It's terribly professional looking, even though it took twice as long to install than it should have. But there it is, just waiting...
The roof is finally, at last, totally and absolutely done. (Whew.) The inside is just about all painted. Doors are waiting to be hung.
Now comes lots of finishing work inside. Wiring, tiling, sealing, more painting. Stuff like that. It's like a marathon. We've come a long way, but we can't see the finish line quite yet.
Which means moving on to windows, doors, and getting the electrician in here. But before the electrician can start, we have to paint all the walls... So, dad has been rolling on primer like a madman. Really, his stamina is astounding. But he is the master painter, so of course he had to do it himself.
The roof is finally sort of on. The trusses finally came. But they came just late enough that, as soon as the workers get here, the giant thunderstorm we were all waiting for broke at last. It rained. And there was lightning, AND there was even hail.
But it's still a step in the right direction, and hopefully we won't have to worry about rain much longer...
It's rather thrilling, but the honeymoon period of excitement has worn off a bit. The past few weeks have been a string of wrong-size lintels, broken glass block, unfilled orders, and other mishaps. It's been stressful, to say the least.
But even at that, we can't help being charmed by how the whole thing is turning out. We were walking about in it last night, and I commented that it had very good feng shui. The chi flows very nicely.
And we are all very happy with the glass block windows. We're not sure exactly why, but they seem to say, "dairy."
We have all been eagerly planning the wall colors and such. But none of us has been thinking quite so hard as Dad...
NOW it really looks like a building.
Oh yeah.
Blue steel.
