Reclaimed Pickets

We decided back in July to line the inside of the cabin with old fence pickets.  We didn't have time to do anything with it at the time and some pickets we found from a neighbor turned out to be a bust because they were pre-assembled panels that would not come apart without breaking the picket.

A friend told us about their neighbor who lost their fence in a recent wind storm and said we could have it.   We picked it up on Saturday started taking it apart on Sunday morning and by 2:00 we had one end cut and ready to install.  The owner built the fence himself years ago and we only lost about 10 pickets out of what we were given.   Looks like we got about 220 pickets out of the work we did.  We are painting a few of them just to give a different look and add a little color.

Burned out 5 stumps too!

Outside Finished and Ceiling in

We got quit a bit done this weekend.  After years of waiting I finally found a ladder to borrow and finish out the top of the cabins tin work.  While we had it we installed some cheap siding and insulation in the ceiling from Home Depot.  The free bee french doors were trimmed off left and right and with some spray on glass frosting got installed to their permeant place.  

New Toilet, Shelf and French Doors - For Free!

A house down the street was purging out their garage.  All kinds of new lumber, furniture, and miscellaneous items were being thrown out.  It was crazy!  I picked up a set of french doors, lumber to build a temporary self and backer board for a needed toilet tank top.  The toilet was spotted by Alaina on the access road to I-30 and was in perfect condition other than a missing top.  It uses less water and flush much better than the one we had.

Ridge Vent and Wiring Complete

With the porch done we were able to finally get the ridge vent done.  All the critters had moved in because it was open and birds found it a good place to nest.  We buried a permeant line to the shack and wired it up with 30 amps.  The wire and piping came from mobile home left overs but all the internal stuff we bought at Home Depot.  Alaina got the lights hung on the porch.

Front Porch

After getting most of the work done on the truck project, we decided to do something on our little shack.  The top had been open for about 2 years along the ridge and we had planned on putting a porch  on the front of it.  So my plan was to build a porch and use it as a cat walk for fixing the ridge cap and soffit vent.  One of the post, all of the stones and the R panel was on the property and/or reclaimed from the mobile home.