Epiphany

Since we're in the midst of a heatwave, we all figured now was as good a time as any to leave the house alone for a few days. Ben is back in Bellingham until Friday, when the lumber will be delivered. Sam and I may stop by the house sometime between now and then to pull some more nails out of the studs and to clean up the downstairs kitchen, but for now we're really just playing it by ear. Did I mention how hot it is? The thought of exerting effort -- it's making me sweat just thinking about it. (Of course, that could also be from my apartment, which is ungodly hot right now and will probably prevent me from getting any sleep tonight. Guh.) Ben said he split his time today between working on the house and trying to dry off in front of the fan. I'm impressed he did any work at all.

Anyways, about that epiphany.... I was looking at the living room and upstairs bonus room the other day when I realized that it would be really cool to leave the bonus room as an open loft, rather than closing it off as a third bedroom. That way, we would be able to see into the loft/library from the living room, and vice versa. Sam and Ben also liked this idea, and Ben said it should be doable, so that may be our new plan for that space. Sounds like we will still have to close off part of the room to hide the furnace and water heater, but otherwise we would just enclose the loft using the same style rails as on the stairs.

Speaking of grand plans, we're also wondering if we can set up a projector to play movies on the wall of the shed. But that comes much, much later.