After working on gabions day after day, it was nice to tackle some other projects. Paul and I put the cedar bench together on the south side right away. It was really easy work since Paul had already cut and adjusted the pieces yesterday. We just glued the pieces together and fastened them.

The rest of the morning and afternoon I worked with Chris. We took little pieces of 1×1 which had cut to size and outlined the profile of the stairs. After lunch we made the final adjustments to the loft railing. We took the remaining slats off the front, cut them, and placed them on the backside to better display the floating burlap panels. We also added caps to the railing posts. It’s a simple gesture, but it mimics the language of the shelving nicely.

Ty and I were asked to trim the inside of the door which was the very last thing to be trimmed. The joint where the door’s rough opening meets the little electrical shelf is pretty odd, but I think we handled it as well as we could have. We also discovered an inexplicable wave in the siding which necessitated some re-cutting. Believe it or not, it was my first time truly working with richlite on the project. It’s a really remarkable material though not forgiving at all; I can now empathize with my classmates who have been using it for over a week.