Scary Cabin

The back bedroom knee walls are finished. The last of the drawer fronts were cut, painted, and installed. This is kind of a big deal as it represents a significant milestone in the upstairs remodel. The room isn’t yet finished, as we want to replace the ceiling fan and the structure that the fan is mounted to. We also want to add some trim along the wall/ceiling joints to clean things up a bit.

But sometimes a small victory is all it takes. It was beginning to feel like the room would never be finished. Building the drawers took so many weeks that we thought it would never end.

The focus is now on the front bedroom. The knee wall construction seems to be moving faster here. But work hasn’t started on the drawers for this room yet. I have some ideas on how to make the basic assembly go a git faster and if it works out, it may take only one weekend to get the drawer structure complete. The trim for the bookcase was finished and the trim for the remaining door openings has been assembled.

There’s a lot of work that needs to be done at home and that’s always a challenge since there’s no way to double check a measurement or verify a fit. The drawer carcass needs to be cut (and then assembled on-site), the drawers need to be cut (and assembled on-site), the doors (all 7 of them) need to be built.

The weather has been slowing things down some. Painting takes a bit longer and can halt most other construction as it probably isn’t a good idea to create a bunch of saw dust with freshly painted parts in the same room. Because we move the table saw outside to reduce the dust in the cabin, we can’t rip cut anything when it raining. and rain it did. It rained pretty much non-stop all day Saturday. Despite that, this weekend it felt like we made good progress.

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
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