Holiday Push

Kendall and Sharon visited over New Year's weekend to get the drywall out of the way. We worked hard but made time to visit and play games too. First pics are the hallway with the closets at the end -one of Gary's favorite features. Angles are from both ends of the hall, and the closets viewed from Aspen's dorrway. The left hand closet will have the clothes hamper, with a trap door to the laundry room below. The smaller closet to the right provides access to the mechanicals and will be a place to put the upstairs vacuum and other cleaning stuff.

Bigger House = Harder to paint

Another big help has been Diane's brother. He's got the tools or access to them, experience, and most importantly the ideas. He fits the big brother job description well.
We had to build scaffolding to access the peak of the west side, and to reach the north side over the porch roof. Ladder on picks on scaffold, oh my. It was not an OSHA approved setup for sure, but no injuries. Only one accident when the paint sprayer hose came off the spray gun and shot brown paint all over Gary and the roof. Sorry, no pictures of that incident.

Work / Play Balance

Our dear friends from Rock Island (Master Design's Boomerangs) came over to help for a weekend. We got alot done. And we also made sure to enjoy the time.
When you don't have to ask somebody for help, just answer their question of when should they be there, that's a true friend.