8 December 2015

Woke up at 3:30 am and spent the rest of the night thinking about how to custom build the clothes pass-thru from the master bathroom to the laundry.  Ian and Doug arrived, per usual, at the crack of dawn. Doug continued putting up wall top plates and studs while Ian and I concentrated on turning my fuzzy-brained clothes pass-thru design into reality.  By noon the pieces I had made for the pass-thru were all in the burn pile and I swore (literally) to properly draw the plans before again trying to build that feature.  Sean came by mid-morning for a comprehensive review of progress and to discuss details for the next few days of building, including the particulars for the master bath medicine cabinet and shower toiletries shelf. We also discussed how the half-wall / railing around the stairwell will be built.  Ditto the water catchment pan under the washing machine in the laundry.  I then showed him the orientation and size for the two guest bedroom closets that Chree and I had finally agreed upon (different than what he had recommended), to which he replied, “The client is always right!”.  Fyles Brothers also showed up mid-morning to fill the 100 pound propane tank we’re using to keep the house above freezing.  We’ve been using one tank since last Wednesday and it was still going strong (but, of course, it ran dry this afternoon; no worries: we’ve got two more), so had him fill Kate’s tank instead.  Mid-afternoon, Ian and I started on the most complex part of the wall framing, to wit, the woodstove nook above which will be a custom-built television enclosure at 45° to the underlying framing orientation.  By the end of the day we think we’d figured out the construction details, but were both looking forward to an adult beverage this evening… Chree and I had numerous phone calls after dinner while we researched, and finally found, a smaller pedestal sink we both liked (one of the more expensive ones we looked at, of course), as I didn’t think the one we had originally chosen would fit in the half bath space available.