Renewed Inspiration

Looks like a nice big space, but also like you have your work cut out for you. Hope your inspiration holds up and you can get some good progress made. It will be a really nice space when you get further along.

Looks like some nice usable space there. What would the temp be up there during the summer.

A lot of work ahead of you but it will be worth it.

Yeah that is a nice space with a bunch of potential.  Take your time and pace yourself otherwise it will feel like a job.  Have fun with it all....

I did a project very similar to this. It turned out to be a wonderful space for a layout. I did install a couple of skylights (that opened for natural light and ventilation).

"I did install a couple of skylights"

Why put a hole in a perfectly good roof?

Nice space there.  Keep at it.  I have a friend who has an O gauge and an HO gauge layout in his attic.  It makes a wonderful, fun space.

I also have a friend with a large attic O gauge layout.  The only negatives are the heat in the summer, the cold in the winter, and it's on the third floor.  Going up that many stairs does help keep you in shape.  And the stairway comes up in the middle of the room of an around the wall layout, so no duck unders.

Art

Thanks for the extra shot of adrenalin guys.  Although I'm sure the end result will be well worth it, it never hurts to have more encouragement.  Bill T :  We recently had a steel roof put on the house and it dropped the summertime attic temperature dramatically.  The heat reflecting qualities helped keep the whole log bungalow structure cooler last year.  The fewer days I run an air conditioner the happier I am.  There are also 2 gable windows in the attic if fresh air or an A/C unit is needed.

Skylights are a future consideration if I find artificial light isn't enough.  The floor plan in fact has the stairs come up in the middle ( I'm standing at the top to take the pics ) and due to low headroom the layout design will be around the wall.  To accommodate these stairs I had to start from the bottom up, basically relocating the basement stairs 180* and building the new set above those.  That was fun!

Took the day off today as I slowly adjust to more and more physical activity.  But the hook is once again set.  I can't wait to reel in all this extra space.  I'll keep updating.

Bruce