No way, Conway

Yesterday the Tombleson crew framed the interior wall in the guest house. It makes it a lot easier to visualize its main living area and the bathroom, which are both going to be large enough to be functional and comfortable.

Everyone agrees we should take advantage of the beam spanning the entry area back to the rear wall and shower area by adding some recessed lighting. To be consistent with the midcentury modern vibe we should do a long fluorescent light box with some kind of frosted white glass or plastic covering. But  that's not going to happen because neither one of us likes fluorescent lighting so it'll probably be some kind of LED track lighting or rope lights. It'll need to be dimmable and if we do it right, we should be able to hang them high enough so they won't be visible.

Now that the wall is up we need to get John Laughton over to do his final measurements for the bathroom cabinets. He, too, is going to have to "work around" the floating beam which shouldn't be a significant problem.

Seeing the wall framed at the end of the day was a nice surprise. Seeing a truck driver walking up the driveway while you're on the treadmill at 5:45 was not such a nice surprise.

Yep, the decking material finally showed up from Plyboo and the very large delivery truck could not make it through the portal at the bottom of our hill. We share a long "private" driveway with three other neighbors and the wooden gateless gate at its entrance has never been a problem for garbage and recycling trucks which easily pass through it every week. And we've been having almost daily deliveries from the lumber yard without any difficulty. But the Conway guy couldn't fit through. So, two planks at a time, he brought the decking material to the end of the truck and the two of us loaded it onto pallets in front of Lois and Boyd's house. All 3,850 pounds of it.

An hour later we covered it up and drove back up the hill. Wednesday we're going to have to get it up the hill. Yep, two planks at a time into our little Toyota truck and then download it, two planks at a time, somewhere near the guest house. The deck is probably going to be one of the last things built in this phase of the renovation so finding a convenient yet unobtrusive place to store it may be a bit tricky….