Seventy Four Days!

I'm in a flurry of activity.  Walls had to go up, cabinets put together and a million and one other details.

Remember my list?

Porch/balcony
Porch/balcony lights
Glue in curtains
Assemble walls
Add second floor
Install railing
Drill hole into foundation for electrical
Get lights wired properly into their channel and under the foundation.
Roof
Trim
Gutters & downspouts (paint and age first)

Put it like that and it seems like I'm pretty far along.  Then reality hits.  I spent all day.  (And by all day I mean, I didn't stop to eat more than one meal until 8:30PM from the time I got up that morning.)  But all day putting together the kitchen cabinet uppers. 

I had three of these kits. 

I'm glad I didn't go with the clear cabinets but man it was hard to get those little inserts cut out.  Here's the finished project before I stained them.

I made a shelf for the microwave and under it is where the fan will go.

I decided not to use the microwave kit. I'll save it for another house.  I dug this out of a box of kitchen things I had.  It looks fine and I just did not feel like futzing with the microwave kit this weekend.

I stained the uppers the same cherry as the lowers.  I'd also added some quarter round trim to the bottoms so they'd look a little more finished since they were designed to sit on top of a desk or set of drawers.

Even though I'm not planning on filling them up with food I put the shelves in to give the cabinets some added stability.

Then I glued everything to the back wall.

The stove isn't glued in but I put it in there to make sure my spacing didn't get goofed up.

Here's the wall with the fridge next to the cabinets.

I also got my open shelves for over the sink put together and glued to the wall.

I had some 1" x 1/8" lengths of wood and cut a couple lengths and used some brackets I'd bought from HBS Miniatures under them.  I sanded the edges so they looked a bit rounded and worn.

With some cursing and a lot of sticky tacky glue I got the wall in.  (Okay, a lot of cursing too.)

Now that its dark enough in the kitchen I'll show you my under counter lighting.  The battery and switch is hidden in the cabinet above the microwave.

Then I glued in the bathroom fixtures and the water pipes.  I moved the shelf that goes under the window in preparation for filling it with supplies.

I also made a shelf to go over the bathtub.  The tub isn't glued in, I want to be able to move it in case I have some unforeseen problem.

More brackets from HBS Miniatures and a short length wood.

While I was letting all of that glue dry I did some work on my chair.  Keli had pointed out it looked a little odd on one side and suggested some piping.  Luckily in my raid on Hobby Lobby's embroidery thread aisle I'd picked up some green that was perfect.

I'd also gotten some glue syringes and this was my chance to try one of them out.  Very handy if you don't want glue all over your fingers and fabric. 

So here are some shots of the chair.

It still looks a little worn out, which isn't bad.  But it looks more finished than it did before so I'm pleased.

Then I tackled the insanity that is the fourth wall.  No, not the one that you're not supposed to break in the theatre.  The fourth wall of the house that will keep it completely enclosed so Building Inspectors can't reach their little paws in and steal things like cushions and lamps.

Originally I was going to hinge it to the foundation so it could drop down.  But it occurred to me that using that sort of opening would make picture taking pretty awkward.  So I hinged it to the back wall. 

No, my table isn't messy at all! 

The tape is hopefully to keep it in place while the glue that's reinforcing the hinges dries.  I'm planning on adding some strip wood to the sides, to mimic to look of corner trim and finish it off a bit more.  Then I can glue the curtains to the wall.  That'll be nice. They've been sitting on my table ever since I finished them.  I was afraid if I glued them to the wall they'd get pawed and wrecked.

So the revised list.

Glue in curtains
Roof
Trim (bedroom ceiling and outer walls)
Gutters & downspouts (paint and age first)
Add flowerbeds & vines.
Wire living room lamp to battery in table.
Finalize furniture arrangement
Add all accessories & stick them down as needed.

Why does the list get longer after I cross things off it?