Most of my time over the past year has been taken up by my new cabin. Having been just a shell when I bought it last January, I have had to design and complete most of the finish work with the help of my brother. Along the way during this year, there have been milestones of progress that moved the work along.
The first was getting the electrical wiring completed for the rough-in inspection. Part of that task not only involved locating boxes, but also moving a few walls around for my floorplan.
Next was the necessary plumbing work in order to rough-in inspect that. Not being much of a plumber, I hired that work out. A few bumps in the work, but once that was done, I could begin to drywall.
Drywalling was very slow and tedious labor - it was beyond just work! The cutting, fitting, taping, and sanding took on a life of its own and require much of the summer to complete. In fact, it really isn't complete at this point as the bedroom, office, and hall ceilings remain. Regardless, the finishing of the walls was another milestone as it took so long to do!
Now we have begun the ceilings - starting with the tongue and groove in the great room. (We did this as a break from staring at drywall tape every time.) I'm expecting that we should be finished with the bulk of this before the end of the month and will then need to move on to the drywall ceilings that remain.
After ceilings, its floors, doors, and trim. Of course the best milestone will be the Certificate of Occupancy at the end!
Today I watched about a dozen or so Pine Siskins devouring the sunflowers at the feeders.
And of course, the resident Turkey flock stopped by for their afternoon snack.
I also had a few Purple Finches early in October, but they haven't returned to photos - yet!
