March 7, 2014

Here is the first of the "we can't be there and have photo updates of the construction" - with many more to come. I received the email and photos on the 7th so I can only guess that's when they were taken, rather than what the day on the photo says!

This entry should be called the "Door Dilemma". The reason for this is that on Thursday, Carlo got the call that the supply shopping was continuing and that Garry was at Home Depot, advising the door I had selected was without a jamb, not in stock, would need to be built to spec in the jamb and that the cost was nearly double what was expected. So after I spoke with Garry, he told me that we should go online and find a door with the needed requirements and forward the links to him and that he would return to the store on Friday. So we sat online for about a half hour and finally narrowed it down to three options. The first was a 6-light prairie style door which I really liked. The second choice was an arch top-light with a geometric design in it. The third was not really and option, and it was from Menard's for too much more money, that was a half moon light with a stain glass insert. I am not a fan of the half moon light doors - they are just 'too stock' - you see them everywhere you go! Let's just say that neither of us were thrilled with our choices, but we did somewhat agree on what we picked out of what was available. The problem was that Carlo wanted a solid door and I wanted an arch paneled door.
During this phone call I was also told the freezer wasn't freezing and all the food I made was going to need to be thrown away. Can't even worry about possibly having to replace the 2 year old fridge at this time! Of course, we didn't buy the insurance!

So Friday night comes along and I check my email when I get up for work. I was so excited to have had several emails from Garry. One telling me the freezer seemed to be fine, but they weren't going to risk eating the food (can't say as I blame him)! Another was letting me know where the light switches would be and the third and most exciting was the one containing the five pictures.

Here's the exterior:


















We ended up getting our option two door and it does look good with the new door hardware. Now all the doors in the cabin are lever handles in a brushed (Tuscany) bronze finish. The windows were installed with a small gap between them and this is good for being able to re-purpose the valances I had made and used on the other windows. I am glad the windows are a little smaller and from the picture it looks like the blinds might be able to mount inside the frame - meaning when you're sitting at the table, they won't get messed up! Carlo pointed out that we should get a lot of light through them since they aren't covered by the roof AND they match the new bedroom windows.

    

From the inside you can tell the door is bigger than the one we are replacing...it's wider and possibly a bit taller. Right now it's hard to tell how the space will open up since the old exterior wall is still up. They have to put a beam up and will open the wall to about 15' or so!

So that's it for this entry. Garry said he'd send photos of the progress, which I am excited for, since we are communicating via phone or email and we won't be back until close to the end of April - when the job should be just about finished...well sort of finished - gotta do the floors!