The Little Things

I'm back to the inside projects.  I installed most of the ceilings in the cabin now using the same material throughout.  My wife painted the rooms and ceiling fans followed.  We managed to find a fireplace mantel that worked with all of the wood ceiling and I temporarily mounted it for now until the stone on the fireplace goes up.  That will happen in the next couple of weeks.

Kitchen Appliances

This project has always been done on weekends and with that comes the ever-changing priorities.  Sometimes you pick the next project and sometimes the projects pick you.  I constantly move from one thing to another based on the availability of free help, supplies, design decisions, weather, time and motivation.  Since the lawn is in now, landscaping will wait till spring.

I moved back into inside projects and prepared for hunting.  Since the cabin is completely off grid and my family, friends and I were tired of eating out of coolers we decided to purchase the appliances.  To this point, all cooking has been done on the outdoor grill.  Don't get me wrong, the deer camp cook (JP) is a master chef on that thing but its just nice to put a pizza in the oven every once in a while.

My family and I went down to Lehmans  to purchase a propane refridgerator.  It works the same as an RV fridge, just on a larger scale and was already set up for propane.  I purchased the stove at Lowes and it came with the propane conversion kit which I switched over. I ran the gas lines to the appliances and for now this is our make-shift kitchen.

Preparing for Winter

With winter coming it was time to finish the outside activities until spring.  The grass was planted to try and keep the mud to a minimum and a final dressing of gravel was put in.

First day of hunting....

The is a picture from my tree stand.

Timber Retaining Wall

This past weekend we built a timber retaining wall.  The slope of the property was still causing water to collect in areas that we didn't want.  The timber was a selected to match the decking.

Final Grading and Porch Stairs

The cabin was built on a grade that made it difficult to use the yard.  We decided to bulldoze the yard to soften the grade and make it more usable.  We ended up lowering the front yard by about five feet and pushing the excess to the edge.  This created more level ground and the future home of a small barn or garage that will be added in the future.

Once we complete that, we started on the construction of the porch stairs.  We didn't have time to install the railings but we'll get to that on another weekend.

Exterior Stone

The exterior stone was installed on the cabin this past week.  This will allow for the finish grade to be completed and the stairs to the deck to be set.  We are planning on focusing on the exterior for now so that it will be completed by winter.