Two Ceiling Beams Up, One to Go

Over the weekend, Hubs and I installed two of the three box beams for our dining and kitchen area. We installed the ones for our dining room - the last one for the kitchen will have to wait until the end of the month or January as we'll be busy with other things for the next couple of weekends. Overall I'm pretty happy with they way they turned out. In a couple of places, there is about an 1/8 of an inch gap between the beam and the ceiling due to our old uneven ceilings. It bothers me more than it bothers hubs. I'm thinking that caulking between the beams and a plank ceiling just wouldn't be right...would seem weird to do so because I'd think caulk would end up in the grooves of the planks. Do any of you more seasoned do-it-yourselfers have any suggestions? Click on the photo above for an enlarged version to see the area that I'm talking about.

The three beams will need to be puttied to better hide the seams and small nailholes (we had to splice our planks together to get the length we needed) and then I'll prime and paint them the same color as our ceiling.

We haven't installed any overhead lighting yet so we're working (and eating!) by the light of floodlight type lighting. FUN! That's why the pictures here look kind of funky.

In the middle of the two beams we've already installed, we'll be putting this light above the dining table.



I've been under the weather this week with my usual weather related aches and pains. Last week, we had temps in the 30's - this week near the 70's....ARGH! I've gotten so behind on usual housework and everything is such a disaster. Not to mention the fact that this place needs a major organizational overhall once again. Every closet and drawer is so cluttered and messy right now. Ick. I so long to be that person who is neat and tidy always, but I've always struggled in this area. How can someone who is so knitpicky with details be so utterly disorganized? *sigh* I can do an ok job at keeping visible areas tidy (not the kids rooms, mind you, but the living room and kitchen), but goodness, don't open any doors or drawers - and don't peek inside my purse!

I found a book that looks interesting...it's called Organizing for the Creative Person: Right-Brain Styles for Conquering Clutter, Mastering Time, and Reaching Your Goals . So I feel a little better, lol, because I'm not the only one. Oh, I also found a humorous statement in a commentary about this book and according to it..."Creative people, who frequently are right-brain dominant, perceive and organize their world differently from left-brain dominant people. In other words, you're not necessarily *dis*organized, but you are *differently* organized."

Yep, that's me ...I'm "differently organized" alright. :)