November 21

Within a half hour this morning the first studio wall went up. Maybe all that banging around yesterday actually produced something. Or the guys are right and nothing gets done with Jim aro ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Lisa Call) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:48:49 -0800

Lisa Call
Within a half hour this morning the first studio wall went up. Maybe all that banging around yesterday actually produced something. Or the guys are right and nothing gets done with Jim aro ...

This is the view of the house from the front after that wall went up - you can barely see new wall. Once the roof trusses go up it'll be more obvious but not obnoxiously so. My house will ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Lisa Call) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:50:23 -0800

Lisa Call
This is the view of the house from the front after that wall went up - you can barely see new wall. Once the roof trusses go up it'll be more obvious but not obnoxiously so. My house will ...

Another wall view and much activity with a bunch of guys working on the house today.

nobody@smugmug.com (Lisa Call) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:52:43 -0800

Lisa Call
Another wall view and much activity with a bunch of guys working on the house today.

First section of the west studio wall goes up.

nobody@smugmug.com (Lisa Call) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:54:33 -0800

Lisa Call
First section of the west studio wall goes up.

Carl doing something - maybe building a house.

nobody@smugmug.com (Lisa Call) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:56:24 -0800

Lisa Call
Carl doing something - maybe building a house.

Getting the bedroom ready to pour the concrete for the floor. It looked a bit like gardening.

nobody@smugmug.com (Lisa Call) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:57:52 -0800

Lisa Call
Getting the bedroom ready to pour the concrete for the floor. It looked a bit like gardening.

The studio walls from the outside.

nobody@smugmug.com (Lisa Call) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:00:08 -0800

Lisa Call
The studio walls from the outside.

Second section of the west wall goes up. For some reason they didn't want to build the entire 20' long wall in one piece and then lift it.

nobody@smugmug.com (Lisa Call) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:03:22 -0800

Lisa Call
Second section of the west wall goes up. For some reason they didn't want to build the entire 20' long wall in one piece and then lift it.

This is a lot of plywood. The studio walls are 10 feet high. I've always wanted a high ceiling studio and now I'm going to have one - yay!

nobody@smugmug.com (Lisa Call) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:05:41 -0800

Lisa Call
This is a lot of plywood. The studio walls are 10 feet high. I've always wanted a high ceiling studio and now I'm going to have one - yay!

Building the final section of the west wall. It had to be done in place because the electrical lines run through the window. I think that might be a bit drafty as a final solution so the e ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Lisa Call) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:07:35 -0800

Lisa Call
Building the final section of the west wall. It had to be done in place because the electrical lines run through the window. I think that might be a bit drafty as a final solution so the e ...

So I walk around to take this picture and - um - the windows for the studio are the wrong size. They framed them to 4' but they were supposed to be 5'. Err. Oops. Solution - they all ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Lisa Call) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:09:35 -0800

Lisa Call
So I walk around to take this picture and - um - the windows for the studio are the wrong size. They framed them to 4' but they were supposed to be 5'. Err. Oops. Solution - they all ...

Home after work and magically the windows are now framed to 5 feet. I wasn't around to watch and maybe am glad I don't know what they did to fix this little problem. I wonder if they'd be ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Lisa Call) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:11:14 -0800

Lisa Call
Home after work and magically the windows are now framed to 5 feet. I wasn't around to watch and maybe am glad I don't know what they did to fix this little problem. I wonder if they'd be ...

End of the day photo. They are cleaning up for the weekend. I think I might hire Eric to clean my house after this is done - he's quite tidy.

nobody@smugmug.com (Lisa Call) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:12:38 -0800

Lisa Call
End of the day photo. They are cleaning up for the weekend. I think I might hire Eric to clean my house after this is done - he's quite tidy.

The other thing that happened today was the installation of the windows in my bedroom and my daughters. For a while they sat in the garage awaiting plastic to block off the work area - gott ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Lisa Call) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:01:51 -0800

Lisa Call
The other thing that happened today was the installation of the windows in my bedroom and my daughters. For a while they sat in the garage awaiting plastic to block off the work area - gott ...

The windows installed. They look great - I think the drooping tar paper makes for a nice look also. See that dish TV hanging on the side of my house? Want it? I have no use for the thi ...

nobody@smugmug.com (Lisa Call) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:14:27 -0800

Lisa Call
The windows installed. They look great - I think the drooping tar paper makes for a nice look also. See that dish TV hanging on the side of my house? Want it? I have no use for the thi ...