Happy New Year

So much going on over the holidays, not much reno happened----other than the fence and garage.

J was happily surprised.  It has been tooooooo cold to do any further painting. Tonight, I hear the low will be 18 degrees.

Wow, and we do not have a fireplace in this tiny house--wish we did!  We have a chimney, so maybe one day I can hook up a wood burning stove. But that's a long way after we finish a bunch of other projects.

The day after thanksgiving, I took advantage of the 15% off at the rustic hardware store and bought the parts to make a sliding barn door for the bathroom. Here is the website:

http://rusticahardware.com/barn-door-hardware/


here is what our new bathroom door looks like:

CLOSED

OPEN

We bought the door at a architectural resale shop in Norfolk for $55, it is solid, heavy wood!  I just did some scrubbing and lite sanding and an all over with Murphy's Wood cleaner.  J did all the hard work of drilling and attaching the sliding apparatus. It has a U shapped metal piece at the bottom that keeps it in line and from flapping; the sliding mechanism is very smooth and quiet.
I have a large cleat I bought at a used boat store that we are going to add as the door "KNOB."

I LOVE IT!

It is like having a pocket door, but better.    And we gained a lot of space in the bathroom from the old door that would open into the bathroom space and block the corner.

We are going to EVENTUALLY rip out this entire bathroom and push it two feet to the left, but this will be one of the later projects, after the kitchen is finished.  We intend on reusing this same door though.


I was shopping for single wall ovens, did not buy one yet, but I have seen a few for around the $700 range.
This week, I will try to repurpose the porch as a dining space and workout area.  We will see how far along I get.