Caps Required

The work this weekend included capping the newel post, baseboard and trimming out the stairs.  Brent is fabricating all our trim work with a router which is time consuming but does save quite a bit on cost.  Now we will need to touch up the paint on the trim work and certain places on the wall which required 'modification'.  It turned cold on Friday and we had a light snow all day which continued into the night.  The high on Saturday and Sunday did not get out of the 30's and our lows were in the teens.  It sure was nice to have a fire going all day.

Jillian decided not to arrive this weekend so we are currently on pins and needles waiting on the call to head north to Evansville.

The cap on the newel post.

The stringer was capped.

Some modification to the wall where the stringer cap meets the bottom stair tread.

Ok, some caulking will be required.

It began lightly snowing on Friday morning and lasted all day.  If you ventured outside you needed to wear a cap.

Once the clouds broke on Saturday, you could see LeConte was covered in snow.

 

Door Trim Installed

This weekend Brent worked on the door trim for the two (2) bedroom doors downstairs.  He purchased two (2) 8 foot long 1"x 12" and fabricated the trim.  We decided on a craftsman style and hopefully we will get the based boards installed next weekend.  This is all dependent upon when Jillian decides to arrive as we are now in def con 5 and awaiting news from Evansville.  Once the labor begins, we drop everything and head north.

Need to install one (1) more coat to cover the nail holes.  Brent finished installing just before we left and the wood filler was not dry.

It will look a lot better once the crown molding and baseboards are installed.

The snow line is receding on Mt. LeConte.  The earliest estimate for the reopening of the US 441 to Cherokee is May 2013.

Interior Painting in the Cold

This weekend at The Ridge was all about painting.  The ceiling in the hall, the posts, the doors and the walls were all painted.  As he was painting the posts, Brent decided to paint the two (2) downstairs bedroom doors the same color.  The crown molding and baseboards will also be painted the same off-white color.

The green color from the upstairs wall and the stairwell was continued into the hall downstairs.  This upcoming weekend we plan to install the craftsman style door casing and maybe the crown molding.

We woke up to a surprise snow shower on Sunday.  The sun came out around 10:30 am which was about the time the snow plow made its round in our hollow.  The girls shoveled the driveway and we had no problems leaving in the late afternoon.

Painting the downstairs interior doors.

Applied about three (3) coats over the previous stain.

The finished product.  We still need to perform some cutting and touch up paint.

The new door trim needs to be installed along with the crown molding and baseboard.

Need to re-install a face plate.

The caps on the sides will be red oak and stained to match the stair treads.

We already have cut and fit the handrail and will install the same iron ballasters as up stairs.

The surprise on Sunday morning.

A view of our dogwood along with the driveway and road.

Cookie loves to play in the snow.