End of November 2003 and into early December - page 6
(page 1 of photos, page 2, page 3, page 4, page 5 )
We still haven't moved and it's almost Christmas - but we are getting very close. We've done a lot since the page 5 photos. A major change in look are the new colors. We painted all the interior walls. Ivory for the top 2/3 and the bottom in a rich plum/purple with deep red trim.
My brother, David Druding, came to visit again
to help (before Loring and Dacia's
wedding) - and one major project was to fix the old broken sign that used to
say "Cortese" (the old name of the Pontiac/GMC dealer who was here in the 70s
and 80s and from whom we bought the building) and get our sign up. This meant
replacing the huge sheet of plastic on both sides (in sections). We had vinyl
letters made at TAP Plastics that say ' straw.com ' and adhered them to the new
plastic for the north side of the sign. But had to put them in place on the
existing plastic base on the south side of the sign. Renting a big scissor lift
was necessary since the top of the sign is over 30 feet high!
The Sign
Above is the sign with letters being mounted in
sections inside on the floor.
Each letter is 18 inches high!
Above are David and Doug working on the letters on
the south side.
You can see the north side of the sign doesn't have it's plastic up yet.
Partly done - the day was windy and being up on
the lift
was a little unnerving in the wind.
Putting up the 'dot' in straw.com
The finished sign!
And you can see
that we also got the front of the building painted
- no more ugly furniture signs.