Part Seventeen: "One Way or Another"

Winter, 2017

Hello again!  It's been a long time since our last post on the Astroliner project!  Truth is, we have a lot going on with our family and updating this blog has been way low on the list.  Our oldest daughter is working on having her second child, the next daughter is getting her drivers license and the two boys are keeping us continually on our toes!  

Personally, I am continuing my journey, recovering from Stage Four cancer.  At this time I now have the "all clear" and am happy to be a Survivor! I am now working through the aftermath of the treatments and the devastating effects it can cause on the human body.  Some things may pass in time, others may never go away.  Either way, I'm alive and I'm healed thanks to many answered prayers!

So hang on, and here we go! It's time to continue the progress on the Astroliner!  We are going to get this thing built one way or another!

 When we left off, almost 9 months ago, I wasn't in the greatest shape. My dad and brother were helping to keep the project going while I continued to recover. Since then, a lot has happened! All the interior walls have been completed and we moved on to cabinets and other interior pieces.




























































We will continue with the corner "nook" cabinets. It has a lower compartment that is accessible from the outside hatch and an upper compartment that is accessible from the inside.

























Once it was all built, we disassembled it and sprayed everything with clear Lacquer.  The cabin continues to become more and more beautiful as the Birch is installed.

With the lower cabinet completed, we moved on to the upper cabinet. As always, nothing is easy with the curves and angles! But we always seem to figure it out!






























As more and more things are built and installed, we began to install LED backlighting in specific areas. Indirect lighting has always appealed to me, so I wanted to find good places to put it where we could.

Alright! The corner nook Cabinets are finished. We now have three new spaces for storage!  This area took quite a bit of time to design, build, finish and install.  But, we are excited it is completed and we are ready to move on!  In our next segment, we are moving to the Galley area to start the process of building Galley Cabinets!  The cabinets will be very unique and feature rounded ends.  You won't want to miss it!

Don't forget to follow this blog for updates and drop us a line sometime!  We would love to hear from you!

Until then, Happy Creations!

Michael and Carrie