Scary Cabin

Snow! we saw some snow finally. It was only some flurries and nothing stuck on the ground, but it was real snowflakes falling from the sky. Maybe we’ll get to experience a white Christmas this year. The colder temperatures (Sunday’s high was in the upper 30’s) were a good test of the fireplace. It takes a while for the cabin to warm up but once it does, it stays pretty comfortable.

Good progress this weekend. Barbara and Larry showed up for the first time in a couple of month. I think the last time they saw the upstairs was during demolition. Larry jumped in and finished up all the painting in the bedrooms, hall and stairway. He also unmasked and cleaned up the back bedroom. We pretty much stuck to the plan. Iced Latte on all the walls. Genny has been rigorously inspecting the paint work and has found many spots that need touch up, a majority of the work is done. We even painted the dog/equipment cubby downstairs.

The electrical work was finished. Basically, this means all the new electrical for the bathroom (and a couple of outlets in the bedrooms) was hooked up and the outlets/switches installed. The bathroom light fixture was installed and hooked up so we have actual light in there now and that made the next task a lot easier.

The bathroom tile is down. After verifying that we had enough of the large 18” tiles left to fill the room, we started dry fitting them. Genny wanted them on a 45 instead of square so more cuts on the tile saw, but it does look better this way. I think it only took about 5 hours to tile the 4ft. x 5ft. bathroom.

Once we were done with the tile saw we took down all the plastic and masking in the front bedroom Having everything covered was beneficial to catch all the flying tile shards and spraying water.

Where are we now?
weekend n+0 - drywall prep (October 17/18th did some, not as much as planned)
weekend n+1 - finish drywall prep for texture (October 23/24/25 - texturing started)
weekend n+2 - texture & prime (October 31st / November 1st - prepping for texture)
weekend n+3 - paint & start bathroom floor tile & finish bathroom electrical (textured and prime)
weekend n+4 - finish bathroom tile & re-install vanity & toilet (paint, tile, and electrical finished)
weekend n+5 - install doors & start knee wall framing
weekend n+6 - install laminate
weekend n+7 - finish laminate (baseboard & casing?)
weekend n+8 - knee wall work
weekend n+9 - knee wall work
weekend n+10 - knee wall work

So still about a week behind, but it’s been pretty consistent since the septic issue.