The last coat of paint went on the tin ceiling in the west room on Thursday while the east room was carpeted.

In one of the few glitches for the entire project, the electricians showed up on the same day that the carpet was to be installed in the west room. We spent the day moving furniture trying to accomodate each contractor's needs. With a little extra effort, we lost only a few hours.

While the carpet was being laid, we couldn't really be on the sales floor. We took the opportunity to spruce up the lesson room lobby. We cleaned, replaced ceiling tiles, painted the room, installed new baseboards and a chair rail, and re-upholstered several pieces of furniture.

We hope to carpet the downstairs and paint the lesson rooms before the Christmas season.

Pictured at left, Lindsey and Charlie.

No, we didn't store our instruments in a dumpster while we remodeled. There's a joke here, but we'll keep it to ourselves.

Pictured from left to right, Donna Ploof, Michael Bohn, Tom Arri, Don Ploof, and Charlie Halloran.

This is the real dumpster. We BARELY got all of the waste in this dumpster for the week. Thankfully, we had our regular 1 yard dumpster here as well that we were able to dump a few times during the project.