Operation "Vacation": Day 5 revisited
We're a day behind in posting so bear with us while we catch up.
Day 5 was the official finishing of the closet. We laughed about how when first considering the project I thought it was a weekend job. Weekend...or a little over two months of weekends. In retrospect we realized how much we were biting off- getting an electrician in to wire through a wall 3/4" thick with lathe and plaster, repairing an almost 2 foot hole in the wall, installing what was in the end a rather complex shelving system, laying flor carpet tiles which had to be individually measured and cut to 1/16th of an inch in order to fit properly, cutting, staining and shellacing trim both around the door and the baseboards, and finally, Clint putting his crowning touches on the furnace pipe. But enough about the work, let's admire the results.
Here's the before of the closet floor:
and the after:
Looking towards the door:
Here's the trim around the door installed (note the nice patching job above):
And finally- Clint's flourishes:
A little bit of background on those... this spring Clint travelled with miranda sound to Dubuque IA where they stayed at the Julien Inn. On their way the bassist, sean, informed the group that it was a hotel once owned by Mr. Al Capone and often used as a hideout when things got "too hot". This pattern appeared on wallpaper in the hotel and Clint was quite taken with it. So here we have it replicated in a painstakingly hand-painted manner. Yes, we fully realize this is a closet, that is a furnace pipe, and it is a lot of work for something others will rarely see, but we see it, and we love it. If you were here for the graduation party this May, and were one of the people who had to stack your coat in a pile, on a chair, in the dust-filled closet- you have to admit- we've come a long way.
Day 5 was the official finishing of the closet. We laughed about how when first considering the project I thought it was a weekend job. Weekend...or a little over two months of weekends. In retrospect we realized how much we were biting off- getting an electrician in to wire through a wall 3/4" thick with lathe and plaster, repairing an almost 2 foot hole in the wall, installing what was in the end a rather complex shelving system, laying flor carpet tiles which had to be individually measured and cut to 1/16th of an inch in order to fit properly, cutting, staining and shellacing trim both around the door and the baseboards, and finally, Clint putting his crowning touches on the furnace pipe. But enough about the work, let's admire the results.
Here's the before of the closet floor:
and the after:
Looking towards the door:
Here's the trim around the door installed (note the nice patching job above):
And finally- Clint's flourishes:
A little bit of background on those... this spring Clint travelled with miranda sound to Dubuque IA where they stayed at the Julien Inn. On their way the bassist, sean, informed the group that it was a hotel once owned by Mr. Al Capone and often used as a hideout when things got "too hot". This pattern appeared on wallpaper in the hotel and Clint was quite taken with it. So here we have it replicated in a painstakingly hand-painted manner. Yes, we fully realize this is a closet, that is a furnace pipe, and it is a lot of work for something others will rarely see, but we see it, and we love it. If you were here for the graduation party this May, and were one of the people who had to stack your coat in a pile, on a chair, in the dust-filled closet- you have to admit- we've come a long way.
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