The furniture has arrived

Well, the arrival is a story in and of itself. I rented a u-haul truck from Eastsound at 1pm on Thursday and drove directly to the ferry landing to catch the 2:20pm. The ferry arrived in Anacortes at 3:18. So, I made it to Edison by 4:00. Smith and Vallee was putting the finishing touches on the furniture. They loaded it for me and explained the nuances of the pieces. Smith and Vallee did a wonderful job of collaborating on and implementing the design. They are truly pieces of art. At 5:00, I was back on the road and I made it to the ferry landing in Anacortes at 5:40 for the 7:20 ferry. I was a little worried about the July 4 week-end, but I made it OK. On Friday, we hired some muscle (four high-school football players in need of a work-out) to move the furniture into the house - all without incident. ... The truck was returned before noon on Friday.

Some of you may remember that we cut down a giant fir due to it's location and the fact that it leaned toward the house site. I helped an on island sawyer (Kai) cut four logs into slabs. Those slabs were kiln dried in Edison courtesy of Smith and Vallee. They did the cabinetry in the house and made the bar top from the fallen fir.

Anne and I also designed a dining table (the mediocre picture in this post - I'll post better pictures soon), a master bed frame, and a master closet kit. Smith and Vallee fashioned them out of that same fallen fir. We haven't named the table yet, but it will be something like "ice on fallen fir". ... Note the glue-laminated legs which bring in an element from the outside -- glue-lam beams. ... Smith and Vallee liked the table enough to display it in their art gallery for a few days. ...

Now we'll actually have some place to sit and eat when my family visits later this month.