Amazing how 3 posts can change the whole feel of the front of the house - cozier, makes you want to pull up a chair - if we weren't back into the deep freeze (1 degree Christmas morning).

These are 5"x6" Alaskan Yellow Cedar gluelams, misordered by somebody at Harbert Lumber. (yellow cedar is the most decay resistant softwood - better than red cedar). Gives a contemporary twist on New Mexico territorial architecture - or some such nonsense.