I've taken time off again from the renovation to concentrate on my day job. Despite the mess in this picture, there's really not much left to do before we can begin framing:

• Remove the heating unit from the ceiling
  
• Finish the little bit of paint removal off the brick wall
  
• Scrape the last bit of ceiling paint
  
• Move two electric lines
  
• Fill in the hole in the floor
  
• Build up the half walls up to the ceiling
  
• Frame out one last wall and install door
  
• Finish ripping up linoleum flooring from the old kitchen
  

I can do this quickly, right? Then we can paint. We're painting the ceiling white, two coats of Kilz then a coat of a warm white. One of the brick walls is getting paint, the other polyurethane. And then we're ready to begin framing. Our architect is doing a wonderful job, we couldn't be more pleased. He's also been patient with me as I bop from one project to the next. More soon. Or maybe not so soon, but eventually. We have our first snowfall outside today. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.