This entry is way overdue -- HomoDomi actually finished the attic in May, before we went to Minnesota for our niece's wedding. But I've realized recently that I'm having a lot of troubles
finishing things, ending them, completing them, polishing them off, putting things behind me, wrapping things up and tying the bow, crossing the
t's and dotting the
i's... including this sentence apparently. But I am stiffening my resolve, so be prepared to see a few
endings cross this blog in the next few weeks (or at least some really rigid resolutions).
Meanwhile, back to the attic.
We started in December cleaning it up, correcting bad wiring, and improving insulation. Then not much happened, after those first couple of weeks of hard work,
until early May, and last time I wrote about it, we had just finished
installing a ladder for ease of access.
But now we are through. The attic has been re-powered, floored, and painted, and lit with vivid light strings. We had an eleventh hour setback lasting a week, when it looked like the ceiling of the Texan's bedroom was going to fall in (a deep sag in the joists around her ceiling fan, worsened by the weight of the floor boards) but after using some scrap wood to reinforce the original sagging joists, and installing a new, lighter-weight fan, all is well. HomoDomi and Girl-Child together made signs to direct new storage. The ceiling of the upstairs hallway has been finished and painted, and the light shade in the hallway (which I broke during some clumsy ladder-handling) has been replaced with something nicer, from Restoration Hardware.
Kudos belong entirely to HomoDomi. I was at best an occasionally reluctant cheerleader, and documentarian.
Meanwhile, back to the attic. We started in December cleaning it up, correcting bad wiring, and improving insulation. Then not much happened, after those first couple of weeks of hard work, until early May, and last time I wrote about it, we had just finished installing a ladder for ease of access.
But now we are through. The attic has been re-powered, floored, and painted, and lit with vivid light strings. We had an eleventh hour setback lasting a week, when it looked like the ceiling of the Texan's bedroom was going to fall in (a deep sag in the joists around her ceiling fan, worsened by the weight of the floor boards) but after using some scrap wood to reinforce the original sagging joists, and installing a new, lighter-weight fan, all is well. HomoDomi and Girl-Child together made signs to direct new storage. The ceiling of the upstairs hallway has been finished and painted, and the light shade in the hallway (which I broke during some clumsy ladder-handling) has been replaced with something nicer, from Restoration Hardware.
Kudos belong entirely to HomoDomi. I was at best an occasionally reluctant cheerleader, and documentarian.
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