Scary Cabin

Drawers take a while to build. With almost none of the components being built on-site it takes even longer. The last two drawers (the big daddies) for the back bedroom were installed. All they need now are drawer faces and pulls. While most of the drawer faces could be made on-site, these last two are different. They’re large enough that they need to be constructed from multiple planks and doing that type of work is best done in the main shop.

The front bedroom knee walls seem to be moving along at a faster pace, but I haven’t started building the drawers yet… It’s a combination of things that are contributing to the faster pace. Not having to work around the bed (and clean up so that we can sleep in the room at night). Not having to make finished spaces for dog cubbies. And I’d like to think that my techniques have improved.

One knee wall is to the point where it’s starting to look almost finished. It will have cabinet doors on either end with a book case in the middle. All the components for the bookcase were cut off site and finally paint and assembly was done on-site. For some strange reason, it actually fit.

The trim isn’t installed yet, just test fitting. One things that’s somewhat obvious when looking at it is that the trim and shelves aren’t on the same level. Well, the shelves are nearly level and the trim matches the ceiling and there’s the problem. From the left edge of the bookcase to the right wall the ceiling is about 1/2” out of level. Oh well.

The framing for the other side of the room is also making good progress.

One of the things that we liked about this area was that it should get snow in the winter. So far we’ve only seen it snow a couple of times. Luckily, this trip was one of them. Over the course of about four hours we had about 2 inches of snow. At one point the flakes were big and fluffy. It was quite the sight. Unfortunately , we left before it stopped so we have no idea how much more came down.

Todo list
Back bedroom

1. Dog cubby baseboard
2. Dog cubby outside trim
3. Figure out knee wall design
4. Knee wall door trim
5. Build/install bookcase
6. Install hangers for clothes
7. Install drawer carcasses
8. Install drawer boxes — 8/10th done
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. Bookcase for knee wall
6. Drawers and doors for knee walls
7. Install baseboard
8. Install wall to ceiling corner trim
9. Install conduit for ceiling fan
10. Build new ceiling fan mount
11. Install new ceiling fan
12. Install grill cover for vent fan
13. Install window blind