Kitchen floating shelf brackets (and a new grandson)

Solo trip up to KnArrow Haus for me on Saturday. Katie's in Utah helping with the birth of our newest grandchild.

Welcome, Ezra!

Almost 2 ft of snow on the roof of Schneewagen. But the weather was near 30 degrees and the sun peaked out a few times.

Schneewagen powered out of its hole with no problem.

The snow is piled up to the bottom of the front porch.

I forgot to put my jacket in the car, but luckily it wasn't too cold out.

And I stayed warm digging out Schneewagen.

That mountain of snow to the left is where the roof sheds the snow.

 

Snow is piled up to the bottom of the back deck.

I spent way too much time looking for tools downstairs. (When the drywall was being installed, we had to pile all the tools and supplies together in the basement and cover it all with plastic so it wouldn't get orange peel textured.)

Four rods coming out of the wall are all I have to show for about 4 hours elapsed time. But the rods are level measured from the wall out AND they are all level with each other across the wall.

Side-by-side got down to a quarter tank of gas. Bryan and Ryker came up mid-afternoon with two full 5 gallon fuel cans. Problem solved.

Oh, the chimney is crooked... (again!)

Prime Friday

Ok. So, I really should have gone up to the cabin to work today.  Katie flew solo on Friday and finished priming the upstairs. But she has obligations today; and my shoulder hurts from rehab; and I was just not "feeling it" for a solo run... So instead, I did a little extra video editing work to extol her efforts.

Enjoy the video of her journey to prime the upstairs of KnArrow Haus.

KnArrow Haus: There and back with Schneewagen

So many accidents on Highway 2. Be careful out there.

Some perspective on the amount of snow.

Our trusty snow steed: Schneewagen.

Lots of snow.

Headed back down Highway 2 at the end of the day.

Mt. Index is always stunning on the way down.

Main floor painted with help from a friend

Katie and Deborah vanquished the remaining wall painting on the main floor and moved on to cutting the walls on the top floor. (Thank you, Deborah!)

Deborah and Katie at the end of the day.

The paint table in the main room.

The freshly whited East wall in the main room.

Freshly painted entry.

Bunk room is cut-in

Master bedroom is cut-in

Katie's hoping to get back up this week to finish painting the top floor and start on the basement.

Instead of working on the cabin over the President's Day weekend, I whined about my sore, convalescing shoulder and instead pruned the fruit trees in our side yard at home. Then complained about more sore shoulder some more.

During my convalescence I did manage to order all the bathroom vanity cabinets and concerete sinks from a couple vendors on Etsy.  They begin manufacturing this week:

Vanity and sink designs, from left to right:

Upstairs bunk bathroom, Main floor powder room, Upstairs master bath.

We also got the final sample of the kitchen cabinet doors/faces due to be delivered in April.

Rough sawn kitchen cabinet door with handle cutout next to a piece of beatlestain pine.

Bluebird Day to Paint White

Katie ventured up today. Took tons of pictures of her journey up (but none of the painted walls).  "...They're just white."

Pulling up to KnArrow Haus nestled in

its Winter coat of over 100 inches of snow.

Approaching Stevens Pass on Highway 2

Approaching Stevens Pass on Highway 2

Approaching Stevens Pass on Highway 2

Approaching Stevens Pass on Highway 2

Approaching Stevens Pass on Highway 2

About 2 feet of snow has fallen on Schneewagen since last Monday.

It consolidated to about a foot on the roof.

Katie reported it was a lot of work to shovel off and remove

the cover, which was frozen to the roof.

Katie with Sammie at her side in Schneewagen.

"Sammie in Repose with Paint"

Katie exiting Schneewagen in style. 

Selfie of Katie and Schneewagen from the front deck.

Looking across to our neighbor's house

and his recently extricated snowcat.

Katie on the back porch.

Checking up on our recently repaired chimney.

Checking up on our recently repaired chimney. 

Olaf's Snow Tracker through January 2020

A quick update putting the snow levels this season in context to the previous handful of seasons. Not too shabby.

Data gathered from the Northwest Avalanche Center website

Katie got the drywall primed on the main floor Monday with the help of a friend (but forgot to take pictures.)

Painting is Prep Work

Katie led the charge for our weekly trip up to KnArrow Haus. During the week she chose the paint color and purchased primer, paint and painting accoutrements. We ventured up Saturday, but Katie gets 90% of the credit for moving things forward. I was more a figurehead and chaperone than a contributing team member -- still recovering from shoulder surgery and sporting a stomach bug since Thursday, so I'm operating at diminished capacity. I spent an uncharacteristic amount of time in a chair tending the fire and watching the snow fall outside.

Katie spent the day taping and masking to protect the (as-yet unsealed) concrete floors. We are doing a trimless installation, so the paint goes all the way all the way down to the floor.

Sammie assumed quality control responsibilities for Katie's taping.

Installed a new crossbrace to reinforce the temporary staircase.

My contribution on the day was to remove some of the concrete form boards around the stairwells; and I reinforced the staircase to the upstairs (shown above), which we will continue to relying on until the permanent stairs are installed. 

Four to 5 inches of snow fell on Schneewagen while we were there. 

Coming soon: Priming the walls.