The Shop...An Update

The carpet is down and we have planned out how we want the counter to be. Sean bought two counter tops and plans on building a kind of "L" shaped counter area. He also bought two doors, (one at the "Habitat For Humanity Restore" for $5!!) and a window.

The $5 door he bought will be the main door to the office and has a full window. Right now, there is a regular door with no window. The other door is a metal door with a window on the top half. It will go where the main door is now. That one has an issue with the door handle and since, right now, when you walk into the main hall the main door, office door and the door to Sean's shop are all solid and it seems kind of cold. With the new doors having windows in them, it will make it so much more welcoming.

In addition, there are two metal doors that currently do not have windows. Since the doors are over sized, and it would be too much to replace them, we, (read Sean) will be cutting openings and putting windows in. They will look just like the door that opens into the hall. We are hoping that people will use these doors as they open directly into the office.

However, the "smart people" who poured the cement didn't follow the drawings and poured it wrong. The first time it rained after it was poured, the area that is now the office was flooded. They "fixed it" by building a four inch wall, right where people will be walking. So now, we, (again read Sean), will have to somehow cut that out so no one trips.

The window is actually a "dummy door". It will go in the wall that faces John, the mechanic's, shop. By adding these windows it will allow it to feel more open and it will be nice to have so much natural light.

I'm fixing up one of the bathrooms so the women will have a nice, pretty bathroom to use. I picked out a boarder and asked them to match the "suggested colors" from the back of the package. I picked out a few things to spruce it up and started to work on today.

Well, I learned two very important lessons:

1. when you go to pick up the paint you ordered and they say "it called for five drops of purple", stop and say, "whoa, really, purple?". Don't just assume the computer got it right.
2. double check the paint in the can against the sample you wanted the paint to match...in natural light.

Needless to say, I did neither of these and I wish I had. The thought of those came to mind AFTER I had cut in the room and painted the trim and the back of the door. Did I think to hold the boarder up to the wall and look to see if there really should be purple, regardless of how light it was? No. BEFORE I even started to paint and Sean said, "oh, it's kind of purple" did I look at the sample? No.

So now, I get to spend another three hours redoing what I spent three hours doing today. This time when I get the paint, I will refer back to the lessons I learned.

I've included two photos of the office after the carpet was put in and we moved some furniture.