Puttering in the Study

Hub update - first ceiling color goes up

Some changes are more noticeable than others - these pictures show the ceiling of the 113 side this morning, as the first color (the light gold of the main body of the ceiling) went on.  Primer went up yesterday - see pic on the left (the one without the painter).   
Just for a reminder, below is what the ceiling looked until Sunday morning, and the final paint scheme will be the three colors on the right - minus the darkening from aging.  The painter tells me that the copper border will go up tomorrow and the gray-green frieze likely Wednesday.  We already have the two Hunter Model 1886 ceiling fans ready to go up!  

Here (for the bazillionth time - is the original appearance, including the old fans - they're the beehive looking things). 

Hub update - the "treehouse" takes shape

I stopped back by the Hub on an errand this morning and amidst a blizzard of plaster dust the rockers have completed the kitchen, my office, the entire east wall and the boys' "treehouse" above and behind my office. 

Jim and the carpenter, Wes Kramer have also cut out the three hidden doors that we're putting in the back wall of my office for the boys to open and say hi from their treehouse.

The picture below shows, for the first time, the three study carrel spaces the boys will have upstairs (in the otherwise unusable side space where the walls dip down to five feet).  Of necessity the spaces are not uniform - there's a three, four, and five foot space so they can take whichever space they need depending on who's got a school project and who's doing homework or just reading.  They'll have plain countertops and fluorescent strips, and the five-footer will have an undercounter set of drawers for supplies (there's a wall of shelving off-camera to the left).

Hub update - sheet rocking begins

Yes, I know I say this every week, but it really did start this morning, and here are the pictures to prove it.  I saw the rock stacked in the halls last night on the way home, and by the time I stopped by this morning half my office was covered.   The bad news is that this will delay the ceiling being painted for three days (which is how long it'll take to get the 113 side done, after which they'll start on 111) but we'll be ready to start finish trim work on the 113 side.  Not that I'm in a hurry or anything...