Howell Cabin

We came up today to meet the stone crew who needed to do some final work. We used the opportunity to get a few of our own things done.   The big story: Christina cut the last row of tiles for the hearth and grouted everything in, so now we're ready to place the woodstove!     Jon installed the last leg of wiring for the heat pump: He also put roofing on our woodshed. The chimney repair left over enough scrap metal roofing to do one side of the shed, so from this angle, it matches the cabins. :D  

On Saturday Christina tiled the hearth for the woodstove. Meanwhile Jon corrected the placement of a bathroom outlet that interfered with the stone backsplash. (Dang rough-in electrician!) He also did a big dump run and got supplies to complete the wiring to the outdoor heat pump compressor.

On Wednesday we opened the cabin for the countertop crew from Yakima to install our soapstone countertops. Jon mowed the lawn.

Christina and I arrived to take delivery of the interior doors that the lumberyard has been fostering for years. Jon did a final watertightness test of the downstairs shower pan that had gotten cracked and repaired.  

Our neighbors helped us hoist the gate off the trailer and get the posts plumb. Looking nice!

 Jon showed up to chisel off the deck plugs, sand them down, and add a final layer of oil.

I brought home our new driveway gate   to replace this shaggy old "temporary gate" that's been there for too many years.