Scary Cabin

The bookcase was mostly ready for final paint, it just needed the last little bit of filler sanded down and the round-over’s routed. With those tasks complete, Genny broke out the paint and finished it off. It turned out pretty nice.

The south side knee was next on the list. We finished up the tip out drawers on that side and installed the drawer pulls on all the tip out drawers. If you recall from a couple of post back, we had some trouble with the top rail above the outside drawer (the one on the left in the picture below). The first attempt at putting the rail in resulted in the nail to the finger. After that we made some measurements and took the piece home. This is kind of a tricky piece to cut. It’s a 45 degree rip cut with a taper. I didn’t think I had anything up at the cabin that could do that so using the table saw at home we made attempt #2. This one fit good but the taper wasn’t quite right and the drawer opening was more trapezoidal than rectangular. It really didn’t look right. So on to attempt #3. Using bubble gum and duct tape I managed to clamp a guide to the board and cut the 45 + taper using a hand circular saw. This one actually came out right with a nice rectangular opening.

The next task was to run the new electrical for the ceiling fan. The conduit and electrical box will end up being behind the bank of drawers so getting that in place before installing the drawers seemed like the right order. Since the existing ceiling fan and mount will be replaced, The final bit of conduit isn’t finished, but it gets the job done and as a bonus, removes the extension cord that was powering the fan. Note that the extension cord to the fan was not our solution.

We’re cutting the parts for the bank of drawers at home (again, bigger table saw makes cutting plywood sheets much easier) and bring them up for on-site assembly. We’ve also decided that it’s a lot easier to carry the individual parts up the stairs than completed boxes. Three boxes were built and set in place. These aren’t fixed in position yet but will serve the purpose of figuring out drawer slide mounting and trim size. You can see the results in the picture above.

Continued working on the knee walls over the weekend.

Back bedroom

1. Dog cubby baseboard
2. Dog cubby outside trim
3. Figure out knee wall design — getting close
4. Knee wall door trim
5. Build/install bookcase
6. Install hangers for clothes
7. Install drawer carcasses — a couple are set in place
8. Install drawer boxes
9. Install drawer trim
10. Install baseboard
11. Trim wall to ceiling corners
12. Install conduit for ceiling fan — almost finished
13. Build new ceiling fan mount
14. Install new ceiling fan

Front bedroom

1. Paint balcony door
2. Frame knee walls
3. Trim knee walls
4. Door for closet
5. Drawers and doors for knee walls
6. Install baseboard
7. Install wall to ceiling corner trim
8. Install conduit for ceiling fan
9. Build new ceiling fan mount
10. Install new ceiling fan
11. Install grill cover for vent fan
12. Install window blind