We're Sealed!

It's been a great weekend here. M and I had saw a great play on Friday night. An Arena Stage production of "Looped" starring Valerie Harper (yeah, Rhoda...that Valerie Harper) as the stage actress Tahlulah Bankhead. She was so good that you forgot she played Rhoda Morgenstern completely. Lots of laughs, and but it was also sad and poignant. Highly recommended, it's at the Lincoln Theater on U Street thru June 28th. After that it heads to Broadway, and if Ms. Harper gets nominated for a Tony and you didn't see her while you had the chance and she was in DC...won't you be kicking yourself??? No!?? Whatever.

The Commonwealth guys were able to complete the framing on Friday thank goodness. It rained torrentially all day on Friday. This pic I took on sunny Sunday, because the yard was a mess yesterday. You can see the room really take shape now. Remember the middle area will be a gas fireplace when it's all completed.

Here's the view from the inside I took on Saturday morning. All the windows are openable, so cross ventilation will be excellent.

Here's the side view. Susan Pierce, the architect, really had it down, M and I were expecting the deck to be on the back of the house like it used to be, however, Susan pointed out that it would obscure the view of the back yard (of course, duh). So this makes much more sense for us.

Note, the red steel beam and joist. This was installed on Thursday. The ceiling in the new space will be 11ft at this point, and slope down to 8 feet at the window wall.

Here's a veiw of the side window. The door to the deck has not been installed yet, but it will be to the right of these windows.

Here's the view looking from the other direction. See the flash of pink from the old kitchen? The beam will of course be completely sealed in drywall. There's a reminant of the brick wall on the left there that won't be demo-ed, but sealed behind the new wall. The spaghetti mess of old wires is going on Monday. This week the electric guys will be out to do preliminary pre-work for wiring! The temp wall will be gone this week.

One thing we noticed on Saturday morning was the light that was coming in from the backyard from the new window was really substantial. We won't need lamps in the morning.

I'll leave you with a bit of food porn. This was a potato-pepper-asparagus hash I made for lunch today. It turned out really well, I used a bit of smoky paprika to finish it, and served it with a fried egg and 2 toasted pieces of sour dough bread. Great way to start a Sunday afternoon!

S'all y'all...

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