Finish Work

Finish work has begun! We decided to go very simple and square with our window trim. Which is handy because I am not a finish carpenter and don't own the tools to even pretend that I am!

These are the kitchen windows and are the only ones with a sill. Cassie likes to have a place to set an avocado to ripen, and I like a place to set my beer. Cabinets are about two weeks out. Even a cabinetmaker deserves a vacation! The spray foam insulation and cabinets are the two jobs I have hired out and it's pretty hard not to be a nag! 

I slapped up a little rigid foam insulation in order to limit the sound transfer through the partition walls. 

Cassie and I went back and forth about tubs. We both like claw foot tubs, but they are a poor match for the trailer.  Most of the options other than cast iron really kind of felt flimsy to us. A used cast iron tub usually has chips and scratches and a new one is not cheap.  Lucky for us, this one was sitting on the porch of a woman's house down the street while the house is being renovated. I dropped a note off in the mailbox, and 18 hours later brought this one home for $100! All of the blemishes visible in this photo are just dirt and old caulk, it's in very good shape. I'm going to wrap it up well in old carpet before carrying it into the bathroom so I don't screw up the finish myself. 

This is a doll table factory. 

"You should never be too busy working to teach your children how to work."

I do my best to repeat this phrase in  my head whenever my kids are "helping" out in the trailer. As they grow older, I want them to remember this time as something we spent together and not a place where Daddy disappeared to.