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After cleaning up

It’s been a long time since it was as tidy as it now is in Ozuye Lodge. After some more staining it was time to clean up.
In this post you can see the result per room, but first a look of the newly stained extension (which had faded from its original unstained cedar color)

Before, the extension was grey, now it’s matching the logs again.

 

Living room 360 degrees panorama

 

Upstairs 360 degrees panorama

 

Upstairs bedroom

 

Downstairs bedroom

 

Downstairs bathroom

 

And finally click here to view a 3D immersive view from the living room

 

 

Federal Blue Table

As the walls and chairs are brown, I thought it would be nice to make the table a different color. As I still had some stain from the deck left, I used that;

The tone matched some of the blue-ish grey in the floor tiles.

Upstairs cleaned up

For the first time in two years the upstairs floor is pretty much empty and cleaned up. The result is a fairly large room, which will get a desk at the right hand side,
and a possibility for an extra bed on the left side.

I like the white ceiling and walls, as they emphasise the cedar rafters and logs.

Cabin Rules

Although technically, I prefer referring to Ozuye Lodge as a log home rather than a log Cabin ( as cabin really doesn’t do justice to a home of this size. People think of a tiny 1 bedroom 1 bathroom home when they think of a log cabin) most people refer to a structure like this as a cabin. For Christmas I received the beautiful sign below from Bob & Paulette;

It got a nice spot next to the door. Some of the rules have been followed, some not yet, but I hope to complete the list soon,
although fishing is not really my thing, so I will likely skip that one, even though I’m told there’s great Bass to be caught in Canyon Lake.

Fire pit definitely is not the pits

Today was sunny and without wind. But not hot or even warm, so the fire pit comes to the rescue;
It’s now 7:30 PM (19:30) and I’m outside on the deck next to a blazing fire pit.

There’s a full moon and no wind. All I can hear is some dogs barking in the distance and the odd car driving by about a mile away.

That round little dot above the fire is the full moon.
It’s now a lot easier to navigate on the deck at night, thanks to the smart deck light,
which turns on at sunset and off at 11:30 PM (or when I tell Siri to)

The hat by the way is from Cavenders, so my first hat that wasn’t made in China.
I went to Cavenders with Arnoud to get a nice hat, looked at Stetson (which is supposed to be the best US made hats)
but found this one to be more comfortable, and easier on the wallet too.

Lot’s of painting

For the last three days I’ve been doing little else but painting and staining. There’s still a lot to do, but it’s starting to look like I want:

The white walls and ceiling make a nice contrast with the deep brown Rafters.
By tomorrow, I should have the entire upstairs painted.

The picture below (taken last week) shows the different stages;

The silver on the left is how the roof was made; it’s OSB board with the standing seam metal roof on top.
Supported by two joists, a temporary 2×4 floor was put it to reach the top (8m or 26′).
You can still see two of the 2×4’s on which the sheetrock boards were mounted. In-between is insulation,
that was nailed in place.

Shiny Bar

The bar top is Birch, stained. But even though it’s stained, it could easily get stained in a not so nice way by glasses, plates, spillage etc.
So I applied a two component clear resin to make it easy to clean and protect it.


It’s now shiny enough to see your own reflection in it. It was n’t easy, as the temperature had to be 75- 80F (23-26 C).
So to get to that temperature, I waited till a nice day and put both heaters on max to get it to 80.
That worked well, but I got over ambitious and tried to also do the backsplash, as I had enough resin left.
Unfortunately, the resin was already curing too much, and I could not spread it well anymore. So the backsplash is a bit droopy.
I will redo that next time around.
You may also notice that the walls behind the bar are now finished too; chinked and stained, with a power outlet for the fridge and microwave.