Big Changes

Now that the foundation work is done some of the interior work can begin. I have to order a front entry door  which has proved a difficult choice and the prices have been suck in your breath kind of prices but it's a necessity and you can't punt on your front door. If any one has ever had to buy a front entry door and had a good experience with a particular company, let me know.

When I was at the church last weekend, the beautiful tongue and groove vintage white stained pine was delivered. I asked David when he could start putting it up. He said we needed to get insulation first. So we went to Home Depot to buy insulation. Guess what? Insulation isn't cheap but it's cold in upstate New York and I know we need  it.
This is what the ceiling looked like when I left on Sunday.

David picked up the insulation on Monday morning and by Thursday, his helper Don had sent me this picture.

And by Friday evening, Don sent me this.

Now this really got me excited at a whole new level. The ceiling soars to the pitch and we got tie rods to mirror the large tie rods in the center of the church. I cannot wait to see it in person but for now I'm happy to look at this photo all week and see that it WILL come together. Here's what the loft ceilings  used to look like (notice the tie rods are boxed in to look like beams).

Speaking of beams, my mason Tom Dootz, procured these beams for us to install in the living space below. I think I want to paint them white but we'll see how they look when they go up and I'll decide.

 

I can't wait to change the staircase up to the office loft. Looking at staircases has become one of my favorite pastimes. And it seems that I'm not alone in that obsession. Check out Stair Porn!
With everything going full steam ahead at the church, I was able to have a lot of fun with the Parker-Thomassons for Earl's birthday party and Halloween.

Deb and I also did a little shopping. I'm trying to get decent pieces inexpensively since I've realized that every last penny is going into the renovation leaving nothing for the really fun part of decorating. We made a really good score that has kind of opened my mind to becoming more wood and vintage danish modern than italian and contemporary with the interior design. We got the breakfront/china cabinet, swedish eames chair interpretation and the pole lamp and it was all for less than $300. Score!

And here I am outside of my storage space with most of my booty. The phonograph plays 78s really loudly. And I bought the "Destination Moon" LP for the spacemen cover.

And it was a good week in the city too. My friend, Kevin Patrick, took me to see Matt & Kim at Webster Hall. It was a really fun show with fantastic energy. And I would like to say for the record that I know those two appear to be Brooklyn Hipsters but they are two the nicest and most genuine artists I've met.

And in another brush with one of the nicest and most genuine artists I've had the privilege to work with, Jim White, sent me this piece of art as token of his appreciation.

Oh, it wouldn't be a blog entry without ending with Sparky. We did a lot of running around last weekend so we let him take some of the driving responsibilities.

Definitely, a good couple of weeks.