Happy Memorial Day!

We celebrated Memorial Day with a long weekend at Camp Freedom with the Schausts, Farrington-DeLongs, and Colby-Priests.  The weather was, well, varied.  We had cool nights, hot days and strong thunderstorms.  There were canoe trips, fishing, dirt biking, swimming, campfires and Ray still managed to hang tons of paneling!  We finished paneling the main room after renting some scaffolding on Friday night.  The strip of cement board between the two windows will be eventually covered with a stone veneer to protect the wall from the wood stove we are going to install.  That room just needs some window and door trim and some flooring and it will be done!

Ray and I are still debating what to do about the light fixture in the middle of the large room.  We thought we had settled on an antler chandelier, but after the heat this weekend, we have been re-visiting this decision.  Both Ray's dad and the fireplace installer told us with this kind of ceiling height, a fan would be really helpful with both heating and cooling.  I really like this one.

 

It is designed to move air in large spaces and it almost 4 feet across.  It is a totally different look than a chandelier, but may make the interior much more comfortable.  We are also to the point where we need to choose the siding for the exterior of the cabin.  I think we have narrowed it down to two choices.  We are looking at fiber cement panels that look like board and batten, or we may go with steel lap siding.  Both of these are very low maintenance.  We are hoping to hire the same guy that hung the trusses for us last summer and his labor quotes will help us decide which product to use.  We are thinking about a barn red color for the outside.  I originally wanted to go with dark brown with white trim, but after using the dark wood paneling on the inside, we thought that would be too much brown.  Our building permit expires in September, so one way or another, all these decisions have to be made before then!

Garage Sale Days!

We took a weekend off from cabin building to enjoy one of our family's favorite weekends of the year - the Seward Neighborhood Garage Sale Days!  Ray, of course, managed to find some clothes that look like they were tailored just for him.  Thor shopped for fine art.  Guthrie made a few bucks selling some old toys and lemonade with his buddy down the street.  And I managed to pick up some awesome accessories for Camp Freedom.  We all enjoyed a weekend at home for the first time in several weeks.  We need the rest.  We have a big load of paneling being delivered at the end of the week and and a bunch of friends joining us for Memorial Day.  We hope to finish paneling the inside of the cabin next weekend!

Loft is done!

And it's officially the coziest spot in the cabin!  We keep forgetting our camera, but Thor was nice enough to snap a couple of pictures with his dsi.  Check them out, and imagine the coziness...

Cozy beds made up.
Octagon window lights room
Sleep comes softly now

What's that over there?
TV/VCR Combo?!
Dibs on papasan!

Okay, enough haikus.  Thank you for bearing with me.  A few more pictures to round out the post.  Our awesome ladder is finally completely installed now too.  Complete with no-slip grip tape and hand rails!

The coat closet is done too.  Now we can have coats.