meeting #1 with the state hysterical commission

looks like conversations with the state hysterical commission went as expected. some requests passed and some did not.

• the people across the street will get their bird's eye view afterall. the state won't let us frost that glass on the storefront windows. instead, we'll have to use some after-market product to achieve the same effect.
• we have to 86 the wainscoting. we were on the fence about that anyway fearing that it might look too much like an old-timey hardware store, so no biggie for that loss.
  
• the first tread of our stairway upstairs was planned to turn in toward the living room. the hysterics were not into that idea at all. as a result, no turn. again, not a dealbreaker in our minds.
  

the good news was that some of the stuff we want, the state has no problem with.

• a large 6 ft.wide barn door will separate living space from the workroom. this was the one feature dabney and i were crossing our fingers the state would accept. a barn door has never existed in the space but we thought it would lend itself to the existing industrial vibe of the old store, not to mention be super-functional as a moveable wall.
  
• there exists a scary steep set of stairs that leads to the basement in the postage stamp-size backyard. it needs to go. i can foresee something bad happening there one dark drunken night - luckily, so could the state. scary stairs, be gone!
  

building permits are getting pulled this week, just as the demo man goes in to remove old radiators and other scrap. i guess this means we are off and running.