The Answer to Yesterday's Post Title: No, They Don't.

Al the Drywall Finisher did the final coat of mud today. The walls are as flat and smooth as they are going to be in an old house.

It was amazing to watch him walk around the kitchen on his stilts. In the 18 years he has been on the job, he has fallen once and broke his arm. Someone had put bracing on a house where there had never been one and he just didn't see it.

Al on his stilts

Besides his day job Al plays lead guitar for The Devize, a rock band that writes all its songs. Al suggested I listen to Heaven's Gate since it is one of the calmer ones. I guess he figured that I wasn't a rocker. Give it a listen: Heaven's Gate

Al is third from the left.

We were not any more thrilled with the floor than we were yesterday so I experimented with leftover wood stains from my stash. We are liking Ipswich Pine for the new pine. Wonder what Mike's reaction will be to the floor.

Tomorrow morning the cabinets will arrive. Excitement!