The New Fire Pit!

So we saw this firepit from a guy that was giving us a bid for the furnace!

So it is out of a bottom of a propane tank with a duck etched out of steel!

Then there are pine trees & an elk!

And of course a moose on one side!

So it took a forklift to put it in the back of Nick's SUV & 4 men to carry it down to the beach!

They had to balance and work @ manuevering it!

Then we get it to the beach to settle it into it's home!

And this is a video of then moving it if the video works!

So we got it set and ready for a fire that evening!

It looks so great when a fire is going in it and the characters are enhanced by the flames!!!

The Making & Process of Installing of the Exterior Stairs

 So this is the story of the stairs which were a necessity, but also one of three requirements by the              inspector before he would give us our full occupancy.

First, the men had to bring the stair parts on a barge, borrowed from Marty next door, from the boat launch to our place.

They had to unload piece by heavy piece!

And lug each piece up very carefully!

These were such heavy pieces-several hundred pounds each!

After getting the pieces there, the first piece is attached to the deck with huge bolts!

Then the other side railing is attached.  Each step takes quite a bit of time!

After getting the center on, they start with the first step tred!

They even powder coated the screw bolts that hold the treds down!

They worked till dark that day, then had to come back the next day to finish.  They were hoping to finish in the one day.  It took most of the next day to finish!

But doesn't it look nice and no maintenance is the best of all!!! It is done for the family reunion! It is so nice to be able to go down these stairs to the water!  YEAH!!!!

A bit more done each weekend!

So we had the painters paint the wall behind the fireplace brown & we are so glad we did so.

The fireplace pops out now instead of being camouflaged!

We got the ceiling fan put up in our bedroom.  It turned out perfect.  The light shades still aren't up in this picture, but they are now.  There is another picture to follow that shows the amber mood lighting!  

So here is a nice reflection on the ceiling of the fan light and it's many facets!

This is another view of the continued brown wall to bring in the brown of the stained glass wood.  That suggestion was made & welcomed by Tasha @ Christmas!

A little bit more done!

This is the red white and blue room which we had to do because of all the great stuff from the previous cabin and we had 2 sets of red bunk beds.

The 3rd view of the r,w,& b room. It will all eventually come together but it was nice to get things out of boxes and put into a room!

A view of the main floor bathroom with walls, floor and cabinet in.  The mirror still needs to be hung but the light fixture is up and the toilet is working!!!

Just a side line of what we saw when we were driving to SandPoint on Saturday.  It was so beautiful and there were lots of places this had occured.

This gives you a perspective of how large it is with me standing there to give the size!

So I bought this bear head years ago and finallly it got hung over our bed in the master bedroom to watch over all in the house!!

This is the bonus room off the masterbedroom.  We brought the desk up from the house and it is a perfect place for it!

You can now see why it is the bonus room, the ceiling slants and we have put the couch that goes in the rec room in here temporarily but it is nice to read on during the night when I can't sleep!

The master bedroom fireplace which we have used quite a bit.  We turn the heat off in the house and turn this fireplace on!  It is beautiful and charming and we enjoy it so much!

So we got the shower door on enclosing the shower, just need to get the hot water tanks hooked to electricity.  Just don't like the black edging that is supposed to be bronze!

So the sink is functional now and we love the esthetics of it!

We got the clock hung.  It is a large clock but on this wall, it looks small.  It is a perfect spot for it though!

So here is the log futon bed frame that we got for $20 @ an estate sale and so we spend a couple hundred and got a very nice mattress for it.  It goes quite well in "the green room" 

The carpet was left over from the basement of our Spokane home!  So great there was enough to fit in the green room, quickly becoming the bear room!

Here is "the brown room" as it turns out! Tis so nice to find all the "things" we have tucked away for this purpose of furnishing this "lake place"!  

Another view of the brown room with one of Lisa's quilts hanging to be used!  Lots of art work and wall hangings to have someone come and decide where they go!!

So each week it is lovely to see what the weather is doing.  The lake is frozen over and we actually saw lots of people walking across the entire lake.  There  were 2 snowmobilers riding all over this a.m. A man on a bicycle rides across also. Robert Graper, our structural engineer and friend said the ice has to be 4" thick to hold a snowmobile weight!!!

So this is currently being done.  This pole goes from the ground all the way up to the roof line.  So our mason wanted to do it in the winter and has it covered till done.  We will put pictures up from the lake side to show it done when the masking is removed!  It looks great and enhances the house from the lake side!

So we got this stained glass years ago in Jackson Hole and this is the window it will hang in eventually!

Nick was very excited to get this fan up in the great room.  It matches well and will enhance that space!

So this dining room set has been in storage in various places ie. the garage, basement @ the office and we are so relieved to finally get it up there and see it in the kitchen!  It is a BIG table and fills the space well!