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Chokey Trim

Day #207

Saturday, March 13, 2021 – Up at 6:14 AM this morning. We are heading to the cottage for the weekend. Going to finish the last kitchen window, and trim out the Chokey and the Pantry.

We took two vehicles because I have too much stuff jammed into the truck. I don’t have room for the suitcases.

On the way we stopped at Sheetz at the Mifflintown exit to use the bathroom and get a coffee refill. After that we went straight to the cottage.

At the Cot-Taj-Mahal we got the heaters on right away. Rob worked on getting the walls ready for paint. I worked on the Chokey trim, the last Kitchen window and the Pantry Closet.

Later in the afternoon, we decided to go Boulevard Barbeque for wings, and side salads. This is the first that we have been out in quite a long time. Rob has her COVID vaccinations and I have one of mine. I’m ten days into the immunization response so I feel okay going out to dinner.

We had a good day. I got the Chokey trim and the last kitchen window done. Tomorrow I will trim out the Pantry closet.

This s the first overnight stay at the cottage in 2021! Yeah!

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Kitchen Window Trim

Day #206

March 6, 2021 – Today we did a one day down and back to the cottage. I installed some of the kitchen window trim and then we hightailed it back home.

First stop was the Sheetz in Mifflintown for a Schmagel. Next up was the Lewistown Lowes’s for pre-finished MDF boards for the extension jambs, some primed molding, a box of exterior screws and four 2×4’s.

At the cottage. I got started right away. Turned on the heaters, set up my cutting station and started trimming out the kitchen windows. It wasn’t as pretty as I’d like it to be but with a 70 year old structure made of rough cut oak, what can I expect.

Cutting Station - Kitchen Window Trim

I got three windows trimmed out before cleaning up. This leaves one kitchen window to trim out. It was close to 6:00 PM before we finally left. When we got to the gate at the end of the lane the sun was setting behind the mountain above the cottage. It was really beautiful!

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Trim in the Living Room Continued.

Day #188

November 27, 2020 – I continued the trim installation in the living room. First up was the casement around the big eight foot picture window. It trimmed out very nicely. Right after I finished it up a bird flew in the open doorway and took a dump on the new window sill. This is just my luck. So now I’m chasing a bird around the house!

After I got the bird out of the house I took a small break for lunch at the lookout. I had a sammy, a pretzel, an apple and a bottle of water. LOL! It was a little chilly and overcast today but it’s still great to be able to sit by the river and watch the water flow.

When I came back, I continued in the living room trim, working my way around to the railroad side, finishing the window near the wood stove. Everything looks good!

Window and door trim.
Picture window and sliding door trim.

We are supposed to have a little better weather tomorrow so I’ll let the trim go for a day or so. I am planning on going back outside to remove the rest of the old siding. That will let me complete the building wrap installation.

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Molding, Casement and Trim – Living Room

Day #187

November 23, 2020 – This morning I made the return trip to Burnham. I dropped off the pallet jack at the Penn Equipment rental yard. Earlier, I decided to go to back to the Cot-Taj-Mahal to start the molding, casement and trim in the Living Room.

This work consists of wood base around the perimeter of the floor, corner moldings in each corner and door and window casement. Before the renovation is all said and done all the windows, doors and rooms will have new trim.

Since it was a Monday I did not stay long. I think I left for home around 1:00PM. On the highway I came up on this truck with a big old black bear laying in the truck bed. I’m so busy with the renovation that I forget everything else that’s going on around me. It was surprising to find out that it was bear hunting season in Pennsylvania. I did not know.

Looks like a pretty big one too.