Interior Progress- Bathroom

Dave and I set out early this morning to install the laminate flooring that we scored at Lowes. It is recycled from a damaged return from a customer that did not care about the material. The top boards were a mess but the boards in the bundle itself were gorgeous.

I let dave lay a few pieces while I dusted off my camera. He did the cut and I laid the floor. We were a great team and accomplished it in only a few hours.

We moved all the really heavy furniture back in the room and I took a picture. Remember, most of this furniture was recycled from the dump or craigslist!

The next day after some sleep, I set off to painting the bathtub. Dave and I stripped and spray painted the feet the day before (not 100% sold on the feet color but the sink is copper).
This is our finished product:

Tomorrow we leave for the cabin again. Along with wrangling danes we hope to start some plumbing. We have done some ebay shopping over the last week and acquired ourselves a faucet. I had an opportunity for a tub faucet too but we kind of forgot to measure the fixture space so I dont want to getthem and have it not fit.

We also snagged ourselves some ceiling fans for the upstairs loft area. So once we get those in, i will of course post pictures!

history

My name is Lisa D and we decided recently to put this blog up to track our progress of building a cabin together with my family. We did hire a contractor to put in the foundation and to build the shell but we intend on finishing the house by ourselves and with the help of friends and extended family. Our intention is to continue the build using as many recycled materials as we can.
I will have to backtrack a bit to catch you up.

My husband Dave and I - together with our children- decided that we wanted a piece of land in the mountains and we decided that we wanted to build a house there. So in July of 2006 we located our spot and bought it. The lot already had an 800 foot well dug, as well as a 3 bedroom septic but there is currently no electric service, nor is there a well pump. There was a 10 x 20 hunting cabin already placed on the lot in which we intended on sleeping in while we figure the rest out. Our intentions are to keep this house "off grid" and apply no electrical services to the house whatsoever. We would like to power the house with solar/wind/water power only. We knew that it would take some time and that things would morph as we went along into what soon would be our heaven. Unfortunately, we did not plan on a blog, so we have to go back and show you what has been done previously.

So that brings us to the almost end of 2007

The interior:


The Master Bedroom Loft