Barstools

Our new barstools showed up last week.  We were not able to spend any time at the cabin this weekend, but I needed to run up there to cut some starter strips for the siding at the house on the table saw.  While I was up there, I put the stools together and got a few things cleaned up.  It will be so nice to have these so folks can sit at the bar while we are in the kitchen.

More Trim!

We got more trim work done at the cabin this past weekend.  The top boards on all the windows and doors are now hung, nail holes filled, sanded and primed.  All we need to do now is caulk and paint everything.  Since this board is 5/4 MDF, my nail gun would not set the nails fully.  After fighting with it for a while, I went a picked up a new gun and knocked it out pretty quick after that.

The only door that is not finished is the one leading out to the back deck.  As I said in my last post, we are going to replace it.  In fact, the new door will be here this week!  We ordered it early last week and they have a 5-7 day turn around right now.  With any luck, we will get the new one installed and trimmed out this coming weekend.

Trim!

I spent the weekend working on the trim inside at the cabin.  I have all the windows wrapped except for the top board.  I need to stop at the lumber yard and get some 5/4 x 4s to make those.  I also have the doors and closets wrapped, again short of the top board.  The only door not wrapped is the one leading out to the deck because it is going to be replaced with one that has blinds between the glass.

The framing on wall facing the lake in the master is some of the worst I have ever seen.  The header above the window is off over 1-inch from one side to the other.  You can see the spacer I had to make just to get the trim to fit!  The wall also has a bow toward the lake, so the sill is touching the vinyl cladding on the ends and there is a nearly 1/4" gap in the middle, despite my best efforts to force it into place.