Monday, October 13, 2008

Structure is costly


What comes down must eventually go back up -- and apparently, it is important to make it much much stronger than it was before. Our famous "Hardy Walls" arrived and were installed over the last two weeks. Here's what they look like:



Very strong. Strong as steel, because they are steel.

In addition to the Hardy Walls, it was discovered that our eastern foundation was below the dirt, and had to be raised 12 inches. Bummer. This will eliminate the eastern windows in the basement -- that is, we decided not to replace them -- I hate being in the basement anyway. Don't need the extra light. Again, this foundation will be better, stronger and will cook us dinner when we are hungry, so I suppose it is worth the extra cost.

So as not to bore you too much with the foundational elements (except for you dad - this post is for you) here is a picture of our 3D model of what the kitchen is going to look like. Everytime I get worried, I look at my little doll house and get happy. Ahhh, now I feel better.


Here I am, looking out my back window into the yard...



And my favorite part of the kitchen, the walk in pantry -- look at it and weep...(its in the upper left hand corner)

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