When I started blogging about our house, a lot of the work had been done already. It was fun to write the posts and look back at the photos I found to add and appreciate all of the work we had already accomplished. Well, that is not the case with this cabin. It’s a bit daunting to think about aaaaaallllllll of the work we have ahead of us. BUT, this is what we signed up for and so the saying goes, “One day at a time.” Also the saying, “This is a marathon, not a sprint.” And .....“oh shit, what did we get ourselves into?!?” But also, “Hold my beer, watch this.”
Many of you that already own a lake place know that owning the actual lake property is probably the cheaper and easier part. It’s all of the crap you want to buy to go along with it that gets expensive…. a dock, boat(s), gas, furnishings, golf cart, gas, beer, food, gas, UTV, jet ski, food, beer and don’t forget the gas, too. A priority list was a must for us otherwise things can get overwhelming pretty fast.
We figured out priority numero uno was to level the floor of the cabin. Through the years, the sides have sank a bit and the cabin itself is built on stilts so it needed to be jacked up and leveled out. This is a total horseshit job to have to do and thank goodness for good friends that are gluttons for punishment.
I don’t really have any good photos of this task except for this one:
This is Ryan and Dave Bies underneath the cabin, replacing one of the rotting sections of one of the support beams. Oh, Dave … I don’t think he knew what he signed up for that weekend….God Bless him!
Another item at the top of the priority list is to add on to the back of the cabin and also add a loft space. In order to do that, we had to tear down the existing addition as it proved to be more work to try and use it rather than rip it down and start over.
Before:
She gone!
We were lucky in that we found a Foreman that works for free...
He's pretty bossy but will help get the job done... 😉
Stay tuned!!
