Somehow, the advent of a second child has actually made us more productive. Two kids, Paul working 10 hour days, and yet we volunteered at Abeona House this weekend, had a great social event Saturday night, took the kids to the Children’s Museum, made good meals at home, AND Paul started to tackle some big projects. What’s the deal??? (Oh, wait. I’m not working and we have childcare help each morning. Hmmm…)
In any case, one “little” project was sanding, priming, and painting the second pocket door arch between the front room and kids play area. Still one more coat of paint to go up, but considering the incredible effort it takes to paint anything in this house, that’s a big deal.
Second, Paul started the shelves for behind the door in the study. To put in the base unit (above), Paul had to take out the door and pull off the trim board. The way he pulls out pieces of this house and puts them back together better than before… a true surgeon! Will watched the whole process with awe and was very helpful with his own red hammer. When completely finished, this lower part will have cabinet doors. We kept the outlet and cabling so that we could run the network and possibly put a printer or other equipment under if we chose.
Tonight, he made the second part of the unit. This part is shallower than the lower unit and we “custom” chose different heights to hold some of the notebooks and books we plan on storing there. This part is in the outbuilding… we need to find a friendly, unsuspecting neighbor to help carry it in tomorrow. Better start making the thank-you cookies…!
See Paul’s blog for more pictures and details! 
Post a Comment