Time for House Warming
Nov. 6th, 2011 09:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hrj... in multiple senses. I finally turned the heat on today. I was going to wait until after I'd gotten around to having the HVAC check-up, but dammit it's cold. So I even figured out how to do the multi-task programming on the thermostat so that, in theory, it will pre-heat the house before I get up on work days, then idle more or less until I get home in the evening. Weekends are set separately and are set assuming I get to sleep later.
Today I got the bookcases in the library set in place and cross-braced together. IKEA provides hardware for fastening side-by-side cases together, so that got all the sets of two turned into single units. Then I used galvanized framing plates of various shapes and sizes to fasten sets of pairs back-to-back and to attach the resulting sets of four (that stick out into the room) to the cases against the walls (which are fastened to the wall). Easier to sketch than to describe. At any rate, they're all ready for books to be added (after I get the double-check from the foundation people). The shelves are all allotted to each case. The library curtains are up.
The guest/SCA bedroom still needs a lot of work. I one more bookcase in there for the fiction, but I'm also planning to do double stacking with the back row up on a riser to make the most efficient use of the cases, and I haven't figured out what to do for risers yet. The old dresser that used to have SCA stuff in it (along with some other misc. stuff) is now redundant and needs to be disposed of in some fashion. (I feel oddly sentimental about getting rid of it -- it's one my Dad used to use quite some time ago that's been passed around in the family a bit. Not an antique or anything like that, but still.) The guest/SCA room is also where odd boxes and things that haven't found their permanent home keep getting shoved.
But in terms of getting the place ready for the housewarming party next Sunday, all it really needs is tidying and regular light housecleaning. Then I can feel all totally moved in and relax ... just in time for holiday travel and everything. Which reminds me, I still need to line up someone to feed the cat over Thanksgiving.
Today I got the bookcases in the library set in place and cross-braced together. IKEA provides hardware for fastening side-by-side cases together, so that got all the sets of two turned into single units. Then I used galvanized framing plates of various shapes and sizes to fasten sets of pairs back-to-back and to attach the resulting sets of four (that stick out into the room) to the cases against the walls (which are fastened to the wall). Easier to sketch than to describe. At any rate, they're all ready for books to be added (after I get the double-check from the foundation people). The shelves are all allotted to each case. The library curtains are up.
The guest/SCA bedroom still needs a lot of work. I one more bookcase in there for the fiction, but I'm also planning to do double stacking with the back row up on a riser to make the most efficient use of the cases, and I haven't figured out what to do for risers yet. The old dresser that used to have SCA stuff in it (along with some other misc. stuff) is now redundant and needs to be disposed of in some fashion. (I feel oddly sentimental about getting rid of it -- it's one my Dad used to use quite some time ago that's been passed around in the family a bit. Not an antique or anything like that, but still.) The guest/SCA room is also where odd boxes and things that haven't found their permanent home keep getting shoved.
But in terms of getting the place ready for the housewarming party next Sunday, all it really needs is tidying and regular light housecleaning. Then I can feel all totally moved in and relax ... just in time for holiday travel and everything. Which reminds me, I still need to line up someone to feed the cat over Thanksgiving.
