weekend update

It's Poker Run weekend on the lake and the big boats go vroom. It's a lovely day!

The Bunkie now has a door and the front wall siding is in. On? Installed. Due to a manufacturer's snafu and/or breakdown in communication during the ordering process the door unfortunately opens the wrong way (the left side opens, instead of the right). Annoying, but we might be stuck with it.

 

Apparently everything that we used in the original cottage is now discontinued and that's why we have windows and doors with no mullions and a stripey floor. Suss. The hole for the bunkie loo now exists, so that's happening. I guess we need to buy a toilet!

The cottage bathroom mirror is hung at long last. As with everything else in the cottage, it's not quite right; I wish it could go higher up, but the thickness of the wood moulding at the top of the frame won't fit behind the glass shade of the light fixture. Le sigh. maybe I'll swap it out someday? It's cute, if a little oddly positioned. Added bonus: the bathroom door now opens fully as we had the heater swapped out with a thinner baseboard heater.

We exploited a "low supplies" weekend to transport the egg chair for the back porch. It might be a tight fit when/if we get the porch screened off. A hurdle to cross at that time.

Lastly, the captain asked that I include the label I made for the new key for the bunkie, because it's amusing him no end.

small changes are happening slowly

Some work has been done on the walkway between the basement door and the upper deck, but of course I forgot to take a photo. So, you just get to imagine what it looks like.

The bunky has siding, windows, a roof, interior, shiplap (*spit*), electrical, and flooring, but, alas, no front door.

I'm feeling a little perplexed because there's no rough-in for the plumbing that needs to be installed. *Puzzle* 

The builder also unilaterally installed flooring that is not what we used in the cottage (why is it so stripey!?!), and I'm not best pleased.

I'm also unsure why the windows don't have mullions in the upper panel to match the cottage... again, unilateral builder decisions that.make no freaking sense. Honestly how hard is it to shoot a text and ask the freaking question?

Inside the main cottage work has slowed. We're still waiting for the shower to be installed. I guess we need loft railings, and a loft.ladder, too. And curtains. All we managed last weekend was the addition of the main room bookshelf:

the currently empty top shelf will house dad's collection of Terry Pratchett books.

A few more weeks and we'll be closing up for yet another year.

Maybe *next* year it'll be done.