I did this!!

New storm door with doggy door

Coat closet. Almost done.

I needed a coat closet so I built one. Its not finished, I need to put the door in and finish with the dry wall mud, paint and trim but.......

The gutters went up to day. It took the guys at K&W construction around 2 hours to put them up. It has not rained today so I dont know how well they are going to do but the price was right. It was $7 more than just the materials were going to cost me and they came when they said they would and they did not leave a mess!

K&W Construction
Riner, VA
540-382-2126

I have been in the cabin a few weeks now there is a lot I have to get done. #2 son came up this weekend to help me get the stair up. He was a great help, not only did he get the stair up but he also framed in the railing for the loft. I have to get someone in to finish off the drywall before the last railing on the stair is placed but he did a lot in a weekend.

I got my spiral stair from The Iron Shop and I will say that is was relatively easy to install. You have to read the instructions and watch the video but with a little “home work” it is a very doable project. I would recommend any one to get at least the 4 foot stair. The 3 ½ foot one that I have is a little tight. I had to go with the 3 ½ foot because of space but I would have loved the 4 footer!!

The bug guy also came by, seems I have a “little” problem with carpenter ants. I saw some the day I moved in, freaked out, sprayed my “bug be gone” and called pest control. I haven’t seen any since I sprayed but I know those little buggers can be bad and I don’t want to take any chances. So I called in the big guns, The contractor had bug stuff added to the stain to keep carpenter bees out but I guess it does not work that well with ants. Any way I guess I’m not living all that “natural”, gotta keep pest at bay!!

This guy can dress up a hill. Damn good job!!

There is this scene in “National Lampoons Christmas Vacation” where the Chevy Chase character, Clark, after many attempts, finally gets the Christmas lights on his house to light. When he connects those two extension cords a chorus singing halleluiah starts up, his face lights up as bright as the lights on his house and you could see in his face how happy he was. I had that same look and could hear in my mind the choir singing when I rounded that corner and saw a truck and excavator in my drive way. The power company’s contractor was there to hook my cabin up. I now have power to the cabin, all I need is for the electrician to come back and finish his work and I will have lights!! Halleluiah! Halleluiah!

Deck and appliances!!

We have cabinets!!

These cabinets are custom built out of knotty pine. They were built by Randy Lambe of Lambe’s Custom Cabinets. The workmanship is very good and the price was unbelievable to me but all I have are beach prices to compare to. Anyway I really like the work so I’m gonna post his phone number. He said he is willing to travel outside southwest Virginia

Lambe’s Custom Cabinets
276-728-5638

we have flooring

A lot has been done both inside and out. that light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter!!

front windows are in

A view from the loft

The cabin has been stained and I am happy with the color. I am thinking of painting the doors in a green that matches the roof....

They have started the tongue and grove ceiling, I'm liking it....

moving along......

I haven’t posted much on this site. Things have not been moving along as I have hoped and I have not been happy, but Xavier’s g-mom said he was disappointed that I have not been up dating the site and that he wanted more roof shots so here you are Xavier I will try to do better. In the next few weeks I will have tractor shots (hopefully)

day one of the shingles going up was on March 7th

They finished March 11th

Interior shot with the windows and doors in place (except the ones in the front cathedral)
I know that they will be back because they left their tools ;-)

This is a bad shot. I took some video of the work that had been done on Valentines day and took this off of that. Its been over 2 months since anything has been done on the cabin but my builder assures me his crew will be knocking it out and it should be done in 3 weeks, not gonna happen but but hopefully thing s will get moving.

Nothings been done in a while. We will see if now that I will not be going out of town the work picks up.