Rafters of the old farmhouse interior reveal a method of using straw ropings and various binding techniques to hold the roof secure to the mainframe. No nails used at all!
The dark coloring of the wood is a result of using a hibachi or Japanese-style open grill in the main room downstairs. The smoke from the charcoals rises up and adds a natural resin to the wood and other materials to help harden them, make them a little fire resistant, and acts as a kind of bonding agent.
View from upstairs looking down on the staircase leading the first floor. I seldom see these kinds of homes with hand rails.
Roof frame and straw rope binding.
Some parts of the flooring have geometrical designs formed by layering and positioning small pieces of wood in a certain fashion.
Am really impressed with the binding of this roof!
Downstairs, the walls have also been "cured" by smoke and heat from the open charcoal pit or hibachi.
The hibachi is sunken into the main floor downstairs, where food was cooked, water heated for tea and soup, etc. Also, used to keep warm during winter.
The paper sliding doors and windows must have been somewhat cold during winter, but offer a privacy while allowing sufficient sunshine indoors since they didn't have electric lights back the days of this structure.
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