Entrance door rebuild

Disassembled the entrance door so the screen could be replaced, re-insulated and strip the old blue paint off. Also added extra wood blocking above and below the lock assembly so I can add a good door pull for closing the door from the inside.

Interior Cabinets

Cabinets are under way, fun spot in the project to be in! Didn't think I would ever get here!

Next up the wardrobe cabinet.

Projects

 Started off the new year with a few projects, now that our kids are getting more settled and life seems to be calming down a bit for the moment anyway, I have had a little time to work on the barn and a couple of more crafty items.
  I found this round fire ring in a dumpster all covered with black ash and melted plastic and first thought to fix it back up for a fire pit like it was and then found out it was made of copper so I cleaned it up and had a little more fun with it and made it into a bird bath.

Next was a project on Jan's wish list, a shelf unit for her

craft room. Made from someone else's project, it started 

out as a barn door with some flowers pained on it that we disassembled and used for the sides then used old barn board for the dividers and old corrugated steel for the back.

 

Fun stuff, on to the next project!

Happy New Year

The end of another year, quite a few changes this year: 

Nellie our 54 Airstream Cruiser has made a lot of progress this year and if all goes as planned will be on the road next year!

Our son Ben turned 18, graduated high school, got his first full time job, and purchased a new mountain bike he has been dreaming of for quite some time!

Our Daughter Ellie and Son in law Isaac purchased there first home and now live 2 miles away, it is great to have them close by!

Jan and I celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary!  Woo Hoo, I hope we have 50 more!

We addded 2 new family members this year Henrieta and Jake, a schnauzer and golden retriever.

Built the new loft in the barn and finally have steps to the top of the barn, now I can move all the extra stuff upstairs and have more room for working on Nellie!  Now the barn has 3 floors and the copula, lots of room to collect good stuff!

 The tree that Ben picked out this year, a 12footer!

 Jake above and Henri below.

 Grand Marais, Family shot!

 This will be Nellie next year!

Ben's new bike

 Above the new loft and steps to the top, the beams are from a couple 100 year old barns that came down near us, I've had the beams stored for 15yrs. nice to finally use them!

IT WAS A GOOD YEAR!

firewood, Airstream, Ellie and Isaac's

It's been a busy fall but it always is! Seems like there is always to much to do in the fall but somehow it all gets done. The last 2 months we have been working on my daughter and son in law's new home. They purchased the home at a house auction and were the only bidders. One other person showed up and after he heard it was to be there first home he left. The auction was not advertised very well, so they got a fantastic deal. A little paint and some remodeling and it is starting to come around pretty good .

Finished getting our winter firewood supply this weekend also, bring on the snow!

And then I got a day in on the Airstream, installed a new 2" coupler and the lp gas tanks/regulator, the front end is looking a little more complete.

Also got the side walls cut out for the bathroom inside, so it has been a good weekend but weekends are always good. Actually most days are good!!

Also received our new rv frig a couple weeks back. Piece by piece it all is coming together.

Interior Cabinets

I managed to get a few hours in here and there to work on the interior cabinets.

 I used some scrap lumber and did a mock up of the counters on both sides.

It is good to get a feel for the stove and sink.

The frig will sit on the curb side. Still looking for that and hoping for a good deal.

 I finished polishing the upper cabinets today and temporarily mounted them.

We decided to reduce the bathroom back to a wet bath which makes room for the pantry cabinet by the stove. So really the only change from original in the kitchen is the curb side where the cook top and big frig were. The new counter top really opens things up.

 In the rear we got rid of the twins and built a full size bed in the center, the picture does not show it but there is room to get around the end of the bed so there will be access to three sides.

There will be cabinets in both corners in the back also.

The front of the bed has storage with access from the top and both sides. The rear third has access from the rear trunk door and for now holds the spare tire.

Weight check

I brought the Cruiser over to a neighbors farm to check the weight before anything was added inside.

Great to have  neighbors with handy things like this.