Gate: part 1

Just a little hiatus...

One of the most involved projects of the past 3.5 years is nearly complete...and I didn't have a single thing to do with it. 

Salvage wood atop our "transporter"

before

first gate-post in

C dreamed up, designed, collected materials and built our new gate. It's built nearly entirely from salvaged materials (save for the custom welded frames and the electrical components) and every detail is customized to fit our wonky driveway and old house. 

There are many, many photos so I'll break it up into parts.

It started in the summer when our pint-sized assistant was here to help us get the project started.

Of course the minute you mess with something, the entire house seems to fall apart. In our case, it was the retaining wall at the side of our house. We ended up pouring an entirely new wall and added a new walkway and a few stairs.

Steel gate and walkway framing up, new walkway and retaining wall in place. Up next is the wood...