Tuesday, June 21, 2005
I'm sorry to have left the blog on such a down note. After a volley of e-mails, the neighbor seems to be calmer, and I hope she'll warm to the final result. With the trench gaping, and the piles of dirt, it was hard to feel any kind of love for the project.
Things look much better now, and at least I have different worries -- like the crews doing damage to the neighbors' place (twice) and leaving my door unsecured (thrice). Still, the trench is filled and the dirt smoothed. The addition of a few cubic yards of gravel atop the boot-sucking mud makes walking around the site way easier.
It's fun going out every morning, especially now that there's so much to, uh, supervise. One crew is still framing Mabel's second floor. The other is finishing window trim in & out and putting on exterior cladding. With sheetrockers coming tomorrow, things seem to be on a fast track. I already have four meetings set for Friday to tackle all the next steps, from cabinets and finances to fireplaces and lighting.
Yes, lighting. I continue to struggle with lighting and the cabal of it all. Tonight's trip to Home Depot (ugh) may help to avoid the former. Yeah, I'll show them. Someone pointed out this might be why interior designers get paid so much.
P.S. New picures of M & G, dated 6/21/2005, at right ------}
Things look much better now, and at least I have different worries -- like the crews doing damage to the neighbors' place (twice) and leaving my door unsecured (thrice). Still, the trench is filled and the dirt smoothed. The addition of a few cubic yards of gravel atop the boot-sucking mud makes walking around the site way easier.
It's fun going out every morning, especially now that there's so much to, uh, supervise. One crew is still framing Mabel's second floor. The other is finishing window trim in & out and putting on exterior cladding. With sheetrockers coming tomorrow, things seem to be on a fast track. I already have four meetings set for Friday to tackle all the next steps, from cabinets and finances to fireplaces and lighting.
Yes, lighting. I continue to struggle with lighting and the cabal of it all. Tonight's trip to Home Depot (ugh) may help to avoid the former. Yeah, I'll show them. Someone pointed out this might be why interior designers get paid so much.
P.S. New picures of M & G, dated 6/21/2005, at right ------}
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