The Schryver
"Cottage" ... 2010
On June 8, we had a dump truck load of topsoil brought in.
Three days later, this was relocated to fill in low spots and
cover some of the exposed rocks in the yard. About half way
through the process we realized that we were going to need
more. A phone call was made and the contractor delivered
another load that day.
Off and on over the next couple of weeks, we finished some
wiring projects outside and down cellar and did some other small
projects.
On July 5, we started work on the second floor. Over the
next three weeks, we finished framing the walls, completed the wiring,
completely insulated the upstairs walls and ceilings and hung
sheetrock on all of the walls.
We made a quick trip to Heuvelton on July 12 and picked up two more
Adirondack chairs and two tables we had made by an Amish carpenter.
Whereas last summer, Marcia applied a water-repellant stain by brush to
the two chairs we bought then, this year, David used the airless sprayer.
It took less than three hours to stain all four chairs, the tables and
footstools. It was so much fun, he also repainted three of our
picnic tables. Marcia painted the fourth one by brush because it is
too heavy to move off the deck to paint.
By the end of July, we had a contractor come in and finished the
drywall upstairs and sanded and refinished the original floor in part of
the upstairs. As he was doing this, we primed and painted both rooms
upstairs, did some of the downstairs baseboard moldings and worked
on some of the last minute trim downstairs. Aaron also came down a
couple of days and repaired the roof where it attaches to the main part of
the house. This was never done properly back in 2005 when we had the
roof replaced.
We still have a number of things to do but at this point, we have had
enough for one summer! It can wait until next year. Since the
majority of the work we did this year was inside, these photos are
exterior shots. The two pictures showing a circular view through a
black background were taken from the deck through a spotting scope.
The focal area is almost 4 miles away!
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