Building An Adobe Wall: #7 One year On And A Companion Fence

Now that our adobe wall is just over one year old 

I thought it would be nice to give a look at how the adobe plaster has held up.

We had couple of hard driving rains this past summer 

and as expected they left a nice texture to the plaster

but also washed off much of the pigment in the exposed designs.

All of the posts to date are:

Building An Adobe Wall: #1 Stone Foundation,

Building An Adobe Wall: #2 Getting Started,

Building An Adobe Wall: #3 Putting Up Adobes,

Building An Adobe Wall: #4 Putting On The Cap,
Building An Adobe Wall: #5 Hip Roof For The Gate,
Building An Adobe Wall: #6 Plastering And Creating The Designs.

Installing Large Size Sun Room Windows

After having built and lived in quite a few passive solar sun rooms over the last 40 years 

I have come up with a good way to set the large double glazed glass units

 that are commonly used for such rooms.

About a year and a half ago we purchased a passive solar heated adobe fixer upper

 with a very long 80' sunroom, built in the mid 1980's.

Faces And Masks - Looking Back At You

It is interesting how we present ourselves to the world.

The mask above is found on a home in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

(Please note that I am continuing to look at posts 

from a couple of years ago that current readers may have missed

 and this post was originally done in January of 2011,
with several additions we have run across since then.)

Helmut Hillencamp's Metal Gate In Santa Fe, N.M.

For many years we lived across the street from the Fayette Street Academy

where interesting things were always going on.

One of those things was the evolving metal gate 

built by Helmut Hillencamp of Iron to Live With.

Metal Handles And Latches For Doors, Drawers, And Gates

Going through my photos I could see that it was time to look at handles

 for doors, drawers and gates to give a few ideas for designers, and builders.

Above are handles for the doors into the Albuquerque Aquarium.

Doors And Windows At The Mission Of San Ignacio De Loyola In Baja California Sur

In this third post on the Mission Church of San Ignacio de Loyola 

in San Ignacio, B.C.S. we take a look at the windows and doors.

To see the front door of the church go to the first post on the mission:

The Mission Church Of San Ignacio De Loyola In Baja California Sur:

and for another look at the exterior along the nave:

More On The Mission Church Of San Ignacio De Loyola In Baja California Sur.

More Ideas For Gates

We have run across some pretty nice gates in the last few months,

 so let's do an update.

This very striking gate above lives in Hillsboro, New Mexico,

which seems to have an abundance of interesting gates.

To see more go to my post:

Doors, Gates, And Windows In Hillsboro, N.M.,

or for more on Hillsboro,

check the LABEL on the right sidebar for

Building In Hillsboro And Kingston New Mexico

Exterior Cement Trim For Doorways And Windows In Mexico

I am constantly amazed at the mastery 

of the finished cement and concrete work in Mexico 

and it is no wonder as the prevalence of termites

 makes the use of wood almost impossible.

These first four photos are from San Carlos, Sonora.

Doors

I want to show some of the nicer doors we have seen around the continent,

and starting out is this door we discovered in Brattleboro, Vermont.

One More Gate

I built this gate back before we sold our house

 and you may have seen it in previous posts 

but I have never shown the whole project together.

The earlier posts are:

Woodworking At 831,

and Stone and Ceramic Tile 831.

Door Ideas From Taos, N.M.

Following up on the previous post on Gates And Entryways

let's look at doors.

If you are planning on building doors,

Taos, New Mexico offers lots of ideas.

The door above I saw at a B&B on Kit Carson Rd.,

a block or so from the plaza.

Gates And Entryways

I have a bunch of photos stored up on entryways 

so it must be time to take a look.

Above is from Patagonia, Arizona

 and to see more of this great little town see my posts:

Tile Work In Patagonia, Arizona,

and Old Adobes In Patagonia, Arizona.

Doors, Gates, And Windows In Hillsboro, N.M.

Now that we have been around town in the last three posts,

House Styles In Hillsboro, N.M.,

 Ruins Of The Hillsboro, N.M. Courthouse And Jail,

and Adobes In Hillsboro, New Mexico,

let's go into some detail.

This doorway leads to Percha Creek Traders,

 an artists coop in "downtown" Hillsboro.

Carved Wood And Formed Metal Doors

This beautifully carved and painted door leads to the bath

at the Black Cat Books And Coffee... 

More On Entry Ways

Periodically I like to do a post on doors, gates, and entry ways.

Doors In Alamos, Sonora

Since my last post was on a woodworking shop in Alamos,
Carpinteria Rosas, 

let's look at some doors since that is the best access I have

 to some of the incredible woodworking they do here.

How To Design An Entry Way

We were walking down a side street in Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico

 a couple of years ago when we passed by this long set of stairs (above)
 leading into a home.

 It really made me want to enter
and climb down the stairs to see what was there.

It got me to thinking about what it was that made an entry way so inviting.

More Gates

It is time to look at some more gates.

The gate above is in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico.

Windows And Doors At Arcosanti And Cosanti

My last post had no pictures so I hope to make up for that now.

 I have covered the work of Paolo Soleri enough now 

that I will make his own label covering his work

 at Arcosanti and Cosanti as well as the updates I have added 

about the amphitheater he designed in Santa Fe, N.M.

Door Handles And Latches

Door handles are a great place to play, be whimsical, 

and use up some scrap material.