October 28th

Our kitchen built-in...I have way more cupboard space at the cottage than at home!

Our half-functional bathroom...shower enclosure has to wait 'til spring.

Our "arrow" wall in the great room.

Our bathroom vanity in progress...doors to yet be installed.

Kitchen. We are staining the island bar top ourselves (add to "to do" list). Note that

the red colour in this picture is more true than the above built-in picture.

Hi again: Our apologies for a much too long wait between posts. We have seen some more progress but didn't have the camera at the ready a couple of weeks ago, so we had to wait to get some pictures of what's been done since our last post.


We now have panelling on most of the walls in the "great room" area and last week our kitchen was installed! A couple of loose ends need to be taken care of such as the doors on the bathroom vanity (erroneously painted the kitchen red instead of stained the colour we picked), and the pulls on the drawers and doors and some trim. We suspect that they will finish that all off, when the correct bathroom doors are put on. We also have a working toilet (although we have now shut the water off for the winter), and the shower is partially installed (the water works, but need to get the enclosure done (in the spring).


So, have a look at the latest pictures and a BIG thanks to my dad, Gerry, and Rob's dad, Robert Sr. for their help in getting the panelling up. It was a huge job, and one that took the better part of 4 days, with all three of them working hard and long hours. We're still a long way from done, but with each bit that gets checked off the list, we see how it's going to come together eventually. Note our nifty "arrow wall". What the eye doesn't see when it is just framing and stud walls. An unanticipated, architectural detail that will give it some character!