Still More Trim

This morning Dave was working on the smaller window in the master bedroom while Kyle was at the mill picking up the wood flooring.  Dave shimmed the extension jamb, checked to be sure it was square, and then nailed it into place.

Dave checks to be sure the extension jamb is square...

...and then nails it down.  Or, in this case, up.

Trim work does not go very quickly.  Or perhaps I should say, it could go quickly, but the results would not be pleasing.  A mitered corner which is off just a 16th of an inch would be painfully obvious, year after year.  Thus far the guys have done the windows in the office, guest bedroom, and master bath, and the master bedroom is almost finished.  Much of the upstairs baseboard molding has been nailed into place, and the doors on this floor have been trimmed out.  Still to be finished is the opening for the walk-in closet.  This space doesn't have a door, so I'll have to come up with something to disguise the clothing, etc., inside — perhaps a beaded curtain!

The master bedroom's lake side window has been trimmed out.

The walk-in closet is ready to be trimmed.  In the master
bedroom beyond, Dave checks the fit for a piece of molding.

In several of my photos you'll notice that the windows still have the protective film applied at the factory.  Dave remarked how nice it would be to glance out and see snowy Lake Esau without the film.  I agree.  In fact, I've been tempted to pull the film off.  However, this material has to stay in place until the final inspection.  It says so right on the tag.  No one seems to know why, but it does.  It's like those tags on mattresses which say, "Do not remove under penalty of law or confiscation of your grandchildren."  Go figure.

Through a glass darkly.

Kyle arrived back with the panel truck full of dried, milled white oak tongue-and-groove flooring.  The guys moved the wood into the living room/kitchen area where it will sit until needed.  (How the painters will move around in there, I can't say!)  As Kyle would put it, this wood is "a thing of beauty."  The floor will have lots of character when it has been pieced together.

Kyle starts unstrapping the white oak as more snow falls.

Dave carries in a stack of shorter pieces.

The longer pieces, up to about 20 feet, require two.

One question we can't answer at the moment is whether this pile of wood will be sufficient to cover the space intended — kitchen, dining area, living room, traffic corridor, and ground floor bedroom.  If it isn't, we will have to get creative with our flooring!

Dave and Kyle admire their wood pile!

The guys have settled into their little cabin at the Fireside Inn.  Dave reports that while the heating system is ancient of days, it manages to keep the interior at around 62.  Sometimes.  That's good, because last night the low was around 8 below, and tonight's low won't be much better.  At least they have cable TV. •••