All the pieces together

There we go, shelves installed, books on shelves, furnishings arranged, it looks like a book shop. Many thanks go to those that lent a hand Alex, Sacha, Julian, Adrian, Anthony, Jaye and John, Aidan, Xan, Kaz, Cody, Meagan, Liam, Pamela, and my dear Tante. This is what many hands helped to make,

The last tile

We set ourselves odd challenges, it was observed to me that this tile floor turned out to be my 'hair shirt'. Well nearly, only that the tiling project was finite. See, I used 'was', I glued the last tile at 4:15 this morning, woohoo! I'm heading over to grout, grouting is much quicker.

E readers

A few folks express concern about the growth of the e reader market and it causing the decline in the book market. While, at once I am eager for my own e reader and am amazed by its potential, capacity, I maintain that the real book market will have it's place and remain as a strong market. People love the feel, character and history of a good book, and there is a romance associated with perusing a well stocked book shelf, that will allow both media to co-exist quite nicely.

Balance

This floor is testing me, my muscles, my faith, my patience, my endurance. And as each new stage reveals how the end result will be and reminds me that however impractical from a business perspective, good works are worth the time and it never harms to make ones bit of the world a little prettier, balance between business and being,

Display window

I've decided that, since the first alcove is done, I'll move the purple bed sheets back and set the alcove as a display window while the tiling gets finished up In the rest of the shop, it was a thrill for me to get to unpack and shelve some books already, here's what it loos like