The interior of The Hut is starting to look like a real house!  The insulation, drywall and interior painting were completed  last week.  We like the color!  We went through four samples before settling on this yellow-green.  The photo looks more yellow than the actual color.  The photo below shows the area where the bed will be.  The bathroom wall is on the right.  The beams have been finished with the pine ceiling planks going up this week.

This wall is the bathroom on the left, entry and closet in the middle and the Kitchen Niche on the right.  The cubbie in the Kitchen Niche is for a small microwave.

The exterior looks, at first glance, the same.  But all the soffiting has been installed under the overhang.  The soffiting is made from the same pine ceiling planks that will be used inside.  It looks super!

 

 

Here is a  closer view.

 

 

This coming week will be finishing the floor, installing the siding--it is being painted before installation--and finishing the exterior part of the beams.  And maybe the final window will arrive allowing the last two windows to go in!

 

 

In the meantime, summer flowers continue to bloom!

We decided that the view from The Hut needed a water feature:

Just kidding!  I’m on vacation in Oregon and the above is Crater Lake.  If you haven’t visited Crater Lake, you should put it on your travel list.  Incredible blue water, blue sky, great hiking and a lovely rustic lodge.  I also spent four days in Ashland at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.  Another great place:  great theatre, dining, shopping, art, weather, wine touring, history—the list goes on!  One of my favorite spots for people watching!

Mark visited The Hut while I was away and took some pictures.  The actual view from The Hut is below.  The field has been recently cut and the hay is stacked in the hay shed.  The weather is "pay off" weather--our reward for all the gray days we have in the Puget Sound area!

 In the past 10 days the roof has gone on including the skylight, roof trim is stained and up, the wiring has been completed, the interior framed and most of the windows and the doors installed.  I think its insulation and drywall coming up.

This view faces the road.  The roof is dark green metal. 

Below is the skylight from the inside.

This is the side with the view of the field--missing a window on the right and the one above the French doors.

This view is looking at the back of the bathtub/ shower and the exterior door beyond. 

The view below is the same wall showing the closet on the left and the Kitchen Niche in the center. You can see the French doors on the right.

This view is of the southwest corner.  The bed will be to the right of the window on the right.  The larger window will have a desk beneath.

The exterior view of the wall with the bathroom and Kitchen Niche.

I’ll be visiting the site on August 20.  Stay tuned!

Yesterday, I made a quick trip to Bellingham and back.  It was a beautiful day so I invited a friend along.  We had lots of time to catch up, enjoy the scenery and stop for dinner on our way home at the Everett marina.  It was a very fun day!

I was thinking the metal roofing material would go on yesterday, but I was a day early.  But all the sheeting was up on the exterior walls and roof and half of the windows had been installed!

The material in the lower right of the picture is the roofing material.  The bump on the roof is where the skylight will be.

The above is the spot for a library table/desk.

With the interior partitions up we now have a good idea of what the layout feels like.  This is where the kitchen will be--The Kitchen Niche!  The bathroom has been framed in--we are waiting for the tub/shower to arrive. The plumbing is in and on Friday the electrician will be on site.

This is the wall in the bathroom for the toilet (on the left) and sink (on the right.)  All the stuff in the middle of the wall is for the heating system housed in a mechanicals closet accessed from the outside.

I met with the builder and came back home with a lengthly list of decisions to make!  Plus, on Saturday, I'm heading to Oregon for two weeks.  I'll spend some time in Bend in central Oregon, then off to southwest Oregon for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival!  I'll return home via central Washington.  I've got stops planned along the way to visit family and friends.  BUT I'll have my cell phone for any Hut decisions we need to make while I'm away.  Mark will be busy with hockey school!