Non-stop action

The rate of change around the house now is far greater than I ever anticipated. Six Degrees of Renovation continues, sucking more jobs into the mix. We are now in the process of refinishing ALL of the floors on the main floor, but since we don't want to come back and do little patches of floor in a few months or a year when we move walls into their final locations, we're doing all of that now! So up went the new wall for the living room, where it originally went when the house was built, and down came the massive beam that had been put up in its place. And down came the closet in what used to be my bedroom, because it'll now be the dining room.

There's pretty much nothing left of the main floor now at all. We decided (begrudgingly) that we really should pull all of the plaster & lathe off the wall now, before finishing the floors, the avoid the risk of damage. So by the time I get home from work tonight, the main floor (except for the bathroom) will be pretty much devoid of walls.

The drywallers are almost done - they say they should be completely done by the end of the weekend. And that's a good thing, because in just 4 weeks, our exchange student arrives. And our house has never looked worse. Ugh. Boy do we have a busy 4 weeks ahead of us.