Scary Cabin

Another weekend spent working on the knee wall drawers. Progress feels slow when you can sum up the weekends work in 2 or 3 pictures.

The tip out drawer for the first set of drawers was almost complete, one last piece glued in place and paint was all it needed and it was ready to install. It turned out pretty good. Now we just need some actual drawers to make it usable.

Most of the effort was spent on the second bank of drawers. Each one had the new side pieces installed and the drawer slides mounted. I took a chance and tried to align all the boxes without double checking the alignment against the trim. Bad move. With all of them installed and in some cases glued in place we test fitted the trim. Other than the bottom most box, the rest were shifted slightly right and the right side trim was overhanging the drawer slides. The top couple could not be extended and one would only partially extend before it hit the trim. Rather than try to move the boxes, I elected to trim the trim. That meant taking it apart and rebuilding it such that it fit properly around drawer slides. It turned out fine, but with all the waiting for glue to set up, it probably set us back by about 3 hours.

We’re using ordinary big box home improvement store pine for the trim. The boards are not perfect. I.E. they’re not straight and have a lot of knots. We fill the knots and once painted, they’re hidden, but the warps and twists mean that not everything lines up once installed. To fix this, we spend a lot of time sanding and filling. Given that our time is mostly free, this seems to make sense, but sometimes I wonder if we’d be better off spending more on better lumber.

Since most of the trim work is a one person job, Genny spent quite a few hours raking the rest of the yard. Everything is now raked up and looks really good. Now we just need to load up the piles and make yet another trip to the burn pile.

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
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