red room goes blue

door knobs

Why are there so many different doorknobs at the cabin?

Paint!

Today I finished priming the room that was red.  Now it has two brownish walls and two greenish-blueish walls.  I want to see it tomorrow in the natural daylight.  I also installed better showerheads.  Hooray for success!

Furniture!

A few days ago we had a new bedroom set delivered, which I am staining and varnishing.  We also got a new sofa and two recliners.  Nothing is in the room in which it will be eventually.  There's bedroom furniture in the family room and dining room.  The family room furniture is in the living room.  And, today I hired a moving company to move most of our old stuff up to Elmer.  Now the master bedroom at Elmer is very livable, as is the family room there.  I'm looking forward to getting the paint on the walls so that I can really feel moved in!

Lauri attacks the wallpaper!

Stephanie attacked with a squirt bottle

Lauri continued the attack with the putty knife

I went after the red room

partially primed

first layer of primer, except for the trim...next time

So far...

...I've scrubbed out the kitchen cabinets, ripped out the ugly drawer liners (both with help from Steph--yay!), vacuumed above the cabinets, mopped the kitchen floor, swept the great room floor, vacuumed the master bedroom, wiped down all the countertops and bathroom cupboards and sinks, and installed a wi-fi router.  And I made potato corn chowder for dinner.  Tomorrow I'm looking forward to being joined by Lauri, Keith, and Stephanie.  Watch out wall paper, here we come!  Maybe I'll even get some paint on a wall!
Things on the to-do list:
Install adjustable shower head
Mop great room floor
Vacuum downstairs carpets
Install front door lock
Install new internet-accessible thermostat
Install wireless keypad for garage door
Program a garage door remote
Eat some ice cream!

I've seen this yearling and its momma a couple times

view from the east

antlers on our porch

the moose had to move to the cabin.

looking south from the house, at columbia river gorge and oregon

looking south and east

east end of deck.  that's a bench stacked on top of a table.  don't ask me why