the ceiling gets installed

Like any good builder the start of anything is at the bottom. The ceiling has four different levels and curves. The corner treatments add complexity and challenge. The small four board quarter round starts things off from the log walls. then there is the big dome curve for which you see the ribs. no boards yet.

Next there is another small quarter round, followed by the only convex curve which forms the cupola. This part pokes through the original framing of the roof, which causes major structural issues, but is compensated for by many extra timbers introduced to get the shape of the new ceiling. Only the engineers are concerned. They have much to learn from resurrected history.