The project is really winding down now. We had another great day of work from everyone; the whole cabin is starting to look really nice. Luke and I even got a little break from the gabions. Instead, we started by building a toe kick for the south side. We attached a piece of richlite to some otherwise unusable redwood and then nailed it down. Then Luke began adding rock between it and the windows while Mikey worked on trim. The richlite is pretty subtle, but should be enough to prevent any unintentional kicking of rock.

The rest of the day, Luke and I worked on finishing the gabions once and for all. He attached the cages to the north wall while I manufactured a new angled gabion. (The original was banged up on Tuesday, but we were able to salvage it and move it to the east side.) We didn’t have any more material, so I salvaged one of the badly damaged gabions. I cut it apart entirely and straightened the mesh as much as possible. After adding new edges to the metal, I began stitching the pieces back together which took most of the afternoon.

We finished attaching and filling all the gabions by the end of the day. They look very clean – much better than the first attempt.We also took advantage of the work being done on the north side window by realigning of the weather membrane to match the edge of the wainscoting. If you step back, it looks as if the gabions have been cut and peeled back along with the rest of the wall.