The casing around the door was supposed to be the trim. 
I clearly suck at making things level.
Mistake? Nah, design opportunity, I say.
Rip a filler piece for above the header, if you can, and continue on with the horizontal boards. Afterwards, take something like 1x 4s, and do another set of casing. Set it back from the existing interior casing edge by about 1/4” and you have added dimension (and some fudging tolerance).
If you’re going to miter the new casing, back bevel it a bit so that the “pointy” front face cones together. Easier to tweak that kind of cut than a full thickness board.
Or, as the saying goes, putty and paint makes you a carpenter when a carpenter you ain’t!
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That was my plan, personally, but my give a shit was out of gas, and I only work on this when it’s a rainout outside haha. Maybe I’ll get some time to plink at it today.
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Ha, I hadn’t heard this saying, but it certainly applies to some molding I replaced in a previous house! It ended up looking pretty darn good if I do say so myself.
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Well, as a farm owner, you know it’ll still be there when you’re ready for it! (As well as 999 other things.)
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I consider it a very valid design choice! And very satisfying to do.
Fortunately the modern farmhouse aesthetic is a thing now. I would flee in terror from clear-grain Victorian crown. Zero patience for that.
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More fence (more than this too, did the back line and a tape gate on the cross fencing), and mounted the charger. Started laying out the pipe for trenching the power wires, and tidied up/condensed some since so many parts are getting installed.
Ordered tracks and trolleys from Ramm yesterday. I’ve decided I’m going to drill all the way through the doors and through bolt the trolleys. Its not as aesthetically pleasing per say, but it’s a smarter way to do it if the door needs adjustment down the line.
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I don’t know where you live, but wherever it is must be in a dimension with at least 48 hour days. Otherwise one person could never accomplish what you do in a standard Earth day.
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I’m just really tired all the time . I have to work a 12 today, so Saturday was my only day this weekend.
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Finished picking rocks out of the pasture. I plan to give it a first mow this weekend, as wimpy as the baby grass is it needs to grow out, not up.
Stall hardware arrived, the bolts look like they will work. I’ll have to cut out one horizontal piece of the mesh, but I don’t think it will be too bad looks-wise. Worth it, should the doors need adjustment. I could cut the bolt, but I want the adjustment just in case.
Starting hooking together electric tape where I could.
It’s horribly windy out, very hot, and storms are coming. I’m going to cook dinner (rare for me haha) and find something inside to do now.
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Oh wow, I did not realize it was going to be all closed in with no windows or anything.
I am not sure why I thought it was going to be open on both ends, etc.
Looks good.
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I’m framing/cutting in the 3 dutch doors myself, and it has an 9x9 roll up door on the end for loading up the front half with hay.
It’s “getting there” but all the interior work has yet to be done, and that’s on me.
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It looks great! Are you cutting access points from the inside of the original barn portion?
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Yes, there will be 3 stall fronts for the horse area, and a wide man door for the hay area.
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Lovely!
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Truly amazing work! Love seeing it come together!
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Barn addition is finished. Cleared the way for building the stall fronts. Rented a sod cutter and cut the entire sacrifice area - if I’m going to lose the grass anyways, I’d like to harvest it and put it in bare spots from last year’s gutter excavation.
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I am seriously impressed by the speed of your progress! And smart on the sod cutter!
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