Exterior Restoration, Day 1– er Week 1!

Eagerly, we have awaited the opportunity to begin work on the exterior restoration of the cabin.

 

Last weekend, we decided to jump on it. We prepped our equipment and supplies, lined up activities to keep the boys busy and mommy functioning and the work began.

 

Husband first went over the entire north facing wall to sand away at the logs.

 

 

Next, he incorporated some of the recommended bug killing cocktail and coated the entire north side.  

 

Soaked it all! 

 

This is what we hope to avoid in the future! (Carpenter bee hiding huts) 

Then the re staining of the logs began. These pictures are not in order -please forgive- but they show the progress. We now have a true 'lincoln log' hue to the house.

 

 

See the difference?!?! Wowsa! 

 

 

The work went faster than we had imagined. A rare but beautiful notion in the home improvement world! Over the next weeks, we will continue the efforts on the remaining exterior walls of the house. More pics to come, I'm sure!