Category: Tin Can Cottage
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I planned a little diversion for Paulie and myself today. I was so pleased with myself for sneaking in some time to look across a table into each others eyes instead of our iPads, when I would hold his hand instead of a baby bottle. And it's Christmas; how nice! He had the day off,…
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The trailer sold today. The new owners tow it away this weekend. It's going to a good home, just across the peninsula of Door County to folks who have a place to work on it and finish what we started. It's so close to being done, and yet so far—it still lacked hot water, a…
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BEFORE–DURING–AFTER It’s taken two years, but the dinette in the trailer is usable at last! It was the very first thing I ripped out the first summer– the rickety, water-damaged dinette benches and table. After a season with nothing but an empty space (and exposed battery charger and water pump), it will be wonderful for…
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We will be getting the Tin Can Cottage ready for use soon. The benches and cushions are ready, the station wagon is full of supplies.The winter was long and cruel, but somehow I'm still not ready for spring yet…my trailer "to do" lists are too long. I'm looking forward to it, but I have reservations…
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The new dinette benches for the trailer are almost done! I can't believe what an amazing job Dad did recreating them from the crumbled, rotting mess that we had to work from as a template. Now I need to order the table top to go with them, just have to work out the support mechanism…
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It’s our last weekend of the year in the Tin Can, the camp site closes for the season this week. We won’t be able to finish the second coat of interior paint, but I did manage to strip and wax the floor today. The floor still needs to be replaced, but a good scrubbing and…
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A second coat of interior paint, a layer of Kilz, mounting hooks and shelves, mapping electrical and plumbing, stripping the wax off the floor…the work never seems to end, but summer does.
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It seems that everywhere I go, renovation takes place. This past Sunday in Door County was rainy; a welcome excuse not to work on the Tin Can. We drove up and down the peninsula instead, stopping for coffee and road side stands and second hand stores. A set of blue green melamine dishes and…
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Before and After shots of the interior painting in the Tin Can Cottage. What a difference! It’s so much cleaner and brighter. We may have to Kilz and recoat in the dinette area–the smoking decades took their toll–but we are almost done. Now if only redoing the plumbing were as easy.
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We decided to use carpet tiles in the trailer instead of the cork-patterned vinyl due to both technical difficulties and comfort. Baby Viv will be crawling soon, and it’s much cozier. I found both the carpet tile and the glass mosaic back splash tile on the cheap at HOBO. Gotta love HOBO. Next task: choosing…
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