Last Monday:
This Monday:
So rude! It snowed most of the morning, then rained for a while. I'm tired of complaining (which makes no difference to management, anyway), so I'll just leave it at that. haha.
We returned from Mexico last Wednesday and I'm happy to report that it was a very successful trip!
We arrived on Friday — it takes almost the whole day to get there — and settled in. On Saturday, we reassembled the wooden stretcher bar frame, positioned it on the wall, and affixed the mounting blocks — 10 of them.
On Sunday, we stretched the canvas. We were both extremely pleased with how easily it slid right onto the mounting blocks! That was great, because it was on/off the wall a few times to fix some "stretch" here and there. We were the only people at the house, other than a couple of employees, and they were all off on Sunday, so we felt very relaxed even with all the fussy stuff. The hardest part was navigating in & out of the room — our "work space" was in a very large reception/living area, and there was a dining area between there and the solarium — plus there's that large immovable marble table on the left and some big pots with climbing vines on both sides — the one on the right was the more troublesome. Lots of crawling around on hands & knees, then navigating through rooms & lifting a 25'x4' canvas over a couple of obstacles.
Whew! So happy to have that project done.
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Last Monday definitely looks more appealing to me! We’re expecting some snow in our area today, which is just nuts to me. It’s May! I’m sure it was a huge relief to get the canvas on the wall and have it work this time — and I’m sure you didn’t mind at all having to make a return trip down south!
I vote for last Monday, too! I’m glad this time went so well. The canvas looks really wonderful and just perfect for that space. You and Rusty make a great team!
I am so happy the installation went well, Vicki! It looks absolutely PERFECT. Such a stunning addition to that incredible house. Rusty must be so relieved that everything went to plan. (And we will not speak about this weather.) XO
It looks wonderful, like it was made for the space – which it was, of course! The weather situation is just downright dreadful.
Beautiful – just beautiful (the wall…not your WI weather…). Congratulations on this big success. It looks just so perfect.
Every time I see that stretching bar frame I try to see what it is spelling. Duh.