More Interior Structure and the Forgotten Laundry Chute

 More beam-lifting resulted in this new, improved-looking window bay structure. I can't find if I took any photos of the installation but it was quite a strenuous thing to put this structure up. 

Heavy 6x12" beams rest on 6x6" posts. 

Some fancy cuts to join beams.

It is more in keeping with the look that is in the rest of the main floor. 

Meanwhile, upstairs, the laundry chute was going in. It wasn't quite in the place we thought it would go, nor was it quite the size I envisioned. This was because we forgot to mark it clearly for the plumbers and heating folk, who put drains and lines right where the chute was supposed to be, and then we forgot it ourselves and put more things in the way! We had to "go back to the drawing board." We went round and round on design options, and came up with compromises to move it to a new location. As soon as I saw it under construction, I knew it would not work. There was that moment when I had to disappoint everyone who was bending over backwards to put in this feature just for me. Did they really think that they were going to shove a handful of bath towels and work jeans down a chute that size? I had to admit that we were out of options and the laundry chute was not to be. Yes, it was plumbed and wired right out of the house!