Living Simply for a Better Life
The cabin is even more comfortable than we imagined, and it is a relief to have space to move around. We are very pleased with how solid and warm it is. Even when it is cold outside, it is warm in the house and we […]
We are almost there…we’ve been telling each other that for weeks…but this time it’s true. We passed the electrical inspection yesterday, so the electric company will be here early next week to turn on our power! We will spend the next few days finishing up […]
We have been working fast and furious on the cabin this last month. So much so, that we stop when we realize we can’t see anymore or take another step and it must be time to eat and go to bed. This means one day […]
We are working fast and furious, from early to late every day, to finish the house by the end of the month. It is hard to take time to post much about our progress, because I feel a strong pull to be out there working. […]
Before we put the insulation in, we put insect control on all of the horizontal surfaces so it will be permanently sealed in the walls. We used Diatomaceous Earth – insects in general, Timbor (trade name for a boron powder) – wood eating insects, and […]
The log wall on the west side of the living room is almost finished. After distressing the logs and getting them up, we stained them. We intended it to be much lighter than the ceiling, but it went on a lot darker than we expected. […]
We have been distressing the exterior logs before we put them up. One wall of the interior is also distressed logs, but we took a few extra steps on these.
We have all the drywall up in the downstairs…and all the lathe up for the board and batten!