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trollbridge
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# Posted: 6 Oct 2011 09:50pm
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Well we got our wood split and stacked for the winter last weekend with help from two of our sons. It went pretty fast but we only had one day to work so we never got to building the wood shed. We covered it with tin til we get up again. It was the perfect fall day for being in the woods.
This weekend we won't be able to go up so it is time for another "Flashback moment". These photo's are from July 2009 when we were just clearing our site for the cabin. We had help from some great guys and our oldest son and we couldn't have done it without them(or their equipment!).
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trollbridge
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# Posted: 6 Oct 2011 09:52pm - Edited by: trollbridge
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and a few more...I think our son enjoyed driving the skid-steer. He got things nice and level>
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Montanan
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# Posted: 7 Oct 2011 01:07pm
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Good looking wood pile!! Fun to look back at the old photos, isn't it?!
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trollbridge
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# Posted: 7 Oct 2011 04:49pm
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I figured since we started posting 2 years into the process that I would go back and throw in the beginnings. It is fun to look at the pictures because it has been such a gratifying experience-just to sit back and look at it and say "I did that". To see how all of our planning on our floor plan has come together is really cool cause it was really important to us that every sq.foot function well. With a large family we are anticipating many people being there at the same time and we figured the more comfortable we are the more fun everyone will have =)
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trollbridge
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# Posted: 10 Oct 2011 02:27pm
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Even though we were not at the cabin for the weekend our minds were not far from it. We went to the reuse center which we haven't been to in a while. They had a ton of stuff just in so it was extra fun! We picked up some cheap trim pieces-some for cabin projects and some for a bathroom that we spruced up at home this weekend and a light fixture that happened to be half off the price...just my luck! That was so fun that we went to a thrift shop run by the same organization and this is where things got even more exciting. I am still so tickled about this purchase it makes me smile as I sit here...we scored a fantastic iron bed that was so cheap I still can't get over it!!!! I love that feeling when you find tons of great stuff for mere pennies. So over a weekends time I got to try out my newly acquired steam mop(should have had one months ago, these things are great!), go to dinner and ice cream with our "birthday boy son" who turned 24, thrift shop my way to happiness, spend an evening doing dinner and a movie with our 27 year old son, see one of our daughters who lives 3 1/2 hours away, redo one of our bathrooms in our home, got all our metal kitchen chairs re-welded and sturdied up and enjoyed all the other usual stuff done over a typical weekend at home!
Next weekend though...cabin time :)
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Montanan
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# Posted: 12 Oct 2011 01:22pm
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Quoting: trollbridge I love that feeling when you find tons of great stuff for mere pennies.
Me too!! =)
Glad you had a nice weekend- sometimes you need a weekend at home to get caught up.
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trollbridge
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# Posted: 12 Oct 2011 01:42pm
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So very true! We will be hosting a small gathering of family and friends in a couple of weeks so motivation is high to whip things into shape!
Sadly, when we started our cabin project I told my husband that I just didn't want to "let things go" around here, but I have to admit we have been slacking :( I presently need to get the lawn mowed for that one last time and it hasn't happened yet...I am oh so guilty!
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Montanan
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# Posted: 12 Oct 2011 03:36pm
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Haha...yes- the list of neglected things at home is growing for us, too...including the lawn mowing. ;P
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trollbridge
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# Posted: 12 Oct 2011 03:51pm
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Montanan, did you have a great weekend at the cabin and a great visit with your dad? Did you remember your camera? :)
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trollbridge
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# Posted: 18 Oct 2011 01:05pm
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A successful weekend it was...I still have my husband and our children still have their father!!!!
I say this because the poor guy had to deal with the fact that at some point we decided to build off the ground, add 10' sidewalls and then go with a 12/12 roof pitch making our cabin almost out of reach for working on. But- scaffolding stacked 3 high and a ladder on top of that put us just within reach. This is unnerving enough for me to watch-now we get to work through 20-30mph winds both days and I really wondered if we had lost our minds! Not sure what the highest gust were, but let's just say we now have more trees that want to be firewood and our view opened up some looking out the back of the cabin! A tree went down across the driveway while our son was watching for the "monster trout" he claims to have seen earlier down at the creek-I think he was a little scared...though he won't admit it!
Back to the siding...First off I want to say that if you had told me when we were still in the planning stage that we would be using some vinyl siding I would have said "no way, no how, it ain't gonna happen!" but then expenses started adding up and sq. footage requirements were increased by the county and before I knew what happened we were in line paying for vinyl siding at the re-use building supply store! It was just that cheap! We decided to forgo the expense of house wrap- reasoning that a large chunk of our siding was treated plywood painted anyway and our house at home was built without it and done just fine so,yeah,anyways that was our reasoning.
Now vinyl siding comes 12 feet long-------really not good in the wind!! And each piece had to be sent up by me one at a time, otherwise it would blow off the scaffolding as soon as it was set down! UGH, really?
Anyways, the majority of the siding is up and we just have a little more of the eave and siding to complete over the screened porch. Then we just need mainly the corner trim and some painting left to do and YIPEE, done with scaffolding till the inside ceiling!!!!! I'm so happy about that I can't even begin to tell you!!!! One weekend of nice weather and the rest of that stuff will be complete!!!!! Never thought I would see the day!!! Here are some pictures:
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dormer and remove jacks from roof finally and prime over hang on porch roof
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working on top the screened porch tin roof. Much easier!
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trollbridge
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# Posted: 18 Oct 2011 01:10pm
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BTW, can you tell that we used 4" dutch lap on most the cabin but to finish the job we had to also buy 3' triple dutch lap cause that is all there was at the reuse center. I don't think it is noticeable.
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trollbridge
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# Posted: 18 Oct 2011 01:20pm - Edited by: trollbridge
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The overhang off the dormer will eventually(next summer) have a porch floor under it. My oldest son claims this will be his new tree stand! I don't know about that!
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Jeremy165
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# Posted: 20 Oct 2011 12:02pm
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The casual eye can't tell the difference in siding widths. You only notice it because you know where it is and you are the installer.
Looks great. I love the idea of a second cabin or bunkhouse. For me that will have to wait until I get some time to finish the roof on the FIRST cabin.
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trollbridge
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# Posted: 22 Oct 2011 03:52pm
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Thanks Jeremy!
Anybody ever been at their cabin and heard logs checking? Woke up by the sound of this last weekend. Didn't know what it was at first. It is loud and sounds pretty cool!
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trollbridge
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# Posted: 7 Nov 2011 08:59pm
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Here is what we have been busy working on:
8" base and 13' long and HEAVY!It was fun dragging it through the woods by hand!
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post is stood up and put in place. The top makes a post for the loft.
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trollbridge
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# Posted: 7 Nov 2011 09:10pm
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This past weekend we worked on railings outside,finished all the corner trim for cabin and soffit for screened porch. Hung some drywall in the master bedroom and broke down and put the scaffolding away.
first section done. Trim boards primed in the background.
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trollbridge
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# Posted: 7 Nov 2011 09:15pm - Edited by: trollbridge
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and more...
front porch done!
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screened porch railings-need to finish
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trollbridge
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# Posted: 7 Nov 2011 09:22pm
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Oh, and we have our christmas tree too!!!! The very top of one of the pine trees we cut for post. I hate to have any of the tree go to waste :)
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trollbridge
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# Posted: 12 Nov 2011 09:38pm
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Yikes! We are home this weekend and went out to the garage tonight to leave and yikes...there sat a big fat raccoon in our dogs food bin. We have both noticed lately that the lid has been off and we all assumed somebody else was lazy. Turns out this raccoon is flipping it off and having a feast! Now,my question is, once we move the dog food bin is this pesky thing going to get into our garbage cans instead??? What is the best way to deal with this thing??????
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Bevis
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# Posted: 13 Nov 2011 10:44am
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Railings look good. Was the tenon cut by hand, or use a tool ?
Had the same problem witha coon... I ended up having to trap it and haul it off. The other alternative was to shoot it.
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trollbridge
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# Posted: 13 Nov 2011 11:16am
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Thanks Bevis- we broke down and bought the tool and an adapter for the drill but then ended up having to buy a new drill too, so cha-ching, cha-ching but we have lot of outside and interior railing to do so I think it will be $$$ well spent. Even with the tool it is pretty time consuming,especially the first set we did but then we learned some tricks that will help with the rest. A lot of muscle goes into the cutting even with the tool!
We are hoping the raccoon will just go elsewhere-we shall see!
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trollbridge
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# Posted: 13 Nov 2011 03:05pm
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Just cleaned the fridge to make room for the soon to be Thanksgiving feast and if ever there would be a time when a raccoon would hit the jackpot in the garbage can today would be it!!!!!
Sad how much food goes to waste around here :(
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Montanan
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# Posted: 14 Nov 2011 04:57pm
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Your railing looks spectacular!!! Definitely worth the time/money/effort! Not sure what to tell you about the raccoon. They are pesky things. We had a problem with them coming into our house through the pet door when we lived in CO. The husband deterred them only with a pellet gun. Yikes.
Congrats on finding a Christmas tree and getting prepped for the Thanksgiving feast. We'll be at our cabin before and after Thanksgiving but we're going to stay with relatives for the actual day.
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trollbridge
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# Posted: 21 Nov 2011 11:29am
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Had to race old man winter but we worked away in the snow and got done with the railings---well all but one which will take only a half hour or so. We needed to come in and thaw out and it will be easier to do when we have daylight.
We worked on our bedroom walls the rest of the evening and the next day. We also hung our newest light fixture in the living room after rewiring it. We like it a lot. We made a tinder box for the wood stove out of an old door we got from a church that was going to be torn down. At the time I had no idea what we would do with it cause it was cut down to about 5 feet high. My son Dan gave me a hard time about taking that but I told him I would figure something out, as I hate to let anything go to waste (especially when it is free!) without thinking creatively first. We also put up a christmas tree in the cabin cause it was the very top of a tree we cut down for the post on the porch. Why waste it? Our 8 year old daughter had fun decorating it Saturday night while we worked and with the first snowfall of the year the mood was perfect! We even put a string of lights outside on the porch.
Here are a whole bunch of pictures from the weekend.
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finished the back door railing.
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trollbridge
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# Posted: 21 Nov 2011 11:34am
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more pics
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new(old) light fixture
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tinder box-need to paint it still.
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trollbridge
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# Posted: 21 Nov 2011 11:38am
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and more
putting up old barnboards. layered pattern
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putting up our "chinked" boards.
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done staining-just need chinking.
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trollbridge
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# Posted: 21 Nov 2011 11:45am
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and some newer interior shots...the kitchen cabinet we made. It will have a curtain on the bottom doors to hide all the necessities and the top will be open for display. Right now it is holding all sorts of junk!! Mr. Trollbridge will have to give it up when the cabin is complete!
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hattie
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# Posted: 21 Nov 2011 12:13pm
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trollbridge: Beautiful!! So warm and inviting!
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trollbridge
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# Posted: 21 Nov 2011 04:17pm
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Thanks Hattie! Hope you are doing well!
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Bevis
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# Posted: 21 Nov 2011 10:00pm
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Quoting: trollbridge ended up having to buy a new drill too, so cha-ching, cha-ching
that's the way it always goes for me too. I subscribed to the work smarter, not harder theroy.. Place looks nice. Is the barn boards done like a board and baten ? and one last question so to speak...Tell me about the chink board?
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