Also, it was some other stuff day

 After we unmasked all of the painting, everyone was very energized, so...we put up the awning metal.

 We also put on the solar screen! It looks so much different now, it's actually a little startling. We are utterly in love with it!

 Yesterday, we built our bed. Here's Alan standing in the frame.

  The frame being built. It's redwood 2x6's dovetailed together, then screwed to a 1/4" wall angle which is bolted to the floor. The bottom of the frame is 22" high.

The 4x4 is fixed, but the 2x4's can be removed.

The bed platform can be lifted with the blue strap you can see at the top. We have six 18 gallon storage tubs, and six 9 gallon tubs tucked underneath.

This isn't quite finished, but here's the bed and about 1/3 of the bedroom storage (there's an additional cabinet that runs across the back wall, and a dresser). We decided to camp out tonight (no toilet or shower, it's totally camping!) on the bed and are very excited for it.

Wired

We have POWER! Alan, Alan Sr, and Mr. Bowdrie pulled wire to the house!

Alan learns how to put in receptacles.













The kitchen cabinets are up on their pedastles, and the section of floor to the left is our test-sand patch. Looks pretty good!

Feeding wire while it's being pulled.


















The screens that will go in the top part of the screen porch. They're big! The actual screen part is a solar screen, to block out all of that sun-heat. The bedroom (furthest spot from the swamp cooler) will need it.

The metal that will be filling in the bottom part of the porch. As you can tell, it's been another couple of late nights..









We have power, our water heater is plumbed, all of our waste plumbing is done, the porch may be done/on the way today, the bathroom sink has been mounted and the shower door is done...we're finally in the home stretch, and I cannot wait for move-in day!

The day before tomorrow

Because tomorrow is a big, big day and this is just a little bitty update.
Our kitchen cabinets are in, and the countertop support for the northeast corner has been fabricated. The dog and cat food storage will be under here, as will their water supply.
Like usual, it's a bit of overkill..

The window is masked off because...

















We have a deck! The metal is primered and painted, and the deck boards are 2x6 redwood.

We started insulating/sealing where the container meets concrete today.

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This is the fairly comfortable underside to the container. As you can see, we aren't plumbed yet-- that and electricity come tomorrow! I'm very, very excited. In addition to that, the metal panels for the porch and awning come tomorrow, in addition to the screens and shower door! We may also have a kitchen counter tomorrow, which would be wonderful.

Rainy night in California

 

Well, we didn't wash away, and got a darn pretty sunset out of it. Unfortunately, this is the worst kind of weather the desert has to offer-- 100 degrees and 70% humidity means not much gets done. 

Here are our kitchen fixin's: Cooktop, sink, on demand water heater for the sink, and the plywood for the countertop base. 

 This is the setup we have for work done at night, since it's finally cool enough at 9pm to not drown in your own sweat.

 The actual cabinets sitting where they'll go! They won't be on the floor like this; we're building bases for them out of 2x6's.

Last night we got some stairs, which is wonderful. It means no more climbing up and down a stepladder to get on the porch! Today the door to the screen porch was test fitted, and it works beautifully. Everything's a mess right now because we had to storm-proof at the last minute, and things still need to be able to go back under cover immediately, if it starts to rain.