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| Mark places the last piece of siding |
There’ve been two persistent questions this summer by our
faithful followers. First, is it done yet? And Second, why haven’t you written a
blog post?!
So here’s the long awaited blog post (!), and no, we’re not
done yet! This summer has been mostly about installing the solar electrical
system, inside and out. This past week, Mark filled out the paperwork
requesting an electrical inspection. Yay! When that’s done, we’ll be able to
insulate and hang sheet rock - then things will start looking like they are
coming together. We also finished the
siding this summer. The picture above is of Mark hanging the very last piece at the
highest point of the cabin. It feels so good to have that done. Thanks to friends Al and Dave for helping the last of that big job!
We’ve actually taken time off from the building project
periodically this year. We’ve spent time paddle boarding, swimming, canoeing,
and sitting our butts in our teak rocking chairs on the screen porch. Alisha,
James, Alex, and baby Avery came up for Labor Day weekend - it was Avery’s
first visit to the cabin.
We’d love to say we have SOMETHING complete, and the screen
porch is close. We still need to install cedar tongue and groove on the ceiling
inside and finish the outside peak. How to finish the outside has been an
unanswered question until recently. I really wanted cedar shakes, and Mark really
wanted to use up the leftover siding. The latter is practical and the former is
a lot more work. Yesterday, Mark came home with four bundles of cedar shakes,
bless his heart (that “bless his heart” was for you, cousin Connie!). Today we
stained them in preparation for their installation.
In August, we started a fun project. We are using reclaimed
hardwood for our flooring, which will give us a very rustic look. We bought it
last year, and it’s been sitting in our way. So, while typically we’d install
the flooring after doing the walls, we need it out of our way. So we started
the installation. We had our friends, Al and Kathy, up for a few days and Kathy
taught Mary Kay how to install the flooring. Kathy and Mary Kay finished the
bedroom in 2 afternoons, and then MK got a start in the main room after they
left.
That’s a bit of an update. Perhaps Mark will write a blog
post all about the electrical system - that’s beyond MK’s pay grade! The good
thing about not writing a blog post since the beginning of the summer is that I
realized how many people are reading them and enjoy seeing our progress. Thanks to all who prodded us to get another
entry written - we promise it won’t be so long before the next one!