READING ROOM - DAY TWENTY SEVEN

PAINTED THE INTERIOR DETAILS TODAY... 

...AFTER PAINTING MOST OF THE INTERIOR ON DAY TWENTY SIX (WITH A LOT OF HELP FROM ETSUKO)...

...AND ALL OF THE EXTERIOR ON DAY TWENTY FIVE, WHEN IT WAS SUNNY. (IT'S NO LONGER SUNNY.)

READING ROOM - DAY TWENTY FOUR

PAINTED THE FASCIA AND SOFFITS A RICH BROWN COLOR.

I USED A TRICK MY GRANDFATHER TAUGHT ME: USE A NAIL TO PUNCH HOLES IN THE TOP OF THE CAN, SO THAT PAINT DRAINS BACK INSIDE RATHER THAN STAYING IN THAT GROOVE. MAKES A MESSY JOB A LITTLE CLEANER.

READING ROOM - DAY TWENTY THREE

I FINISHED NAILING ON THE BATTENS ON THE EAST WALL...

...AND THE NORTH WALL. I LIKE HOW THEY CONTINUE 'AROUND THE CORNER'.

THIS STAGE OF THE PROJECT INVOLVES A LOT OF LITTLE DETAILS, LIKE THIS TRIM DETAIL AROUND A CONDUIT. NOT VERY DRAMATIC, BUT NECESSARY.

WENT TO A BIG BOX STORE FOR SOME PAINT, AND FOUND THESE LITTLE BOXES IN THE PARKING LOT.

READING ROOM - DAY TWENTY TWO

KEN FINISHED DRYWALLING AND MUDDING THE BUILT-IN BOOKSHELVES.

HE MASKED OFF THE WOOD SHELVES TO PROTECT THEM. CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE CONTRAST BETWEEN THE RECLAIMED WOOD AND THE PAINTED WALLS.

I STARTED ON THE EXTERIOR TRIM. I CHOSE CEDAR BECAUSE IT'S A GOOD QUALITY WOOD, RESISTS ROT AND IS GROWN LOCALLY. 

I'LL BE PAINTING IT LATER THIS WEEK, BUT IT EVEN LOOKS GOOD 'NATURAL'.

THE HORIZONTAL BOARDS COVER THE GAPS BETWEEN PLYWOOD SHEETS. THEY'LL ALSO BE A GOOD COMPLEMENT TO THE CEDAR SIDING THAT I'LL BE PUTTING AROUND THE DOOR.

READING ROOM - DAY TWENTY ONE

I SIDED THE SOUTH WALL AND PUT IN THE LAST WINDOW.

A VIEW OF THE INTERIOR:

AND THE LONG VIEW:

READING ROOM - DAY TWENTY

MATT DID A FASTER-THAN-LIGHT SANDING JOB ON THE NEW DESK.

LUNCH AT THE FOOD CARTS NEAR MATT'S STUDIO ON KILLINGSWORTH AND GREELEY. I HAD SOME DELICIOUS CHICKEN FROM PDX SIX SEVEN ONE, A CART THAT SPECIALIZES IN GUAM CUISINE.

BACK AT THE READING ROOM, WE PRECISELY CUT THE DESK AND FITTED IT INTO THE ALCOVE.

PUT IN THE PATIO DOORS AND CALLED IT A DAY.

READING ROOM - DAY NINETEEN

WINDOW DELIVERY THIS MORNING.

I PUT IN THE TALL NARROW ONE FIRST. I WAS EXCITED TO SEE HOW IT WOULD LOOK IN THAT SMALL SPACE. I LIKE IT.

FROM THERE, I WENT ON TO INSTALL ALL THE SHELVES. THESE ARE THE RE-MILLED BOARDS FROM THE ORIGINAL CARPORT. 

THEY'RE WESTERN RED CEDAR, AND THE RUSTING NAILS REACTED WITH THE TANNINS IN THE WOOD, CREATING THESE BLACK MARKS. A WHOLE LOTTA CHARACTER IN THESE BOARDS...

I CREATED A NICE BIG MESS IN THIS SMALL SPACE. CLEANUP TOOK A WHILE THIS EVENING.