As we put up the strapping and lathwork for the plaster in all the upper ceilings we have to make sure we've taken care of all the details underneath. It gets a lot harder and in some places almost impossible after we are done. We've run extra conduits and wiring everywhere we could think it might be needed at some future point. Today's job was to weld up and fasten in place the heavy duty bracket for the dining room fixture. The fixture we dream of won't be the typical lightweight, storebought type of thing. The current plan calls for a swarm of butterflies to be swirling down from the ceiling in some type of fashon. Magical to be sure. To hold it securely in place we needed a heavy duty bracket. I welded up one that was plenty strong in a hurry and we made it fit perfectly on our second try. It was bolted in four places to the roof trusses with eight strong bolts. I suspect we could lift a good sized car with it and have no worries. Matt hoisted it to the top of the scaffold and fastened it into place. It is one of those many things in the house that will never show but will give us plenty of peace of mind. Tomorrow the strapping and lath will be put into place around it.

After the plaster is in place we'll design and fabricate a wonderful medallion around the base, totally hiding the work we did today.

-grampa dan