Hi everybody.
As I've mentioned earlier I moved out of town and with my girlfriend I'm back to live where I was born. When moving I realized how much stuff I have and I started to wander where it'll all fit. After a short consideration I decided to use some of the space that is available and make myself a bushcraft studio, where I could safely store all my gear, clothing, gatherings and the rest. This is my diary of how I made a studio out of an old mill
I was lucky enough with the materials that I'm using. As I'm working on a new bedroom for me an my missus I have plenty of materials that I can use here. So this studio is going to be 90% recycled
Day 0:
This is the end of an old farm building, some time ago there were cattle, pigs, chickens and so on... This end of the building was used for cooking up the food for animals and upstairs was used as a mill for flour. You can see an entrance where we used to load up the wheat. There is an inside entrance but it will be shut and a new stairs will be made here.
I used couple of days to clear out the room, It was full of junk that was gathering there for years, plus there were a storage containers for wheat, you can see sides of them piled up in the bottom of photo. So it took the best part of two days just to get ready.
Room cleared:
You can see small doors there, that's where the new entrance will be.
The other side. I will keep the wooden box for storage. Originally the cabinet was used for storing smoked meat, it's called "smoker" and has some ventilation installed. I will keep it for storage too.
That is the original mill aparatus, that stays too It's good, and could be used in making some home made beer 
ahhhhhhhhh.........
Day 1:
I started out Monday, that is the A team my two cousins that are spending their summer here.
They were more than happy to help. I let them do quite a bit of measuring and sawing, they had to figure out themselves what length of boards do I need and so on. That's what kept them busy for quite some time.
That's one of the moments
For the walls I used old boards from bedroom, and the insulation was bought. Actually insulation and steps for the stairs is the ONLY two things I needed to buy, the rest is scavenged, found or stolen
So we spend first day on walls.... did them half way up on both sides.
Day 2:
I had this beam in the middle of the room that I needed to get rid off as it was in a way when you walk across the room.
And so I took an old beam, took it through electric smoothing plane and finished of with an edge grinder. The result:
This beam will show in the end, as I will mount the ceiling without hiding it underneath. Should look good. Some more detailed photos later
The rest of the day was spend mounting it and preparing ceiling support beams. I insulated the chimney with the same insulation materials that I used for the walls. Some sort of glass fiber material....
Day 3:
The biggest chalange yet. The plan was to mount a roof window in one of the walls for better light and comfort. At first I thought of buying one, but then we had like 10 windows left from the house as we changed them all to new ones some years ago. Naaaaaahh, I can do a roof window myself! Or not?
What you see here came like this. I dismounted one side of the window. Sealed everything off with silicone and mounted it back. I need it waterproof !!! Then I broke the other glass Then I want to get another glass and realized how brittle they are. Only 3mm in diameter... They will not hold weight of snow in winter... *&*&#@#*** OK ok, think.... And there goes my dad. He, being an engineer straight away suggested a support system solution that you see here in the pic. Lets hope this will hold it out though the winter.... I mounted that, sealed everything off with silicone, mounted glass.
Then went on to changing my cars exhaust system. What a waist of money, two days pay up the ar**...
Day 4:
Some serious help arrived today. My uncle. He has experience and knowledge in construction so it was a big relief from my shoulders.
That is me posing:
Me with the safety gear on:
The mounting took quite a while but it all went down quite nice. There is me cutting the hole for the frame:
And of course when you mount a window there is always a risk of sinking it all Guess what? I had to finish what I could in a rain. Actually in a storm! I was off the roof in no time after thunder struck nearby.
The window showed no major leaks and is now left for better weather for finish.
And that is my progress so far. Hope you enjoyed reading
As I've mentioned earlier I moved out of town and with my girlfriend I'm back to live where I was born. When moving I realized how much stuff I have and I started to wander where it'll all fit. After a short consideration I decided to use some of the space that is available and make myself a bushcraft studio, where I could safely store all my gear, clothing, gatherings and the rest. This is my diary of how I made a studio out of an old mill
I was lucky enough with the materials that I'm using. As I'm working on a new bedroom for me an my missus I have plenty of materials that I can use here. So this studio is going to be 90% recycled
Day 0:
This is the end of an old farm building, some time ago there were cattle, pigs, chickens and so on... This end of the building was used for cooking up the food for animals and upstairs was used as a mill for flour. You can see an entrance where we used to load up the wheat. There is an inside entrance but it will be shut and a new stairs will be made here.
I used couple of days to clear out the room, It was full of junk that was gathering there for years, plus there were a storage containers for wheat, you can see sides of them piled up in the bottom of photo. So it took the best part of two days just to get ready.
Room cleared:
You can see small doors there, that's where the new entrance will be.
The other side. I will keep the wooden box for storage. Originally the cabinet was used for storing smoked meat, it's called "smoker" and has some ventilation installed. I will keep it for storage too.
That is the original mill aparatus, that stays too
It's good, and could be used in making some home made beer ahhhhhhhhh.........Day 1:
I started out Monday, that is the A team
my two cousins that are spending their summer here.
They were more than happy to help. I let them do quite a bit of measuring and sawing, they had to figure out themselves what length of boards do I need and so on. That's what kept them busy for quite some time.
That's one of the moments
For the walls I used old boards from bedroom, and the insulation was bought. Actually insulation and steps for the stairs is the ONLY two things I needed to buy, the rest is scavenged, found or stolen
So we spend first day on walls.... did them half way up on both sides.
Day 2:
I had this beam in the middle of the room that I needed to get rid off as it was in a way when you walk across the room.
And so I took an old beam, took it through electric smoothing plane and finished of with an edge grinder. The result:
This beam will show in the end, as I will mount the ceiling without hiding it underneath. Should look good. Some more detailed photos later
The rest of the day was spend mounting it and preparing ceiling support beams. I insulated the chimney with the same insulation materials that I used for the walls. Some sort of glass fiber material....
Day 3:
The biggest chalange yet. The plan was to mount a roof window in one of the walls for better light and comfort. At first I thought of buying one, but then we had like 10 windows left from the house as we changed them all to new ones some years ago. Naaaaaahh, I can do a roof window myself! Or not?
What you see here came like this. I dismounted one side of the window. Sealed everything off with silicone and mounted it back. I need it waterproof !!! Then I broke the other glass
Then I want to get another glass and realized how brittle they are. Only 3mm in diameter... They will not hold weight of snow in winter... *&*&#@#*** OK ok, think.... And there goes my dad. He, being an engineer straight away suggested a support system solution that you see here in the pic. Lets hope this will hold it out though the winter.... I mounted that, sealed everything off with silicone, mounted glass.Then went on to changing my cars exhaust system. What a waist of money, two days pay up the ar**...
Day 4:
Some serious help arrived today. My uncle. He has experience and knowledge in construction so it was a big relief from my shoulders.
That is me posing:
Me with the safety gear on:
The mounting took quite a while but it all went down quite nice. There is me cutting the hole for the frame:
And of course when you mount a window there is always a risk of sinking it all
Guess what? I had to finish what I could in a rain. Actually in a storm! I was off the roof in no time after thunder struck nearby.
The window showed no major leaks and is now left for better weather for finish.
And that is my progress so far. Hope you enjoyed reading
