We are finally finished our cabin in the woods enough to list it on Airbnb! You can check out the listing here on Airbnb, but I thought I'd give you a tour of all the main areas in the cabin. Exterior For the exterior of the cabin, we did a pine cove siding that we left unfinished for now. The trim, soffit and fascia is all a clean crisp white. We added a front covered porch to give some extra space for our guests to sit in case it rains. We nearly have completed the landscaping, but ... continue reading...
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Finished wood cabin exterior, more kitchen progress, and some furniture
The major task I've been working on at the cabin was finished up the wood cabin exterior. Some other jobs we continued to work on were the kitchen, plus were finally made some decisions on furniture. wood cabin Exterior The jobs to finish on the outside of the cabin were to install the siding and soffit on the back, putting on the corner trim, and then caulking all the joints and giving all the trim a final coat of stain. It looks so much brighter and cleaner now with crisp white ... continue reading...
Cabin ladder, kitchen progress, & white soffit
Over the last week and a half I continued working on the siding, soffit and fascia, Tony built the cabin ladder, and we made some great progress on the kitchen for our tiny cabin in the woods. Siding, soffit and fascia The exterior of three sides of the cabin are totally finished. For the front porch of the cabin we finished the rafters and strapping, and then Tony installed the tin. He also built some steps for the deck the extend the entire width. Once the front porch was ... continue reading...
Pine cabin siding, interior trim, and kitchen cabinet doors
I can't believe how fast time has been going. It felt like I posted an update just yesterday, but it turns out it's been over three weeks! The last update I posted I had just about finished the interior walls, made a good start on the exterior siding, and we started building the front porch. Over the last three weeks I completely finished the interior walls, we made more progress on the pine cabin siding, as well as the front porch. I also caulked all the joints in the wood ceiling and did ... continue reading...
Cabin interior walls, exterior siding, and a very blue pond
I have been waiting to write an update on the cabin interior walls until we were totally finished, but we tend to finish a job about 95% and then move onto the next task. Over the last few weeks we've just about finished the interior walls, we started installing the siding and the exterior window trim, I painted the front door, Tony built a bathroom vanity, we bought the kitchen cabinets, and started building the front deck. cabin Interior walls We bought some pine tongue and groove for ... continue reading...
How to refinish a cast iron bathtub
Do you want to find out how to refinish a cast iron bathtub? For the bathroom in the cabin we thought it would look really nice to have a vintage clawfoot bathtub. If you have the time, why not spend it making an old, ugly, very heavy bathtub beautiful again? I have never done anything like this before, and probably will never do it again. But I do believe this was the right choice for the cabin bathroom and I think the finished tub kind of looks amazing. To refinish a cast iron ... continue reading...
Cabin update – loft flooring and pine walls
Over the last few weeks we've half finished quite a few jobs, and finished a few things that are pretty boring but still necessary. Some of the major things we've been working on were replacing the loft flooring, working on the plumbing, finishing the vapor barrier, and start putting up the wall paneling. And Tony figured out how to get internet to the cabin, so if our guests want to work from home away from home, they will have decent internet. Loft Flooring The biggest change was the ... continue reading...
Vinyl tile click flooring in a cabin
The next step after whitewashing the pine ceiling was to install the vinyl tile click flooring in the cabin. I did these projects in this order because I"m a bit of a messy painter and I didn't want to risk spilling paint on the brand new flooring, like I did in our rental house. (Spoiler, I did still spill my paint pail this time). We have used vinyl plank flooring in a few other projects we've done, and thought this would be the best product for our cabin. We wanted something durable, ... continue reading...
