The old garage wasn't framed right by the crew from Jeff's construction company, so they will be out Monday morning to adjust the framing according to specs. Monday morning the installers will return by 10 and complete the new garage installation, then do the door installation in the old garage. I had to take down the fluorescent light in the garage and install an outlet in the ceiling for the opener to be plugged in to.So, we're getting close to finished, at least with the construction. Because of the cold weather, we haven't been able to return to painting. We can't wait for 2-3 days of 50 degree highs and 35 degree lows, so that we can get back at it. The new wood has to weather for several weeks before we can do anything to it.
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You have succeeded at creating a garage that looks nothing like a garage. Lovely! It really does just seem like a garden shed, and that's before you have any vines growing on it!
I agree! I can't wait to see it in person...
I have to confess that I was skeptical at the beginning of this process (I have already made confession to your mom not long ago), but I trusted your mom's judgment and went along with it. What Kelly wrote nails it: it is a garage that looks nothing like a garage. That was the intent, and I was thinking "garages should look like garages." No more.
However, we have decided that most people think the conventional way, and they don't know how to respond to the sight. So, out of embarrassment, I guess, they don't say anything at all. (Some people have commented favorably, but they are passersby and not neighbors.)
Perhaps they're thinking, "Gee, didn't anybody tell the Simpsons what a garage is supposed to look like?" Or perhaps, "The Simpsons are so hoity-toity, they want to show up the rest of us." Or perhaps it's simply "Huh?"
Whatever, we have a unique exterior to our garage, and if they don't like it they can avert their eyes!
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