Tuesday - 2008-0513-1230 - Rain - Modern Building; "Churchill's Black Dog"; To Sleep; "The Queen"; Living Room; Hall; Bath

Rain - Modern Building Larger Image An image from SmugMug of an unknown site. There are a series of keywords beneath the image, but they are cryptic, at best.

For the last couple of days, I've been beset with "Churchill's Black Dog". The article mentions the relationship between depression and feeling "unloved" and the need for compensation.

Again the serendipity of Google has unveiled an article of piercing words.

As usual, I have no definite sense of the cause. One of the key elements of depression is irrationality, so it is absurd to look for rational causation. On a tangential level, I've had a sensation of undefinable malaise for three or four days. As though I'd wandered into a mirror world in which everything is slightly off.

I've decided to hibernate today, hopefully untouched by the outside world.

An hour or so ago, I got up and ate a croissant and watched part of "The Queen". But thirty minutes or so were all I could stand. Gads! What a nightmare to live in such an inbred, frozen universe, so isolated from humanity. No wonder, Harry takes to drink at the first opportunity.

On a related note, "The Times" (of London) is running excerpts from Cherie Blair's new book "Speaking for Myself". A simple quote is most revealing: "The Queen liked us - but her sister and Princess Anne didn't."

I've placed the trim atop the baseboard molding, and I like the way it looks. However, in some case the tip of the trim was missing a line of paint. I guess I should have checked this before gluing it to the wall. So in the "blank" spaces, I've backtracked to add a tiny dab of paint. Too little paint, and the surface is not covered; too much paint, and it smears onto the sheet rock. I used a steel putty knife and a small brush. But I'm going to have to double check everything. Sometimes, the surfaces are hard to see.

One other just ducky factor that I'd not thought of is that the baseboard molding is slightly warped in some places, which makes the molding on top also slightly warped. So you wind up with a space between the two. Again, something I'll have to examine. Possibly a streak of wood filler/putty applied with a cotton swab. Then carefully painted after it dries.

The hallway of about 15 feet is one of the next items on my confusing agenda. There are four rooms, two closets, and the cabinet for the heating/AC that are accessible from the hall. Essentially, it is nothing but doors. The longest section of wall is about 24 inches.

I'm removing the doors from the living room to the kitchen and the hall. I'd like to replace them with full length cafe/saloon doors. But I can't find any of that length. My next option is bi-folding doors. But they come in many variations. In either case, there will be two panels. I'd like these to have a beveled glass insert akin to what is in the front door. But, again, I can't find anything similar.

One option I have yet to explore is very narrow french doors. Alas, this is one of those items that's bound to be available, it's just knowing where to look.

How to deal with the other doors in the hall is another problem. Again, I'm not sure what I'm looking for.

I spent roughly an hour at Lowe's yesterday trying to unscramble fixtures for the bath. It finally dawned on me that only a few items come as package: for example - vanity, basin, mirror/cabinet. Every other feature is a la carte.

I can see the bath including floor; walls; closet; tub/shower; shower door; toilet; vanity; basin; lighting; basin, tub and shower faucets and pipes; towel racks; other racks; window; window covering.

There was one entire row of around 100 feet dedicated to faucets. Another row to toilets. Two rows to vanities and basins. And a section set aside for the newest feature, above counter vessel, which is a bowl that sits atop the counter and can be manufactured from anything from glass, copper, ceramic, nickel, bronze, brass, chrome, etc. Prices for the vessel alone can run from the hundreds to the thousands.

I can see the bath updating as being far more costly than I anticipated. And this does not touch the cost of installation.

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