November 27 updates

November 13 updates

A successful day at the cabin and shopping yesterday! We met with Skip, our builder, at 10. Things are moving along although not as fast as anyone would want. He thinks we will be in by Christmas. We're thinking maybe 1-2nd week of January for everything to do done. I took some pictures of the old cabin during its early salvage stage. As you can see the tub is out and headed to Kyle and Kristen's. The builders are trying to save stone for various places around the new cabin so mostly that is what you see gone, along with gutters, trim, part of west deck, etc. The back patio is gone as well (I've included several pictures of the outside of the cabin as well).

Randy came up with some furniture layouts so we could figure out what we wanted to buy and maximize seating. We got to thinking that the old cabin only had space for 4 folks....2 on love seat, one in orange chair and one in the blue recliner. We've definitely increased that! Yesterday we bought a sofa and matching loveseat, new burgundy leather recliner and another chair with ottoman that is a strip that matches the sofa and loveseat. The sofa and loveseat are a dark brown and looks like a wide-wale corduory. Doug tried it out laying down for the length and it worked. We got it all at La-z-Boy. Then off to find mattresses. We purchased a cal king mattress and frame and a king one. We will keep the downstairs with just the double bed and trundle setup from the old cabin. Remember, the bunks were recycled. Also we have our new dining room table and chairs (seating 8) in the storage unit. OK....on to the pictures.

New cabin updates - October 30, 2010

The latest and greatest on the cabin......you can see that all of the siding up up (the blank spaces are for the stone) and west deck frame is up. Inside it doesn't look much different than 2 weeks ago, but interior work is continuing. Furnace is in storage room, ductwork almost done, electrical outlets for plugs and lights done, plumbing, etc. Here are some random shots of yesterday.

October 30 - Old cabin updates

Kevin, Marisa, Tyler, Matt, Big Jim and Rose, and I finished up the work at the cabin yesterday. More stuff to the trash and Goodwill plus renting a storage unit to put everything else into to wait for the new cabin. Demolition of some sort will begin shortly. The fire department is going to use the old cabin for training (not burning though). Skip want to get the cabin down before the snow starts because there is obviously grading to do on the site. So here are some final indoor shots of the cabin.

October 16, 2010 updates

Lots of glass! All of the windows are in now. Plumbing and electrical in process now. The gorgeous view continues! We may have to cut down the stump in front. We had left it for a place for grandkids to jump from. In the photo to the right, those are the concrete piers for the west deck. Remember that deck will be both covered and uncovered

In the picture above on the left, that's the kitchen/morning sun deck