We went to Fort Payne this weekend to pick out appliances for the kitchen. I think we got a pretty good deal at Gary's Warehouse: Frigidaire-brand microwave, range, dishwasher and refrigerator for around $2,100. The finish is called "stainless look." Gary was going to put together a scratch-and-dent package (dents are usually on the side, where you don't see them, or so minor they're not noticeable) of real stainless-steel appliances for about the same price, but they showed fingerprints so easily I decided against it. I don't want the appliances to be high maintenance while we're renting the cabin. I decided not to go with antique appliances for the same reason, although I think that would be nice at some point.

The kitchen cabinets have been set and so has one of the claw-foot tubs. I picked out lighting fixtures last week, and those should be in sometime soon.

The cabinets are painted a greenish-blue

(They were supposed to be more of an olive green,

but oh well. They still look nice) and have

a distressed finish.

You can't really tell in this picture, but the drawer pulls look antique.

The doors on the left lead to a pantry and downstairs.

The plumbing lines have been installed for this tub in the master bath.

Living room; the window on the left goes into the upstairs bedroom.

Flooring in the living room. We went with 3/4-inch

heart pine flooring from Lumber Liquidators

throughout the house. I wanted to use salvaged

wood flooring, but the cheapest I could find it was

$7 per square foot, which was way out of budget.

The fireplace surround will have a stone facing.

View out upstairs french doors.

These doors were installed last week.

Randy went to the cabin and took some pictures Wednesday after flying into Birmingham from a business trip. Most of the interior walls had been stained, several interior doors were installed and two exterior doors were up. Scott said he's going to install the flooring and hvac units next week.

Framing for the screened side porch; it's not going

to look as nice, but I've asked Scott to put rails on

the lower portion because the porch is so high. I'm

afraid a kid could fall through the screen.

The fireplace will have a stone veneer.

Living room ceiling

Hall between living room and downstairs bedroom

Stairs to master suite

Master bedroom balcony

Stairs to the basement

This area by the front door will house built-in bookshelves.

Coat closet door

You can see the difference in the stained and unstained paneling here.

An installed interior door