Friday, September 05, 2008

re-doing Counters

yup, already needing to re-do stuff that was first built less than 2 years ago. Well, things like wood furniture need work regularly, and stuff that was fresh wood needs even more care. I re-oiled the 'kitchen' counters with tung oil, and by gosh, they look pretty good.


this is the island by the door.

3 comments:

WrethaOffGrid said...

Hey Tys! Your site is just so interesting to read, how about some pix of your yurt? I've seen some teasers, but (as far as I know) I haven't seen any pix that feature just your yurt... how big is it? How do you like living in it? How's the composting toilet working for you? I assume you are still using one, ours is doing great, I feel funny now when I go to someone else's house and "flush", I actually prefer using my bucket. :)

Wretha

Survival Chick said...

Wow, beautiful!

Tys said...

Wretha,
ok, I put a yurt photo up! the composting toilet is working perfectly. I'm still surprised people try and use those crazy store bought machines when a 5 gal bucket system will never break!
Cheers,
Tys

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