It's getting closer

Below you will notice the address post. Looks like an old airplane wing (ahh.. the mystery) and looks really neat if I do say so myself. I tells the neighborhood that we are very close to finished. A couple more walls to paint and a porch to build and the furniture is in a trailer out behind the bunker ready to put in.
Barbara painted the front door RED, looks good though and is another of the hints that we are about finished. We will have to plan a house warming. Want to come?

Red Front Door

Red Front Door
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Address

Address
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TILE

TILE
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Finished

The tile is grouted and the wall is tiled. The cabinets have yet to be painted but that will occur when the rest of the painting is done in the living room. The ceiling will go in at the same time and perhaps the carpet too. Whew, that will be a busy weekend.

Stairs

The mysterious pole on the side of the bunker began to reveal its' function this trip. The steps that have been laying off in the weeds were carried to the roof and lowered down the pole and now await the platform landing to the roof and careful spacing down the pole. Perhaps not the next trip, but soon.

Stairs to Nowhere

Stairs to Nowhere
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More finishing touches

We went out to the bunker this weekend. It was one of those "tidy up" type trips that have to happen now and then. We have begun buying furniture and we are up to our ears with stuff here in Austin.
I have three trailers and all of them are at the bunker. We decided that we would bring one home and load it with couches and chairs and stuff. First we had to transfer tools and materials to the other trailer and then load up trash and anything that could come back to Austin. That done we did a few things like putting the steps on the spiral stairs and grouting the kitchen counter top. I also tiled the walls in the kitchen.
We brought the trailer home and I spent all day monday taking trash around to all my favorite dumpsters. I'll start loading tomorrow and be ready for the return trip in a week or so. Once there we can leave it in the trailer for a while untill we need it.

Kitchen Tile

Kitchen Tile
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Ready for the details

Heading to the bunker this weekend to take care of the loose ends that are hanging all over the place. I am going to do the counter top in a varigated slate and hope to have enough left to make the back splash too. The sink and stove top are going in at the same time and with any luck at all I'll be able to mount the microwave in the corner between the upper cabinets. Pictures later.

Raw kitchen pictures

KITCHEN

The cabinets are leveled and hung. The counter top base is ready. All that remains is to put on the counter top and put the finish on the cabinets. The next trip should take care of the kitchen. Two things I am working out are the floor (I need to bridge the uneven surface around the trap door) and the ceiling around the skylight. No problem. I plan to make a mat of plywood and carpet to hide the floor and a drop ceiling like in the bedroom. The wall behind the table will be dressed with beadboard and hanging-stuff. The wall over the counter will be a grey/blue tile.

Kit-bed-living room

Memorial Day Weekend

Thank you, all the veterans that have given their lives so I could sit on the bunker porch and enjoy this late spring day. Thanks too, for those that are serving around the world, standing on that wall so we may be spared the savage real world.

Things are coming together at the bunker. We painted the bedroom and installed the ceiling. The room has lights up behind the ceiling and gives an indirect light that is quite pleasing. We also put down the carpet so this room is finished. The little 'fridge and all the kitchen stuff is still in the room but it won't be long.

Finishing Touches

Window Return

Finishing touches

The windows were a problem. The walls are so thick that I had to make window sills and returns 10" wide. Because the texture of the walls is thick and uneven each cut was custom and sometimes three or four fits. They look great though with the stars.

Last week of April

This trip was one of putting together all of the little things we have been overlooking for so long. The flowers were Barbs' idea. They do dress up the place (even if the flowers are plastic, for now) don't you think. The stripped pole at the back of picture has the whole town guessing. We saw one of the neighbors slowly drive by and have a closer look. I'll tell them someday that it's the center of the sprial stairs that go up to the roof/sundeck. Just a few more things to finish on the inside and we will start furnishing.

Making a home

Kitchen