Putting up the roof and second floor

These photos show the finished stone work on the west side. This stone will be around the entire building.

I made the decision to have a solid stone foundation under the porch. The other option was to use piers and have open space between the piers. The solid foundation will keep the area closed off. The critters will have to stay out. When finished, I will have used 10 tons of cut sand stone!.  

• The second floor will have windows on all sides. The siding you see was from the original cabin.
• The overhang you see will protect the timber wall from rain.
• The porches will be covered and are 10 foot in depth
• The roof pole rafters are original.
• The roof sheeting was taken from the exterior walls of a nearby barn.  Here's the barn - before and after the sheeting was removed.