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All the floor tiling in the main cottage is complete.

Cast aluminum floor grills.

View from the living room, past the kitchen, laundry room and into the bedroom.  Some of the cabinets for the kitchen island are stacked and ready to be installed.

When the floor was finished, the Scan wood stove was installed.  Glad for the lounge chairs so we can sit down once in awhile.

Now working on the bathroom.  Interior walls are being sound-proofed with insulation.  The cement wallboard will make a solid base for the wall tiles.

Finishing of the white oak casing around the windows and doors with penetrating oil is completed.  The casing doesn't cover the drywall.  Instead, wherever it meets wood, the drywall was edged with a 1/2 inch metal j-moulding to create a thin  reveal between it and the casing. 

White oak boards make up the exterior siding on the decks and in the screen porch.  Main cottage front door.

Guest cottage.

Siding on the main cottage in the screen porch.

The cabinets are rift cut white oak.  All of the cabinets in the cottage will use this defect-free, reconstituted plywood veneer.  The doors are edged with a band of solid white oak cut from a selection of the most straight grained boards that we had on hand.

Completed a number of other projects:  installed most of the ceiling lights (including this one in the library); wired receptacles; ran coaxial cable for a satellite antenna feed for the Sirius; ran speaker wires in the walls from the library to the living room; installed a monitored security system with a low temperature warning; and added more insulation in the crawlspace.

Sam approves of the wood stove.

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