First Porch Roof Complete; New Wedges Work! Other Basics for Continuing

 Getting ready to assemble the shell of House 2 yesterday, it became clear that there were a few hitches in moving forward on that step. For one, Rube Goldberg called and wanted back his design for the staircase in House 1 so it wouldn't get replicated, and the wiring still needs to be run in the next two houses. So while I'm mulling over a better solution for the staircases (and consulting Michael, of course), I moved ahead with other stuff that will be necessary for the assembly, working on the furniture. Progress and more furniture coming in the mail, as well.

Meanwhile, the front porch ceiling/roof for House 1 is assembled!  The wedges to get the angles right were Michael's inspiration (who else?) and they work fantastically well. The ice porch, sigh, needs some slight modifications as somewhere in the measurements, something got just a bit off--in the small direction, not the big one, of course.

 To get on with the next part of the front porch, more prep work: paining railings (tedious) and the paper cross stitch "canvas" that stands in for the lattice under the porch between the brick columns. About half the railings got done and the columns are now all painted, too. The rest of the railings will have to wait for another day.

It's great to see the completed front porch and see how well it fits on the house. Progress again!