last update for 2022?

This might be the last update of 2022 unless our builder shares pictures with us.

The Captain ventured to the cottage today to put away the canoe/kayaks and pull the boat out of the water for the season. It was supposed to be "take out the dock" weekend as well, but mother nature took care of that for us. It's ripped right off the shoreline section!

She also decided our new neighbours a few doors down didn't need a boat. Sorry new neighbours, welcome to the island!

We're going to be leaving the increasingly dilapidated dock in the water for the builder this fall. He's going to take it out when he stops work for the season. I guess we need a new dock next year. We were hoping our next dock would be cantilevered, but I'm not sure that's going to happen in time for next year! Arg.

Here are some progress pics of the cottage. Ceilings are in. Bathroom walls have wood. Apparently the remaining metal roof has arrived, as has the GOS plywood for the walls. We're doing a faux board and batten on the walls since drywall isn't an option.

no progress?

It doesn't look like much much has happened since last time. We popped over to the cottage today to empty out the slanty bunky. After the roof caved in last winter, we've been limping along storing a lot of our junk in there during construction, but there's no way it could last another winter. We moved a crapton of junk into the under-cottage crawlspace. At least it's dry! We'll still need to cull and re-organize once construction is complete, but for now it's not getting moldy.

Now that bunky can get demo'd. We plan to put up a new, bigger garden shed in that spot.

Some pictures that don't show much:

View from water. Still no siding or sliding doors. Arg.

Empty slanty. Grotey mouse nest amid the floor. This bunky was full to the roof with stuff.

The caved in ceiling in the back room of slanty. That little bit of blue you can see? Ya, that's sunlight shining through the tarp covering the hole. Anything in here is going to the dump. 🤢🤮

Some random pics, including possible paint colours (Benjy moore Chantilly lace and grey sky), and dangling Nut Jobs.

One unexpected perk of the build is the liveable space under the front porch. I hadn't expected that. I think it's going to get turned into a patio/sitting area to replace our lower dock, and our docks will just be stairs down to the dock length, rather than having a shoreline platform. We'll need to sort out boat lift storage still.

racing the clock

A few updates for this weekend.

We're getting down to the wire for this season. The boat needs to come out of the water soon!

The siding has finally arrived for the bottom of the cottage. It's a faux stone vinyl siding.

The doors now lock (although the sliding doors are still missing, so security is moot.)

The wood stove has arrived, along with flooring and interior doors.

And the wood paneling is going up in the ceiling. (Loft shown here).

incremental changes

The changes at the cottage are getting less drastic, but no less exciting. Electrical and plumbing is in, insulation is in. We're still waiting on those danged sliding doors, but have been buying lots of other things: shower stall, toilet (TOILET!!! T-O-I-L-E-T!!!!!!!), interior doors, door handles, exterior lights, faucets, woodstove, flooring...it's an endless barrage of decisions. The credit card is melting.

Here are a few photos:

siding and doors!

A hot tin roof

The roof is going on!

This is the view of the back porch.  You can see the windows installed,  and the new deck that's gone in.  It's a bit narrow, by design, but it's really only intended for buggy evenings or dreary wet days.

The back door and the side door arrived while these pictures were being taken so we're one step closer to closed up. 

It's now just the sliding patio doors that are left, and we knew they'd be delayed from the get-go. I'm still hoping they'll arrive in time to be installed before everything is shut up for the winter.

Here's a view of the front porch deck. It feels a lot like the old porch and that pleases me; I loved that porch.

We're now making decisions about shower enclosures, bathroom vanity dimensions, and electrical placement.

Here's a nice vantage of the "great room", standing at the bedroom doors.

I still have to decide how it will be furnished. The dining table will go in here, and a wood stove. Maybe an L-shaped sectional?

pondering....

Check it out!

ZOMG WE HAVE WINDOWS!

Super exciting things happening this week at the lodge: roof wood is up and the window are in! We're just waiting on the tardy doors, as expected.