Ohana -- Now In Week 11

Week 10 the drywall went up, but this week all the cracks corners and seams will be finished for us to paint. The picture to the left is of the kitchen (hard to tell with the equipment) but it will feature a counter/bar that will extend into the living area, great cupboards and drawers, and of course a range and refrigerator.  Just outside the big window to the left (just outside the photo) there is a nesting pair of Myna birds who seem undisturbed by our project.

In the late afternoon and evenings we all have found ourselves wandering upstairs to sit on the west facing balcony, and it has become everyone's new favorite spot.

Here's Dexter Dinkums Wigglesworth III relaxing after a hard day with his dad.  Dexter has figured out now, how to go out the front door and head upstairs to the apartment when the contractors are having lunch -- so he can catch anything that falls, and as is his custom, help clean out the lunch bowls and boxes.

This week, after adjusting the back door screen, he can now go out the front, and in (again) through the back door.  Fortunately he has finally realized that he does not need a "doggie door" because he can use the people door.  Of course, he thinks that's pretty cool.

"It Takes a Team"

Here's a photo of our contractors (Rob left and Jordan right) dueling it out on their ladders with nail guns to see who will run out of ammunition the fastest!

This view is inside the stairwell the separates our main house from the ohana - so it is really private for our guests.  The walls on either side at the top will be framed in, but the clerestory window at the top, as well as two windows in the front side will bring light into this area.

Today we took delivery of the final windows and Phil is off to replace a compressor (for the nail gun) that blew out yesterday -- and some additional rolls of electrical wiring.  Considering the wiring includes both the 700+ square feet of living space upstairs, AND Phil's enormous shop downstairs -- it is a lot of wiring.

Also on the agenda for the day, Lunel is beginning to stain the upright posts for the railing on the balcony and get the final spar varnish finish on all the guava rungs.



Dexter, as always is awaiting the noon lunch break so he can lick out all the bowls. 

The myna bird couple who live in the birdhouse right by the new deck seem contended to let us all do our work - with only an occasional warning squack or squabble to let us know that "that is close enough, thank you very much."