Scary Cabin

Ok, maybe not pitch black, but now that we have binds in the main living areas, it is possible to make the rooms darker. More importantly, it allows for some security by obscurity by not allowing anyone to just peek in and see what treasures lurk in our scary cabin.

Getting to the point where the blinds could be installed took a bit of work as all the window trim needed to have the gaps caulked. While the caulk gun was out, we also caulked the walls around the beams and the ragged wall to ceiling joints. So lots of caulking and then lots of paint touch-up to cover all that caulk.

A few other minor tasks were completed as well, like adding inside casing to the front door.

Surprisingly difficult was adding the “T” molding to cover the gap between the hallway tile and the bedroom laminate. The gap had a lot of thinset in it that first needed to be ground out to create a consistent width/depth channel. Then a piece of wood needed to cut and fit in that gap so that the “T” molding channel had something to sit on. Turns out that the channel has very little tolerance with respect to it’s height. Too low and the “T” molding doesn’t seat well and stay put, too high and the “T” molding doesn’t sit flush to the floor. We’re talking 1/16” or less tolerance here. It took a couple of tries to get it right.