I am working through how I can make stained glass a big part of the look and feel of the fairy house.  (The front door currently has yellowed plastic panels in the arched openings.  )

Weaving wood floors may seem like a job for the professionals and you would be right.

Woven floor patterns require a significant amount of patience to come out well.  

Why Pine? Because it is the material of choice for floors from this period.  Most cottages had wide pine plank floors.  My original floors were destroyed on the first floor - buried under the plywood.  The upstairs had very narrow boards that were in okay condition.  The main reason I decided to cover the existing floors in the bedroom was to add a little more rigidity to the span.  (see the article on Joist Sistering here)

Back over the winter I had originally thought that purple, green and blue would be the way to go.  After a lot of research I moved towards using golds with the purple.  

Turns out my initial instincts were more on point. 

Installing Beams

One of the early projects was doubling up the existing beams. The span was over 12' with no supports in the center. 

This span made the second floor bedroom very bouncy.