Carving and Building

Today was another long day. I spent the first half of the day finishing up a couple more bears. Then I switched to my list of things to get done on the trailer. The inventory of finished bears on the showroom floor is growing steadily. That will trickle in money over the next year or more hopefully.

With Becky's measurements in hand and a sketch of her ideal computer cabinet, I went to work building a stand up desk inside the largest closet in the trailer. It turned out pretty nice I think and we managed to pull it off in a way that will work long term.

While we had the tools and supplies, she asked if we could move the microwave to it's own custom shelf where the old gas/electric refrigerator used to be. After running home to measure the new Engel fridge and doing some rough guesstimating, we decided on a location and built it. The new microwave shelf looks almost like it was supposed to be there. Chalk one up for Becky - I was skeptical about the location and thought it would be an eyesore, but it really looks nice. Tomorrow she's going to put some shelving paper on the plywood shelf to make it match even better.

Here's what's changed in the trailer in the past month... I built 2 small bed frames and moved the folding table from the living area to the kids new bedroom (which used to be Becky & my master bedroom). I took out the folding couch from the back of the trailer and built a large bed platform with storage underneath. so, now Becky and I have a permanent bed in the main part of the trailer which allows us to make coffee in the morning without waking the kids. The girls have their own room now and that means that their toys have a home and they have a place to play besides our bedroom...