More of the Same

 

Finally, the scaffolding is gone, and my glass porch is revealed.  Facing North, it doesn't get too much direct sunlight.  But, it does not have air conditioning (it would have meant adding an additional AC unit just for this room), so the doors may stay open on warm afternoons.  However, it does have heat. 

Notice the ridge cresting.  I had to decide on the detail.  It's more than just decorative though, it's meant to keep birds from perching--and leaving a mess.

On another note.  After the dry wall cleaned up the skylight over the stairway, I'm having second thoughts about whether to put a lens (opaque plexiglass that let's light in) between the beams and the skylight.  My thinking is that the exposed shaft and skylight creates too contemporary a look for the house style, and I don't want the distraction from my chandelier.  But the peaked design of the skylight itself, and true light coming down, have made me question my choice.  And of course, the skylight won't show at night when the chandelier is on--and it might even give some interesting up-lighting.  One factor, if I add a lens now, they want to put lighting above the lens and a door hatch will need to be cut into one of the attic walls to clean out bugs which will inevitably get trapped.  So it's probably easier to do nothing now, add a lens later if I really don't like it, and buy an extension duster for the cobwebs!  I've been unanimously out-voted on the lens by everyone who's seen it.  

Some behind the scenes stuff.  Wiring in the basement ceiling.  Insulation sprayed onto attic ceilings looks like a cave.  The guys on stilts mudding the dry wall.