Look Ma - we Still got all our fingers!



I'm sure all of you have been sitting on pins and needles, anxiously awaiting news about the next phase of our build-out of the new Organically Hip facility! Yesterday was so busy we both actually fell asleep ON the job...no but seriously we were tired after working for ten hours and didn't have much energy left to write. 

So Day 2 we got all the countertops in which basically entailed anchoring a bracket with a bolt into concrete block. If anyone ever said that concrete is hard, they sure were right!  We had to borrow a little extra muscle power from our landlord who was more than happy to help so we didn't completely ruin his walls.  By the end of the fourth bracket we were able to get the hang of it and had no problems hanging the last two.  Those screws don't need to go all the way in anyway. It's fine.



Maria - I am bowing down to you for your saw abilities!


Day 3 began with a trip to Lowe's for sheetrock and plywood which was all picked up and delivered by our handy dandy landlord in his van.  Then I needed a break and Maria took over.  By the time I returned, Maria had built two walls of our "shelf" wall (this is basically something we made up), BUT we know it will work for us and that is what counts!  I would like to take a moment and say how deeply impressed I am by my partner's ability to use power saws.  Personally, I am scared to death of them and really said that right up front so there were no surprises.  So kudos to Maria - because if it had been up to me everything would have been 8 x 8 x 8.

So up went the shelf wall and after it was all trussed together we sheetrocked it from one side. I was able to assist here for a bit - and let me tell you holding a 4 x 8 piece of sheetrock in the air while Maria put a screw in was no easy feat.  That should definitely make up for not using the saw.  After that, we decided to put up our knee wall.  We did make a few discoveries with this endeavour, one being that you CAN hammer a screw if need be, and two, even if your wallframe is a little crooked, as long as you make everything else look crooked, nobody will notice. 

Maria using me as a stool - at least I was good for something!


Seriously, though when we were through it was straight as a pin and will be plenty strong enough to hold some plants.

So in the end, yes we did break a bunch of basic building rules, but we got the job done and hopefully it will all still be standing when we go back tomorrow!  Stay tuned...