What were we talking about?
Ooooh, right - the press room! If you remember (I'm still trying to forget) we started this renovation waaaay back in...what, June? When I purchased Ella, we knew we'd eventually have to get her out of the garage and into the house. Thankfully, we own a traditional split - which means we don't have a basement, our first floor is right at grade. This is the ideal situation for getting a letterpress into your house because there's no stairs involved.
We're not exactly done. The floor needs to be finished, trim needs to go down, we have to tile the fireplace and install a built-in bookcase. BUT, we did get Ella in the house finally - so here's a sneak peek of her happy in her new home:
Even Pi approves!
Those mirrored closets house oodles of storage space for all of my paper (and craft crap). This is the first time in my life, I think, where I've had more space than I know what to do with. And they look sick, right? Those mirrors bounce so much light into the room.
I have no idea when we'll be completely done (is any home owner ever completely done?), but I can't wait to show you the finished product. Mike has done an amazing job renovating this room almost completely by himself. Feels like a whole new house.
So, how much does Ella weigh? This seems like it must have been no small feet. Those mirrored doors are making me super jealous.
ReplyDeleteShe weighs around 1500lbs. She was on a pallet previously, so she was pretty easy to move around with a pallet jack. Then one day, Mike asked if I could help with something, and I came down to the garage to find Ella half off the pallet and hooked up to the front end of Mike's truck via a come-along. He got her off the pallet and onto auto dollys (they are little square dollys that can move a car around), and she sat on those for several weeks until the floor was complete enough to move her in. Then Mike made new skids for her, and lowered her off the dollys using a hydrolic car jack (doesn't everyone have one of those?) and a jig he made. He lowered one side at a time until she was on the ground. It was a stressful 20 minutes for me, and even though I knew it wouldn't help, I hung onto her flywheel for dear life as she went. Mike's a pro - he's mastered the art of moving heavy things!
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