Was a closet, now's a gallery

We used to have three closets in our house. One in the master bedroom. One in my office. One at the front door. The house now has only one closet in the master bedroom. First, we removed the closet doors and pieces from my office and put my Anthro computer table in the remaining recess. The remaining closet by the front door was revised to be a recessed art gallery space.

The rotating front door gallery

Currently, on display is a photo I took in Northport, WA, a Japanese woodblock print by Yoshitoshi that I purchased through Cullom Gallery in Seattle,

One of "One Hundred Aspects of the Moon" by Yoshitoshi

and two model kits - one to make Alfred E. Newman and the other to make an Extra Terrestrial.

The ET model kit purchase was inspired by an ET figure we found in Isafjordur in Iceland by an artist (? we're not sure if he's an artist - we just found his sculptures sitting around on a concrete pad) going by the initials KVT.

Visiting the ET by KVT

Construction - again??!!

It only seems like we were doing rehab on the house just a few months ago. But no...it's been a couple years. This time we've ripped out the fireplace and the chimney in anticipation of a gas or woodburning stove, or possibly a built-in stereo cabinet/bookshelf/art display area. Here's what's left of the chimney:

The cylinders are pretty cool looking. I wonder if we could incorporate them into the yard somehow.

Additionally, we're having a new railing built for the deck. The old rails were ripped out today - it's very strange to actually have an unobstructed view of all the trees. I kind of like it but railings are rather necessary to avoid nasty falls.

View of the valley without the railings

What the deck looks like from the driveway

There's a ton of work to do, but it'll be great when it's finished. I just keep saying that to myself to try to keep my stress level to a minimum. "It'll be great when it's finished. It'll be great when it's finished." That's what they say about New York.