Sneak Peek of Mountain Cabin

Are you ready to see the inside of my new mountain cabin?

OK, here's a little sneak peek.

Closing went off without a hitch and the cabin is now all mine. 

The previous owner left everything behind in the cabin but the generator
so we've had a lot to sort through and either donate, recycle, throw away or keep. 

It's been quite a job but fun and exciting. 

We met the owner and her friend who were real mountain women.

They seemed very happy that someone bought their cabin 

who genuinely loved it and would take good care of it. 

The first thing that happened when we arrived was a scary hoot.

I had the keys to the cabin in hand when I stepped on the deck 

which has over an inch of space between the old boards. 

That's when I dropped the keys and they fell right though the deck onto the ground underneath. 

Not having anything to retrieve them, I got down on hands and knees 

and slithered under the deck to grab the keys Won't do that again!

So here is the living space inside the 366 square-foot cabin. 

It was jammed full of stuff including a table and chairs, cardboard boxes overflowing with newspapers and cereal boxes, and, of course, the ginormous generator. 

Here's a  before picture.

And here's the same space cleaned out.

Seems so much bigger. 

Did you notice the lovely toilet water tank on the wall above the sink?

That was the first thing to come down. So much better. 

The little kitchen area was jampacked with everything 

from dishware to cleaning products to lots of old canned goods. 

Gone!
Notice the toilet tank is gone. 

There must have been a zillion old pots and pans on the beautiful old wood stove

and boxes of food, newspapers and firewood on the floor. 

Check out that formica table backsplash!

It's getting there. I removed the backsplash but didn't take a picture of it. 

Trust me. So much prettier now.

By the way, several of our friendly neighbors stopped by to introduce themselves. 

There are only a few on our road.

And speaking of road, here was another neighbor that stopped by 

on the way to the cabin on our very bumpy road. 

Besides the antelope, chipmunks also showed up to welcome us.

It's been such fun planning what we'll do with the little cabin.
I have a million ideas!

We're looking forward to making it our own but first we have to get rid of a lot of stuff. 

I hope you'll follow along as we tackle a long to-do list and start decorating western style.

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