The "Beam" that Wasn't

Okay, see that white "beam" across the doorway?  James has insisted from the beginning that it was pointless structurally (and aesthetically for that matter). The nice inspector-man insisted, "Oh, that's totally structural." Whom do we believe?? 

In preparation for tearing out the ceiling, James tore into this piece of work -- and it's purely NOTHING.  Love it.  Not sure why they put it up, but it's gone now...

Can you picture it???

Much of what we do around here these days is imagining what something's going to look like or where it's going or how big or how small or what or when or where or even why.  Join us in looking ahead... :-)

the bathroom!

the playroom and bedrooms!

front of the guest closet!

entryway from garage!

Construction 101

Nephews Daniel and Stephen joined James last week for a session of contruction training. But no power tools yet. Just de-nailing boards and cleaning up.  I hope they had fun!

Stephen learning the all-important art of flashlight-holding

Looking down the stairs -- the floor is slowly dissapearing!

Just pictures (trying to keep track!)

 a hole James cut in the laundry room/stairwell ceiling to put some more rafters in place

looking up the stairwell, ceiling gone, dust everywhere

one of many rafters he has installed

where he can usually be found -- back in the walls somewhere

piles of "itchy"

the upstairs closet, with art of the wall removed (next to stairwell)