Wednesday, November 25, 2015

2015 year end wrap-up!

Bonnie and me were fortunate enough to have a weekend to ourselves to spend some quality time together and winterize both cottages.

We hung out with the neighbors Friday night. Saturday afternoon, we winterized the Cedar Cottage and then watched the Buckeye's game back at Captain Ron's place.

On Sunday morning we got rolling on the winterization of our cottage. Around noon, we were done for the year!

2015 was a big year for cottage progress and we almost completely finished. Only remaining items are painting several doors, ceiling trim and washer/dryer install.

Taking a quick look on the inside, here is a quick peek at the great room...

Great room - November 2015


Looking back to last year at this time, here is the final photo taken in 2014...

November 2014

Last year, was all about getting the lot graded and the lawn seeded. You can see a little snow accumulation on the roof too. This year was focused on finishing the trim on the inside and then the wrap-around deck. I am really happy with the results. The cottage looks much more balanced now and the approach to both front and back doors is much more functional.

November 2015

Thanks to everyone who helped this year and for being patient with me throughout the ultra-long deck project!

Until 2016...

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

The deck is done!

Alright, enough is enough. I know this summer has been hyper-focused on the deck project. Well, on Thursday, November 5th 2015, I finally finished construction.

The photo below is of awful quality, but it was a significant event nonetheless. Here is me installing the FINAL deck screw. I used almost four of those x-large deck mate boxes of screws, so I think that puts the deck project on around 10,000 total screws!

The final deck screw!

Here is the official press release photo of the completed deck

November 2015

Just for fun, check-out the progress timeline starting back from ground breaking in June...

June 28th

July 4th

July 18th

August 9th

August 16th

August 23rd

August 30th

September 7th

September 27th

November 5th

No more deck photos this year, I promise!

Next steps:
  • Power wash and stain in Spring 2016