We got the building permit 14 months ago. This week, final inspections began. That's not bad for DIY home-building in the far-north! Also this week...a new ladder for the dock, a display of Northern Lights, and the start of sealing the concrete floor. (Yikes.) See the latest chapter in the creation of the Cabin at … Continue reading Final Inspections & Floor Sealing
Weeks of grinding work -- literally and metaphorically -- and now, the result. A vision turned into reality. So satisfying! Midsummer is high-growth time, which leads to harvest time. We have "grown" a staircase and will soon "harvest" a functional home. The story in photos and captions below... A month or so ago, it looked … Continue reading A Homemade Staircase
The Cabin at Many Moons now has carpeting. And an induction stove. I didn't want carpeting, but we needed it in the loft for sound dampening. And, boy, is it cushy! Luxurious, even. The induction stovetop was my "middle-of-the-road" choice -- which is appropriate during yet another nutty election season because that is where I … Continue reading Now the Carpet & Stove
I call it a cabin because that's the "feel" I'm after. And a cabin needs a loft. It's getting there! The stairway to the loft is getting there too. This blog first documented our conversion of an impenetrable waterfront lot into a park-like setting. (Day 1 of that adventure starts here.) Now, it documents our … Continue reading The Loft Takes Shape
In our DIY building adventure, we're both good at staying "on task." We're progressing steadily toward final inspections, which are necessary before the house can be inhabited. But you have to take a break sometimes. Today, we took one. On the water. Yeah. When you work for yourself, it's easy to forget about self-care. (It's … Continue reading Boating Breaks While Building
Building new stuff is one task. Maintaining old stuff is another. We're doing both at Camp Many Moons on Huron Bay as we build a new house while battling trailer limitations, rain effects, and insects. (They have the right to exist. They feed other forms of life. I know this. I just wish they didn't … Continue reading The New & The Old
As DIY continues on Huron Bay, Jeff installs the cabinet lighting and glues countertops while I plant. The story in photos and captions below. The quartz island became a work surface while.... ...Jeff figured how to use the squeeze-tube two-part epoxy that goes into the countertop seam. We "scootched" the countertop this way and that … Continue reading Lighting, Gluing, Planting
I spent on quartz but saved on mulch. That's how the mind works during pay-as-you-go DIY homebuilding. Always a mental negotiation re. costs. And it is more of a home each week, as we enter our 2nd building summer. The quartz countertops have arrived on Huron Bay, and I love them. (Jeff loves the look … Continue reading Mulch & Countertops
Nature continues to entertain us as the kitchen takes shape in the Cabin at Many Moons, on the waterfront in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Cabinets are in and countertops are on the way! We are now one year into this building project. (For Day 1, see this post.) It's consuming but tolerable, since we are surrounded … Continue reading Cabinets Are In!
Siding done. Yes! Attention now turning outdoors again...to piles of gravel and wood, and the tiniest bird to grace Camp Many Moons. See also, below, a cameo appearance by our domesticated animals.... With siding all on, the Cabin at Many Moons actually looks like a cabin, both from the road... ...and from the water. Notice … Continue reading Big Piles & Tiny Birds
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