Projects

Last Sunday, September 27th, I was at the cabin with Lissy. We were about to leave to go to Provo for the night when we noticed the rug in the bathroom was soaking wet.  Everything under the sink was completely drenched. There was a consistent leak that seemed to be coming from the bottom of the

Hello cabin family, Lissy and I had time this week to go through some of the kitchen cupboards and did a little spring cleaning. The corner cabinet (under telephone) was packed with old, unused items. Many of the pots and pans were full of mouse droppings. The old kitchen items from the cabinet wil

The main project that consumed our week was the mattress project. We successfully replaced 6 very old mattresses and couldn't be happier to have helped make this happen! There is an entire blog entry all about it in the Cabin Journal . I did a little bit of deep cleaning. Since I had my handheld v

We did a few things at the cabin! We replaced BBG Grille. Thanks, Shane, for putting new one together. We replaced “hot” night lights with Cool LEDS We purchased a couple of small First Aid Kits I cleaned out and washed kitchen cupboards I cleaned out Toy Box at top of stairs I cleaned out broom clo

Here's some of the things we did: MOTHS: There seems to be a moth infestation. (It might be worth looking into getting a pest company to come and spray in the cracks. There is a product called CY-Kicks that can be sprayed indoors inside cracks and crevices with a time-released encapsulated formula.

Hey fellow cabin users, The season is almost over, but I had an idea and wanted to share it with you. As long as most of us can remember, we've had mice at the cabin. We encourage the mice to be in our cabin by providing a food source. Then we deal with them scurrying around, making nests, leaving

Leveling the Bed! As you know the queen bed in the middle bedroom upstairs slants down towards the window. The floor is not level at all! My son Travis helped me come up with a solution! We found an old level in the shed and with the help of a leveling app on Travis's phone, we figured out how much

DISH DRAINER – It is good to have new dishrack & rainboard. Two suggestions: The drain board needs to be the type made to go over our top mounted sink. And, at least for our family, it needs to be “large” (15 ½ x 19 – like the old one), and the rack a large size, too. For the 10-12 we had at each me

The BULLET HOLE window panes have been replaced – 3) Dining Rm, 1) Living Rm, 1) Kitchen Sink, 1) Downstairs Twin Bedroom, 1) Upstairs Middle Bedroom. Do NOT open these windows until glazing compound is set – several weeks. (These windows are marked w/blue tape.) * TUB FAUCET is replaced. It is w