Sunday, August 17, 2008

Windows and shelving

Lots more done in a relatively short time. The guys at KC Deck Builders finished up with everything, and we're very pleased with the results. The new windows are in, and look like they've always been here.



The dining room looks vastly bigger. Unbelievable what a difference it makes to have light coming in this north face.




Ditto on the bedroom upstairs, which we're turning into a library/sitting room.



And from outside, everything lines up and looks just fine. It won't win any design awards on this face, but it's not terrible. Another window in the kitchen will help to balance things a bit.

Today I finished trimming out the tops of the porch posts with details to give them a bit more weight.



Meanwhile, Jeff finished up the painting on the new shelves in the master bedroom closet. While the closet's a good size, its depth was totally wasted before with nothing but a set of bars and a shelf at the back. Like that, it might as well have just been hanger-deep.



These new open shelves are going to provide a huge amount of storage. Living with our clothes in the weird shelves between the dining room and living room have sold me on this kind of storage. You can see everything and get to it easily, since the piles can't get too tall and disorganized.

Next, back to scraping popcorn -- this time in the library. Blech.

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