Friday Fun

Here's one more sequence of wall repair pictures. A month ago the gables of the attic looked like this:


First we took out the ceramic rings and mortared stone and brick to close up the holes into the chimneys. Next we scraped off all the loose plaster, and filled in the large gaps with mortar.


Then we built up the wall surface with structo-lite.


Finally, last night we plastered the entire section of wall. And by "we" I mean Keith.


Today I spent the afternoon sanding the plaster, which is the worst job of the whole project. The dust is like talcum powder and it migrates everywhere. Ughhh.

On the other hand, two fun surprises revealed themselves overhead this week. The bedroom has a tray ceiling:


And there's a lovely arch between the living room and kitchen. Dan and Garrett did a magnificent job framing this.


Charlie has embedded all kinds of nice little touches in his design which aren't evident to me in the 2-D drawings but come alive in 3-D space. I take great pleasure watching them unfold through Dan's and Garrett's skilled hands.