Da Beams

Well you guys, we made it through the entire renovation without any injuries (save for a few minor electrocutions) until beam day. Never fear, everyone is ok, but I did take one to the head and the scene looked like a horror movie. Luckily I am really hard headed and Jose said it would take more than a 4x4 to kill me, so all is well.

this was after clean up, I will save you from the gory pics

Over Labor Day weekend Jose, Fred and his dog buddy June and I made our way to the cabin where our new beams had been delivered and were waiting for us. I started staining them, then ran out of stain, so I made my way to town and impressed myself by managing to get the stain, a coffee, hit the grocery store, and a yard sale all in under an hour! Once I had more stain I finished the job and we let them dry.


Once dry we installed beam one and beam two in a matter of minutes with no issue at all. Then came beam three. I am not a scientist, so I don't know exactly what went wrong here, but basically I was holding it in place, Jose said it was good to go and I could let go. I did. It fell...on my head. He asked if I was ok. I said yeah, and then a minute later it started gushing blood. I wasn't super freaked out as my little sister threw a metal car at my head as a child, so I am no stranger to a bleeding head wound, but I was a little nervous we were going to have to drive to a hospital in the mountains to get stiches and I could not decide which car I was ok with getting blood all over. Luckily it didn't come to that and the bleeding stopped, plus Jose was super sweet to me after that since he tried to kill me and failed.



We hung up the towel on beams for that day and he came up with an alternate plan. We hung the third one the following day with no blood or tears. I really love the way they divide the space and the result is well worth the head injury. Plus I think the knock to my head made me nicer, because I didn't even yell at Jose for an entire week.

the finished product


Project Notes-

Cost: $400 for the beams + delivery, $10 for the stain
Duration: About 2.5 hours total. The staining took the longest.
Notes: Make sure to have a solid plan in place in advance to avoid head injuries.
Drinks: Luckily I was not drinking before, but I did have enough wine at the saloon that night that our bill was $81 dollars

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