Solo weekend - nice weather

I was able to take a vacation day on Friday and then get to the island later Thursday night. The weather was unseasonably cool for late July. Very nice for island work.

Friday night, the Arnold's took me out to dinner and I caught the sunset at Portside Marina.

Sunset at Portside Marina

 

Later on, I ran into my cousin John and family who were docked at Seaway Marina for the night. I met them Saturday morning for breakfast on the boat.

 

Back at it...

 

Spending hour and hours working alone and listening to classic rock, although I have heard the same songs for 25 years, I am discovering new lyrics that I never knew. Funny

 

Here is the rough cut-out for the recessed bar shelving to come. This will probably be like 3 shelves finished in either natural wood stain or painted white. Not sure yet.

 



Bar shelf nook - rough cut-out

Hanging drywall around the panel using left-over scraps. Every step of the way looking more and more finshed.

 

Drywall around the panel

In the utility room, I was able to finish the drywall, including the ceiling (and insulation), do the corners, and apply the first coat of mud.

I wanted to get this room the farthest along as far as drywall is concerned because I have it filled now with tools and stuff. I can't keep moving everything out of the way every time you want to work on/in this room. The biggest challenge with this room is that I am officially out of full sheets of drywall and I do not want to buy any more and lug them on the ferry. I do have a ton of large scrap pieces that I am using to finish up. So... this room will have many, many more seams than preferred. But joint compaound is cheap and you know what they say, "do your best and mud the rest".

Utility room drywall hung and first coat of mud

 

For the rest of the cottage, I was able to mud all walls (including closets) seams and screw holes with the first coat. Next time (when I get at least a day) I plan to do all of the ceiling seams and corners.

 



Lil Neil's room - wall mud first coat done

The insulation saga continues and will for the next few weeks at least. My goal is to be insulation complete by the Labor Day weekend, hopefully sooner. What you see in the photo below is my proof-of-concept for the vaulted ceiling. I wasn't sure the best product or proper size. These are 24 inch wide, 4 ft long batts with the kraft paper facing. Just staple them to the rafters and you are good-to-go.

Vaulted ceiling insulation started

 

All-in-all, a very productive weekend. I also, removed many of the smaller scraps of cut drywall to make more room for everything else and generally cleared out unusable crap!

 

Bonnie is headed-up on Friday for her new annual "Girls Weekend". I will be bringing the kids and Nama up on Sunday for the Circus next week and a few vacation days.

 

Hopefully, I can get some work done on the cottage as well. Have to wait and see...