Comprising a Life

The Bonsai, Travels and Haiku of Vaughn Banting

Teahouse construction photos

Builder, Ed Goldman inspects finished floor of teahouse

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Finished teahouse floor in context with developing Zen garden

Just waiting now for the teahouse to be built

Look to your lower right in this picture to see stone floor of future teahouse. Notice gate roof damage still not repaired since Katrina

Teahouse built and connected to floor

Between these first few grounding pictures the whole story begins to unfold

Teahouse walls up

The trusses waiting to be lifted over the fense and onto the walls

Picture taken from garage roof as work begins

The crain operator

The crain

Lifting over first truss

Watching construction from a safe place while I look after Robin Tanner's dog

Placing second truss

Friend Robin Tanner balancing on wall

Porch rafters going in

Porch rafters complete

The designer Ed Goldman, checking on construction

Left side of teahouse

Just waiting for the shingles to go on now

With good friend and fellow cancer surviver, Beverly Morris

Taken during construction

Picture of teahouse roof partly tiled and view of wide teahouse door to accommodate electric wheelchairs

 

Teahouse 2/3 tiled

We have run out of our vintage tile and must now search the web for salvaged tile that will match what we have been using

Greg looking up at inside structure

Low voltage lighting in teahouse

Vintage roof tiles from the inside of teahouse

View from round window

Teahouse window in context

View from rectangular window

View in context

White canvas is tacked to my fence to make a rear wall which will be painted the color of the other walls and then fake studs will be added.

More tiles found and being put on teahouse

Shingles all on the teahouse and work started on the copper gutters

Gutters going on

Now we are short two feet of copper guttering and we still have to find or make two small enough (in diameter) rain-chains to drop out of our two custum made downs-pouts.

Bench ordered, assembled and painted

Teahouse fold-away table and fake studs installed

Teahouse through gate pine

Teahouse interior at night before back canvas wall is painted

Teahouse poking through the two holly grown to create an arbor between the Zen garden and scooter track

The holly topped

Arbor created

View of Japanese maple from teahouse

Same view but when area served as bonsai courtyard

View of teahouse from Japanese maple

Same view but when area was used for bonsai

Overall view of teahouse

Rain chain dropping into stone basin

I ended up useing a plastic chain for the rain-chain.

Cains hung from entrance door to warn guests of low opening

Spring in the tea/Zen garden

Zen garden in early Spring

Teagarden in early April 08

The teahouse finally on its foundation

Me in finished teahouse

Seated behind fold-down table