Re-Rack

No...thats not an order to set up another pool game on the (still here...)pool table.

I moved the wine rack and then took down and then moved one of the shelves up the wall so that I could roll the dishwasher in underneath it and make a little bit more room in the kitchen...

All Charged Up

Thinking this recently arrived shipment is a Kelby K production...thanks dude!

White out

The battle with all the wood trim in the dome will never really end, but I made a little bit of progress this weekend around the bay window. Also cleaned up the candle convention some as well as pulling out the ikea lamp that was dangling over the couch. I'd set up a restraint so it wouldn't be so close to the couch (after Thor hit his head like six times in 4 hours on it), but in moving things around decided to just hang it from up top above.

Still too short

Got some new chairs for the kitchen table. Much more comfy, although I'm still a little too short for them...

Meet Bon Jovi

I've had it some five years, but only now do I have a name. (Thanks to Liz Lemmon, who in a recent 30 Rock tried to make out with some plants thinking that it was John Bon Jovi after hallucinating following a medical procedure) I now welcome "Bon Jovi" into the dome.

Bon Jovi, like in real life, is HUGE. Stays inside all winter, and out on the deck all summer....

Is it wrong to be wistful?

Over just a couch? Which, officially, was the first non-futon multi-person sitting device that I bought. Way back when I'd been living in Indy for all of two years and was working on this being a grown up thing, which of course is still a work in progress kind of situation.

This was, as many can attest, a very comfortable couch to nap on. And the matching ottoman was an ideal foot rest, magazine rack, and dinner table to boot. After seemingly forever (I blame the challenge of selling a couch while out of the country/state/etc. And, too, the what-was-I-thinking? strange color palate), I have finally sold this puppy, with folks having actually come over and taken it away...

I needed to sell it, as the rough math was that there was (looking for this photo to show...) about 32% of the floorspace available in the main room, as there were two full size couches in a room that is not, well, full-size. (tall ceiling, though!)

So it has found a new home, and I'll admit, that when the guys that came to pick it up said, "he wants to test it, since it'll also be his bed..." I had to feel as though it was going to be appreciated in its new home.

So the ongoing de-clutter, de-content process rolls on. Slowly.

The heat goes where?

Shot from when it was a little bit snowy and cold here. Anyone want to guess where there might be a little lack of insulation?

Not quite there yet...

Yes, lots of things that were planned for the dome (including lots of items up for sale not yet cleared out...)for January were left un-done as the Rolex 24 absorbed the full scope of time.

Hopefully we can get some things (windows? implementing elements from the comprehensive energy audit? list is big...) done this month.

Got an email today looking for homes for the Home Tour in the Fall, which is A) a great event and B) how I came to meet Donna Sink.

Alas, the Dome just isn't quite there yet...

Thanks, Liz!

The pool table found a new purpose after I got an awesome new slot car track for x-mas...

Wanna race?

A rare and amazing sight

At least for those who know me.

As part of the on-going stuff-reduction program, there was recently reported to be a car magazine that was placed, having been fully read through, into the recycling. This instead of the normal filing, storing, and eventual moving locations. Amazing stuff, indeed!

First Snow...

Those who picked "December 7" for the first snow, which was a bold move considering that we had a week of days in the 50's+60's only a pair of weeks ago, would be the big winners as there was a solid sprinkle of traffic-inducing coverage this am.

Glass, Where?

You can see here why it was compulsory in some cases to go ahead and wash all the dishes that had been in storage and not used in some time...

So many glasses, so few mouths

Did the full commitment to the project by pulling out every dish, pot, pan, glass, and cooking/preparation device that I have out of the cabinets. Cleaned out the shelves and the insides of the cabinets and put down new padding at the bottom of it.

This gave me the chance, having all the stuff out with nothing to do but find places for them to go back to, to do yet more slimming down of the unneeded inventory here at the dome as I donated a bunch of un-used glassware and other clutter-inducing but yet not being used elements...nice project for an inside-weekend.

New Shelves

After some incredulity regarding the new Hayloft/Stage area...thought that some added storage+blockage was in order. The good news is that these are lower than then original wall, create storage, and still allow some good airflow and reasonable view-through.

Also, several new storage box deals make for some good "out if sight" storage...

Holiday Season...

Well, with the stock of big bird leftovers already diminishing in the fridge, it's on to the next holiday as Christmas races on in.

The trimmings will be decidedly less comprehensive (although I can't seem to find a photos of anything I did decoration-wise from last year. What, then, was the point of even having done it?!) than last year owing to the brevity of the month for me.

But in the meantime, here are a couple of shots from x-mas last year to kick things off...

Payoff, Part 2

From the stairs...

The payoff

Light from the upstairs windows now makes its way down into the living room. A nice bonus.

However, the half wall also served, I am now finding, the purpose of blocking the super-wood ceiling in the Hayloft. Still getting used to seeing it from the first floor...

Also see the four planks of drywall that were removed. The stuff has that articulated/topographical/thick Gaugain painting like surface that I really hate. It's all over the place, up on the ceiling, so it was good to get rid of at least some of it...

In Progress...

Child-proofing my home. That is to say, keeping them from being safely here.

Some during

I broke one of my lamps in the process of moving, tearing, breaking, cutting, etc., and then kept using the light--it was just the outer shell of the Ikea square lamp that broke--because I was doing it at night and it was good light.

So, then, went ahead and broke the bulb in the same light, doing more moving, tearing, breaking, cutting, etc., Just to be comprehensive.

Actually taking precautions

With the tarp to catch (at least some...) the flying plaster and what not.

One More Before

Looking to the window under the skylight.

The Hay Loft, before

Actually, I think it's one word-Hayloft.

Seen Around the 'dome

This thing seems to make people smile. It's multi-using an old tire, from the #20 1990 Alfa Romeo IndyCar of Roberto Guerrero

Donna Sink Fan Club

Clearydome Consultant Donna Sink has been keeping busy, namely with projects that actually move forward!