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Had a great chinking weekend!! got 3 walls DONE (N, E, W) and the last side is 2/3 done!! weather was GREAT! THANKS to all who were able to help out:)



feeding the troops



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gonna head up to the build thursday afternoon to finish preparations for our guests. CAN'T WAIT!!
so for now, here are some pictures of the prep we did before chinking can happen

staining


external staining done


insulation and chinking nails half done
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by snow fall 2011, we'd gotten the roof on the garage and the floor poured. early spring, we'd been working on getting the walls power washed.

after taking a break in June to put up the walls of the cabin, we got the garage borated and this past weekend we were able to stain most of garage (of the 8 walls ... 4 interior and 4 exterior...we got 7 walls done).

used Outlast Q8 on the exterior and Sashco's Capture on the interior.

next weekend will do the ...

so after signing the papers i ventured a peek inside and yes, an old saying is this... "you can tell the inside of the house by looking at the back yard" (!!!)

yep, that's true! especially in this case!


kitchen


bath


living room


bedroom 1?

okay then, where to ...

okay, here's where im at.... bought this thing in 2011 as a step to a dream of a log home that fits me... rustic, different, comfortable.


Front of house

it was 7500 contract for deed with 500 down 300 a month 8% interest. had an acre and that's all i knew about it except that it had a clear unencumbered deed, it was in the country with neighbors to the south, no one to the east, a 5.5 acre vegetable farm to the north and a neighbor ...