The palette

Almost all spruce: logs for the legs, stripped logs for the beams, stairs for the braces. One wood in its different forms keeps a tall, thin build readable; the dark oak roof caps it and the stone footings anchor it.

Techniques

• Braced frame
• One wood, many forms
• Spiral stairs
• Wider at the top
• Pyramid roof

The steps

1. Footings
2. Footing caps
3. Legs
4. X braces north and south
5. X braces east and west
6. Girt
7. Central post and first stairs
8. Spiral stairs
9. Legs
10. X braces north and south
11. X braces east and west
12. Post and spiral
13. Deck beams
14. Deck floor
15. Cornice
16. Ledge
17. Upper legs
18. X braces north and south
19. X braces east and west
20. Girt
21. Spiral stairs
22. Upper legs
23. X braces north and south
24. X braces east and west
25. Last stairs
26. Corbels
27. Cab floor
28. Catwalk
29. Cab corners
30. Knee walls
31. Door
32. Mullions
33. Windows north and south
34. Windows east and west
35. Top beams
36. Shutters
37. Railing
38. Railing lanterns
39. Eave
40. Roof
41. Roof
42. Roof
43. Roof
44. Roof
45. Lightning rod
46. Lookout room
47. Lanterns and bell
48. Path
49. Path
50. Log pile
51. Water and lantern post

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