The Cabin Reveal!

Hi, Friends,

How are you? I am so excited to reveal our epic cabin project.

The property we bought in East Texas had a "guest house." 

It was a shed with a country garage attached but it consisted of a living room, dining room, kitchen, bedroom and a small bathroom. It didn't look that bad when it was furnished. Emptiness told a different story. We wouldn't have put a guest in it. The sum total of my plan consisted of paint and flooring. Paint fixes a multitude of problems in a lot of cases but Bill felt from the get go that we needed to gut the thing and start over. 

The dwelling consisted of one of those country metal garage coverings and a small metal building. 

The small metal building was in okay shape. That is what they used as a living area. The garage section which housed the kitchen, dining, bedroom and bath was the problem.

I was busy revamping the house and Bill began using it as storage. He began to uncover the extent of the problems and became more convinced that he needed to be gutted. There was a leak in the roof and mold was growing. 

Demo began in April of 2021 and once that was complete, it was time to put it all back together. 

Here is a list of the projects for both the shop and the cabin. 

He built an exterior end wall and doors for the shop because the old wall was sided with indoor paneling.

He tried to fix the leaks but determined that he needed to run the roof of the garage in the other direction. He and his brother reroofed it and that did the trick. They installed windows in the shop and worked on the electrical in the shop and on the north end of the cabin. Bill insulated the ceiling of the shop and covered it with vapor barrier. He built a new wall in between the shop and the cabin. 

It was time to finish out the cabin. 

He ran plumbing, ran pipe to the septic, framed out a new bathroom, built a column to hold up the beam, installed a kitchenette. He hung a door between the cabin and shop. He shiplapped the bathroom walls, sheetrocked the north wall of the cabin, repaired a section of the ceiling with sheetrock and then covered it with beadboard. He hung the toilet, (One of the hardest jobs with this whole deal.) hooked up other plumbing and trimmed out the whole space. We stripped an old wood door and he hung it on a slider. 

Bill was designing the space as these other projects were in progress. 

It was time to paint and decorate. We were at the stage where I could help. 

The walls are Tempe Star by Sherwin Williams.

The other blues we tried were too nautical looking. 

The trim and doors are Shoji by Sherwin Williams. 

 

Our daughter painted the fish. 

The bench is from Cabellas' points. 

The adobe house paintings were also done by our daughter. She did them in two different mediums but gave Bill both because she couldn't decide which she liked better. We couldn't decide either. 

They are perfect in this space. 

We got the lamp with Cabellas' points as well.

The credenza came from the house. 

 

The rug is from Home Depot. 

There was a lot of debate whether to paint the trim. We left it as is. 

Staining the column to match the cedar beam was a process. 

I got as close as I could since it is pine instead of cedar. 

The bathroom door was a pain in the neck. It required a lot of stripping and sanding in 100° heat. 

We will never do that again but it might be my favorite thing. 

Bill designed the light fixtures. 

We found his chair at a consignment shop. 

My wingback is Ikea. It was gray so we used one of their slipcovers otherwise it just blended in with the walls.  

The cocktail ottoman is from our game room. 

The headboard is a cupboard door from the original bedroom. 

We thrifted all the other art. 

It has a very updated Southwest feel.

I love the deer painting. 

Bill's sister took the woodland photo. 

These were our original colors the year we got married which is really fun. 

 He loves this room for morning coffee. It's great to have a cozy glass of wine in here too. 

We closed on the house three years ago. Bill felt bad that it took this long. He only has the weekends to work on it and considering all that he did, he's done really well. The details are impeccable. I'm so proud of him.  I've suggested that he go into tiny house building. 

Here's the full story in these posts: 

The Cabin and Quonset Hut

Demolition Day 

The Quonset Hut Update

I have a whole page of posts about the East Texas house in case you are interested. 

We have some new blinds to hang thanks to our friends at Budget Blinds. We also want a little shelf next to fridge. I'll let you know when those are complete. 

 That is all for now.

See you soon. 

Katie  

Gameroom Progress

We had a "make do" cabinet kicking around the house for years. 
It came from my father in law's garage and it served a variety of purposes around here over the years. 
It got painted and moved to the guest room last summer. 
It's cute with the cottage feel of this bedroom. 
Read about a crib rail turned head board here. 

It used to stand on the wall in between the kid's bedrooms. 

As soon as I moved it, I realized the wall behind it was hideous and needed some paint. 

"I'll just paint this one wall."
Ha Ha! 

 Pretty soon three out of the four walls were painted.
Then school started...

At some point gray paint was slapped up onto the accent wall. 

 Unfortunately I ran out of paint. 
I saved the can but Bill accidentally threw it away and there is no way to match it because it was an "oops" paint. 

 For now the room is pass-able. 
Just don't look too closely at the wall.  

I started taking some photos to update our lack of progress in here and decided I couldn't live without curtains any longer. 
 

Tuesday Morning had just what we needed and I had a gift card. 

It all has a bit of a cleaner line which will make Bill happy. 

This room still needs a lot of work.

I
I need to repaint the gray wall so Bill can hang his t.v.
He wants to update the shelving.

This is the last popcorn ceiling in the house. 
Can we get a "whoo hoo" for that? 
 It will be a tough one to do which is why it has been saved for last. 

How are we going to get it all off in this open concept house? 
I have a few ideas. 

I plan to get it finished this summer. 
I can't wait for summer.
Have a wonderful day. 
 Katie  

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Thoughts of Home 

Mancave Makeover

The mancave hasn't been painted in years. 

I may have touched up the walls a few years ago but the color is drab and dirty. I painted everything in this house a creamy yellow back in the late 90s. 
 I used a Walmart paint that has held up pretty well for its age.
I'm just over the butter yellow walls. 

 You may see my mancave board here. 

We have most of this. 

It it strange that our loveseat looks to be the exact one I found on Polyvore? 
We bought ours at The Dump in Dallas about three years ago.
We have the chair too.

 

I need to scrape popcorn and paint the walls gray. 

I have been putting off scraping this because of the section over the stairs and entry. 

Bill said he will help but we are dreading it. 
 I also have never painted the stair railing white like I did downstairs. 

Do you think a potential buyer would notice?
Not that we are selling but the stain works up here where it didn't downstairs.   

Bill would like a different entertainment center. 
He has hardware to mount his new T.V. on the wall. 

Bill made a crate coffee table and a log end table. 
Those will stay.

The other club chair isn't exactly what we have. 

Ours has a kilim sort of tapestry on the sides which is why I put the poof in the collage.
We also would need to switch the end tables. 
Bill is over these country tables.

There you have it. 
It is supposed to be 100 all week so this isn't getting done yet.
This was one of my summer goals but I'm not sure I'll make it happen before school starts. 
What are you up to today?
Katie   
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