Deconstructing Purpose

I decided I wanted to get them up there right away because they are the first thing you see when you walk into our place, and I have been wanting to cover the gaping hole in our wall that screams “I AM A WORK IN PROGRESS.” for the past few weeks because I knew it would have a dramatic effect on the feel of our little work and progress and would make me feel like I am getting somewhere.  Most of the projects I have been working on recently like caulking the shower and plumbing the sink are necessary but they don’t really do a whole lot for you visually so I was excited to get these up.

For right now we left them au natural if you will.  If you look closely enough you can even find the pencil marks from the factory.  Eventually we will probably stain them, we are just not sure what color we are going to do the on the floors; light or dark. And if worst comes to worst we paint them white to match the trim.  But I hate to cover up such beautiful wood! So for now they get to bask in all their glory as the center piece of our home.

Installation didn’t go off with out a hitch.  My biggest concern was that the doors were not going to open wide enough to allow room for our fancy new washer/dryer doors to swing open.  Of course my fears were not unfounded; BAM the washer door swings open right into the backside of the louvered door.  No biggie after some cursing and a half an hour later I made a few modification to the louvered door’s track, and voila, it makes it through; just barely, this ain’t government work.

Next up: covering up the gaping hole in the ceiling and wiring up the interior light fixture, so I can stuff all those wires back into the electrical box.  For now we keep our modern art masterpiece electrical, fire hazard, and switch the pantry light on and off very carefully.