. Thanks for reading and please check back later in the week. A VERY exciting delivery arrived this morning, hopefully we'll be makin' bacon by the weekend!
Last night we finished installing the base cabinet boxes! Things are shaping up nicely, and it's actually starting to look like a kitchen in here. Steven assembled and installed these frames (above) to support the base cabinets a few weeks ago. He made sure that the support frames were level with each other, using shims as needed, and in alignment across their fronts. The base frames were attached to the toe plate in the wall using 3 1/2" decking screws. Next, the toe kicks were attached to the support frames with 1 1/4" screws. The above shot also gives you a glimpse of the Toe Ductor under cabinet ducting kit. We liked the idea of having the HVAC vent concealed in the toe kick, and the installation for this was pretty easy. (Then again, I was the one assisting from above while Steven was in the crawl space...) Toe kicks in place! This is the last time you'll see this spot looking like an empty room :) We installed the corner cabinet first, then worked our way out (above). Steven made sure all three cabinet boxes that make up this corner section were level across the top, level back-to-front, and aligned across the face frames. He used shims and clamps as needed to hold the boxes in place while he screwed them to the wall studs. The empty space to the left is for the range, and the space to the right is for the dishwasher. After the corner section was secured in place, we moved on to the stand alone boxes to either side (above). Again, we made sure everything was level and the face frames were aligned with those in the corner section. Using a 6' long level really helped with jumping the range and dishwasher gaps when checking for level and alignment. After the cabinet boxes were installed, we just had to set the sink in place to see how it all looked! We went with Blanco's Cerana Apron Front Sink (30-inch) for a clean, simple look. Blanco describes this sink as reversible because one side is more rounded for a traditional look while the other is slightly more squarish for a contemporary look. The difference is pretty subtle, and I'd say not even noticeable if you were standing in front of the sink. We decided to have the more rounded side exposed. I'm just two clear coats away from having the fridge surround's face frame finished, and hopefully we'll have some upper cabinet face frames ready for finishing before the weekend is out. Thanks for reading and have a great Memorial Day weekend!
The small village church of St Peter at Clopton in east Northamptonshire dates from the middle of the 19th century.
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Duncan Hobhouse is a fifth-year Ravenclaw student in Hogwarts Legacy. When he was young, a puffskein stuck its tongue up his nose and ever since, he had a great fear of them. He was able to keep this fear hidden from everyone until his fifth year at Hogwarts when Professor Hecat was having them practice repelling boggarts in Defence Against the Dark Arts and the boggart took the form of a puffskein in front of the whole class. Some students like Everett Clopton made fun of this, calling him "Puf
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The Clopton Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I. In the private collection of Mr. Peter James Hall. Picture acquired through Wikimedia Commons. Image public domain. The Clopton Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I dates from early in her reign, circa 1560-65, before she reinvented herself as Gloriana. The portrait, by an unknown artist, is in the private collection of Mr. Peter James Hall, though there are other existent versions. Another Clopton-esque portrait of Queen Elizabeth I by an unknown artist, circa 1560. Image public domain through Creative Commons licensing, NPG, London. Queen Elizabeth I has purposefully donned the colors associated with a modest Protestant intellectual, black and white, in her portrait. In the system of heraldry, the tincture of black represents constancy, while the tincture of white/silver represents sincerity. Queen Elizabeth draws attention to her favorite feature, her hands, by wearing multiple rings and holding a book in her right hand and gloves in her left; Elizabeth had a fondness for fine gloves, several pairs of which have gone on display in recent years. An exquisite ceremonial pair of Queen Elizabeth I's gloves. This portrait bares similarities to the portrait of Elizabeth as Princess from around 1546; In addition to being depicted with books again, Elizabeth's haunting gaze is very similar. The Clopton Portrait, painted before Queen Elizabeth's portraits included copious amounts of symbolism and her image became regulated, gives us a very good idea of what the young Queen of England actually looked like. Other portraits of Queen Elizabeth I from this time include the following: A portrait of Queen Elizabeth I by an unknown artist, circa 1565. Picture acquired through Wikimedia Commons. Image public domain. Recently discovered in 1994 when it went up for auction, this portrait of Queen Elizabeth was painted around 1565 by an unknown artist of the British School. The portrait, sold through Christie's, is now in a private collection. Interestingly, the entire portrait, including the frame, is painted on a single piece of wood (Cody). Once again, Queen Elizabeth I is shown holding a book; below her hand on the frame is a verse that she purportedly spoke to a Marian priest when questioned about transubstantiation, 'Twas God the word that spake it, He took the bread and brake it, And what the word did make it, That I believe and take it. A miniature portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, circa 1560-65. Attributed to Levina Teerlinc. Picture acquired through Wikimedia Commons. Image public domain. A miniature of Queen Elizabeth I, circa 1560-65. Attributed to Levina Teerlinc. Part of The Royal Collection. Another miniature portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, circa 1560-65. Attributed to Levina Teerlinc. Picture acquired through Wikimedia Commons. Image public domain. A miniature of Queen Elizabeth I, circa 1560-65. Attributed to Levina Teerlinc. Part of The Royal Collection. Sources: Sutherland-Harris, Ann, and Linda Nochlin. Women Artists: 1550-1950. Los Angeles: Museum Associates of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1976. Print. "Portraits of Queen Elizabeth." Marilee Cody. Web. 4 April. 2013.
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In the last post we left off with the porch posts and headers, and we've been working on the rafters since then. My name is Steven, and I am a Simpson Strong-Tie-aholic. In the porch project I used five different ties; Ridge Rafter Connectors, Hurricane Strap H2.5A, Cap Base BC4, Post Base ABA 44, and Mending Plate MP24. I have seen where people have used common nails, but I like to use the Strong-Tie N10D5HDG and 10d5HDG nails. I have seen other people install the ties using other types of fasteners but to me it seemed that a Strong-Tie 10d nail was a bit bigger than a regular 10d and would insure a snug fit with the connector. I prefer contact around the entire nail instead of just were the head meets the plate. Hipped roofs are composed of four different framing components: ridge beam, common rafter, hip rafter, and jack rafter. The board to the far right, attached to the front of the house, is the ridge beam (special thanks to Ryan!). The diagonal rafters, attached to the ridge beam and the porch header, are the common rafters. Before the ridge beam was lag-screwed to the house, we attached the Ridge Rafter Connectors, which are used to secure the common rafters to the ridge beam. This became a time saver when I was installing common rafters alone. I could lift the rafter on to the porch header, place one end in the connector and nail it, then square up the other end on the header and nail it into place. The 2"x8" ridge beam was attached to the house so that it was roughly centered with the porch and mounted 10' above the concrete porch floor. It was first nailed to hold it in place, then lag screws were used to attach it to the studs. Porch roofs will often pull away from a house over time. Lag screwing the ridge beam keeps this from happening and also helps transfer some of the weight to the studs of the house. Once the ridge beam was in place, it was time to put in the common rafters. The rafters were cut using a construction calculator. I used an iPhone App (Builder's Helper by My Pie Interactive), and it made calculation very easy. I would highly suggest getting a construction calculator before starting a project. Most of them seemed to run between $10 and $16. After two rafter installations, I was able to install a rafter with the rafter connector and a Hurricane Strap in under ten minutes. The corner of a hipped roof is made up of a center hip rafter and paired jack rafters. The hip rafter is essentially the roof's sloped corner. The end that meets the ridge beam is mitered at 45° on both sides to meet with common rafters that are perpendicular to each other. Since the length of the hip rafter is much longer than the common rafters, the pitch will be different but a good construction calculator will give you the difference. It was amazing to see how ridged the framing became after the hip rafters were placed. The jack rafters are common rafters that meet at the hip rafter. They change in size but the pitch and angle are going to be the same. Theoretically, they should be the same pitch as the common rafters with a 45° cut to meet the hip rafter. However, that is in a perfect world where boards are not twisted, cupped, or bowed. I am a stickler for a good connection and the gaps on this theory weren't cutting it (haha, puns). So I came up with a way to transfer the compound cut to my miter saw. Starting from the last common rafter, I marked out the jack rafters' placement on the header (16" on center) using the short leg of a framing square. [If you didn't know already, the short leg of a framing square is the thickness of a 2x for ease of laying out framing.] I then used the framing square to find where the inside edge of the jack rafter would hit the hip rafter. If you are particular like me, put a speed square against the header as a fence, that way you know your marks are perpendicular to the header which will make a nice, straight rafter. I used this process for two of the rafter locations. I then can measure between the two lines to find where the other rafters will land, since they should all be equal distances apart. I then nailed a string to my marks on the header and hip rafter and used a bevel gauge (above photo) to measure the horizontal and vertical angles that would come in contact with the hip rafter. Using a compound miter saw, I set the first angle, then went back to the rafter, measured, and set the second angle on the miter saw. After a test cut and some minor adjustments, I was ready to cut the jack rafters. Here's the front view with most of the subfascia in place. If I were to do it all over again, I would definitely have cut the rafter tails much longer and then trimmed them after installation. The tails that I have were cut using one common rafter as a template. They are fine, but there are too many variables to consider when installing them, and you can see some slight waves in the subfascia. You can only really see it at one angle, on a ladder, and I am sure it will be even less noticeable when I attach the fascia. But for now, it bothers me. Helpful tools Compound Miter Saw Circular Saw Jig Saw Stair Gauges Construction Calculator (or App) Hammer Drill (for drilling holes in concrete for post, wedge bolts.) Impact Driver ( for driving lag screws) Framing Nailer Believe it or not, this post was not sponsored by Simpson Strong-Tie! -Steven
