Boat & Gangway

The fuel injection on the boat is functional and it is running great.  It takes longer to start when cold then it should, so I need to tweak a few settings still, but we got to use it this weekend.

The boards have been put on the gangway and it works great! There are only 2 screws in each board, so we need to add the rest to keep the boards tight to the deck.

Gangway

We had a break in the weather yesterday, so Brian Whitman and I went up to the lake and got the new gangway in the water.  It went really smoothly, except for the fact that I welded the hinges on the shore side in the wrong spots.  Fortunately I had a grinder with a cutting wheel, so it was a pretty easy fix.  Next up is to get the decking from the old gangway cleaned up and installed on this one. 

Fireplace

The tape coat on the drywall around the fireplace is now done.  I still like the way I framed the fireplace better than what the contractor did, but once we get the stone up on the face, I think it will look really nice.  We have not picked the stone but we are leaning toward a stacked stone in either white or grey.  We have also talked about maybe doing barn wood, but that may clash with the floor, so we are not sure on that one.

Loft

The new mattresses for the loft came over the weekend, but we were already at the lake.  So I decided to make a run up today to un-box them and get them set in place.  Next time we stay up here, the girls will likely sleep in the loft for the first time!  I still need to build them a ladder to get up and down, but we can use a step ladder for now.
 

Fireplace

The other thing I was able to do this weekend was get the second wall build next to the fireplace.  The TV that is mounted on the wall now actually belongs in the loft.  We plan to replace the TV at the house and bring the old one up here.  When we do that, this small one will move up to to the loft for the girls to use.  I still have to tape, mud, texture and paint these wall, then we can do the stone on the face. 

Shower Doors

I finally got to install the shower doors this weekend!  We have had these sitting in the garage for almost a year now and I was really tired of walking around them to get out to the shop.  I still need to caulk around the edges of the tile on the outside of the shower, but I want to do another coat of paint before we do that.

After the plumbing final inspection, we will take off the counter top that is on the vanity and put the new one on.  It has a 1" over hang but we don't have room for that per code.  The new top has a nice under mount rectangular sink and oil rubbed bronze faucet.
 

Shower Walls

The tile is the shower is finally finished and the grout is done too.  While I don't have a picture of it, the glass doors are also installed and we got to use it this weekend!  We also have the toilet set, so we are more or less, back to where we were when the tree fell!  I have a few items on my punch list before I can call for the inspections, but it won't take long to wrap that stuff up.
 

Fireplace

I never did like the way the contractor framed around the fireplace.  It was very boring.  So, I decided to recess the TV into the wall and add bookends on the sides of the fireplace wall.  I have one end wall done, but I have to do the conduit so we can run cables between the TV, sound bar and shelving on the right side of the TV so we can put a DVD player over there, before I can do the other wall.

Shower Walls

The accent stripe and the nook in the shower are both done now.  I have 2 more rows of tile to do, but I need to get the drywall work done where the walls meet the ceiling before I can go too much farther.  The original plan was to tile to the ceiling, but I think I am going to stop 6" short so I don't have a sliver of tile at the ceiling.

Shower Walls

The first 6 rows of tile are done.  The next row will be a 4 inch tall stripe that matches the blue and green glass tile we used in the back of the nook.  In fact, that same tile will be used on the back splash and the outside of the curb.  Since the glass tile is thinner than the wall tiles, I applied a layer of thinset to build it out a bit before I set that next row of tiles.