Final pics.

Part of the reason I haven’t posted recently is because I have been working two jobs during the week, since the last post. But that means that I don’t have an urgent need to put the house on the market. I will keep it for now. Why not keep working on it?

As with most of my projects, they’ll never be finished in my mind. However, I am at least ready to call the lake house complete and not work on it every single weekend.

I finished all of the flooring throughout. While I never originally intended to put down wood flooring, I was able to use small quantities of leftovers from a company I worked with that couldn’t be resold. This prompted me to figure out how to make them work in the segments of space that I had. Plus with the container floor having overspray and drips from the paint mishap, it was either refinish that or put down new floor. I couldn’t pass up Italian made wood floor. Some of the floor was teak, which made a ton of sense to use in areas near exterior doors or in the kitchen. In other areas, I combined two types to make enough. So I made it work.

A long time ago, I got an awesome deal on a special order window from Home Depot. I paid $1300+ for my big windows and got this one for $400. With the free patio door from my neighbor’s remodel, I had two bargain basement products to make a nice room. I was never sure if I was going to use it at the lake house or not. But I finally decided to go for it. I cut out the wall in the storage room, which was always intended to be a bar room in the end. I framed it out and managed to get it into place there. A 6’x6’ double pane window is no joke to deal with and I was not sure I’d get it to the house in one piece, but it wasn’t my first time dealing with the big guys. I managed to get it to the lake house and get it into place. No going back. Then it was just a matter of sealing it, insulating the room, and finishing it out. Between the patio door and the window, it makes a huge difference on the openness and light. It feels much bigger.

With the window installed, I added insulation and decided on cedar planks instead of drywall. It goes well with the teak floor. I swapped the beds around and it allowed me to go back to a queen sized bed in the bedroom and use the daybed in the bar. It kept an open feel but gives another bed(s) for guests. I used a slat ceiling, which I’ve done several times in the past. I wanted a bayou vibe and I think that was successfully achieved, especially with the Rauschenberg in play.

Since I’m calling this project finished, I added a few extra design choices to church up the bedrooms and took a couple of new pics.

So what’s next? Well, I am installing an inverter, battery, and some solar. I have this at the Houston house and it makes a big difference. I’m never without power. I have some of the components but still need the panels. It’ll take several hours to wire up and get working. I got the arguably hardest part completed today: the battery delivered and in place. This may not seem like much, but these are 300lbs+ units and not easy to manage down the slope, especially by one person. But it ended well. Ready for wiring.

Other than the ESS (energy storage system), which I may or may not write updates about, the focus is going to shift back to the Houston house. So likely any new updates will be about that project since the lake house is complete, again, for the third time. (Until next time.)