SHACK RENO 2013 # 2

Progress is being made on the shack

The hole is cut to make room for the stairs that will take us down to our 'future' bedroom

The support beams are going in

Joe used old cedar posts from the vineyard

Will clean up this area

Looking outside from the basement door

 Joe putting in the 'landing' step

What a time I had with the ladder

It is sooooo long

My upper body strength is for the birds

Had to call Joe for help!

The old vines are coming off

Some were super stubborn

The stairs are in

Garen checking out Papa's fine work

A few years ago Joe had built a double bed for the shack 

He made it into a single bed which is going to be our sofa

It was tooooo high

Cut 5 inches off

Still a little high

However

We were limited to height due to the stairs

Will have to remember to duck our heads each time we go downstairs

KNOWING US

WE WILL FORGET

But

Will only do it a few times then we'll remember!!!!!

My next job

Painting the side of the shack

Lyndsay had painted it last year but of course the vines were still living at that time

All done

Grabbed another window from the old farm house

Due to the electrics in the kitchen area Joe had to put it in sideways

Thanks to Graham's friend Ted Joe had some help 

Stuff everywhere

The new window 'sort of' fits under the sink

Not to worry......

Between Joe, Jennifer, Stephanie and I

We'll figure something out!!!!!!

This is my find from the second hand store

As soon as I spotted it

My mind went into overdrive

The walls are all freshly painted

We are just about ready to put it all together

Still have the bathroom to paint

and

Of course the basement

Have a new pane of glass in the front door

I found this chair in the second hand store

Perfect for Joe for his late night reads

Found this chair for Di
Actually it was about three weeks ago when I saw the chair
Wasn't sure if we had room so did not buy it 
When I was talking to Jennifer the other day telling her about the chair and how I didn't think we could squeeze it in she suggested we move the kitchen table across from the sink 

PERFECT

Now there's room for the rocker
 Monday morning I went back to the store
CLOSED
OH SHUCKS
Tuesday morning 10 a.m.
I was at the door
There 'she' was sitting right where I last saw her
I was soooooo excited
and
To top it off the store had 30% off all items
My lucky day!

This is what it looked like this morning

Just wait folks!!

Joe has started building a wall to hide the sewer pipes

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The weather this week has been crazy

It has pretty well rained at some point in time almost every day 

When I came upstairs the other morning my eyes came upon this............

AH

LIFE IS GOOD