We’ve completed basically all of the painting & have received most of the equipment. Still have to put the doors up & finish the counter – plus a couple of other construction projects – but things are progressing nicely. It’s great to be able to finally start assembling the kitchen a bit. Making all of this a bit more real now…

Painting is progressing a bit slowly but progressing nonetheless. We now have two coats on half of the dining room & entrance hallway. Waiting for Ed to finish the final wall in the dining room & then we’ll complete the yellow. Hoping to have the kitchen construction completed & painted by this time next week.

Thanks go out to Terry Doyle for dropping by to lend a painting hand. Made for a quick afternoon of second coating.

We have to wait today while construction in the dining room finishes so we’ll be back over for more painting & work starting on Tuesday 09.21. If you’re in the Andes area, drop in for a sneak peek or perhaps lend a hand. All volunteers get free BBQ.

Started actually painting the walls Cha Cha Hut yellow (technically mustard yellow). We think it might be freaking Don out bit, but we’re trying to reassure him it will come together just fine. Lissa Harris (of Watershed Post fame) dropped by to help tape & paint. Turns out she possesses ninja like painting skills that do not require taping. Sadly we do not.

Finished the second coat of poly on the wood today. I think I might be a little sick from breathing the fumes.

We’re taking a painting break on Saturday 09.18 but will be returning to work on Sunday 09.19. Have to clean out some of the things in the dining room in order to complete the yellow. Also need to do a second yellow coat. If you’re in the Andes area on Sunday, drop on by. Volunteers will be rewarded in BBQ.

Painting started on the new Hut today, Mostly it meant priming the drywall & laying in the first coat of polyurethane on the exposed wood. Ed also put on the bead board front for our counter. Tomorrow – it’s a 2nd coat of poly & we get a little mellow yellow – mustard yellow that is. Entrance hall walls & the wall by the kitchen will be getting the full on Cha Cha Hut yellow paint.

If you’re in the Andes area tomorrow morning/afternoon, drop on by for a peek at the progress.

Construction on Cha Cha Hut 2.0 has begun! We’re hoping to begin painting around September 16th, so if you are interested in volunteering – drop us a line. Volunteers will be paid in free BBQ.

The original plan had been to re-tile the dining area by laying new tile over the old. For a variety of reasons (mostly having to do with budget) that proves to be impossible. So, we when with Option B and decided to replace the more “worn and damaged” of the tiles. Roxbury flooring guru and friend of the Hut Sean O’Shaughnessy is doing a fabulous job on the project.

Just in time for the first real snow of the winter, Mike George and the crew from Leprechaun Construction finished the cookhouse. We couldn’t be happier with the job they did. Looking forward to getting to work cooking in it.

…and the roof. Work continues on the cookhouse with the doors going in. Nice big slidy metal doors. Mike says everything should be done by this weekend if the weather co-operates.

Oh yes – and we also have a roof on the cookhouse as well (check out the third photo above).

The cookhouse is progressing nicely. The walls are going in and it looks like everything will be complete early next week. Loving the look of the metal and hope the landlords will not force us to paint it red.

Or at least the cook house has been.

Loving the job Leprechaun Construction has been doing. Mike George has been amazingly helpful.

The walls, roof and doors go up next week.