The credit for completing Items 3, 4, and 5 on the list belongs to our fireman son-in-law. Given a job to do, he sticks with it until it is complete ... this is a trait that I wish I had a bit more of.
This story left off with fireman son-in-law hard at work screwing the remaining pieces of the plywood floor into place, after installing insulation between the floor joists. His next task was to remove the ratty beaverboard ceiling and take down the ceiling framing. The beaverboard came down pretty easily, then he started on the frame.
These are REAL 2x4s, and I'm keeping them because I will undoubtedly need them for something in the future. Fireman son-in-law carefully disassembled the ceiling and removed every single nail from each board. (that little rolling scaffolding of mine has come in very handy once again!)
Now that the ceiling and framing are gone, the inside of the Shack is so open and it feels huge in there!
Here are some side-by-side Before and After photos, so we can all see how far this little building has come.
Back Wall:
before
during
during
after!
Northwest Corner:
before
during
after!
Northeast Corner:
before
during
after!
Southeast Corner:
before
during
after!
Southwest Corner:
before
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after!
We found a few "artifacts" in the ceiling ... three empty beer cases and two really old beer cans.
There is still a LOT of work to be done on this little building to get it to look like what I see in my imagination. I have piles of salvaged items to be used when we replace the door, windows, and add architectural features to make this a true garden folly. For now, I'm calling this a success and I'm moving on to something else.