To the hub: Here are brief notes from our meeting of last month. (8/26! Yes, meeting notes are the bane of my existence.) As always, if you want to add to or modify or critique the notes, go for it. At the end of this note I have also included a brief update about furniture. For more information, come to Tuesday's meeting, 9/30, 4:30-7:00pm at the House. The meeting was held at the under-renovation Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk. Attending were Mike Magee, Vance Bell, Kalyani Fernando, Kristen Gallagher, Al Filreis, Nijmie Dzurinko, Kerry Sherin, Nate Chinen, and Matt Bixler. We went over the floor plans for the house and discussed 1) the renovation thus far and 2) furniture for the House. Then we took a walk through the house and discussed the furniture plan I had sketched out (with Harris and Al's input) to see how we wanted to modify it. Room by room, here's what was sketched out: Arts Cafe: tables: four round tables, wood tops, not too gleamingly new looking chairs: eclectic, to be bought by the hub bookshelf in front on right side Fireplace room: bookshelf, chess set, new couch Alcove: new couch, new chair, coffee table Dining room: eclectic chairs, old dining room table, two sideboards or buffet tables that a re 18" d and 36" w Kitchen: round table Publishing room: Built-in shelves, chairs, round table Hub room: No built-in furniture, maybe a love seat but we couldn’t decide where, used desks probably from Matt Bixler Writing advisors room: very small table and two chairs Cyber library: two comfortable chairs and three work chairs General notes: The consensus seemed to be that if we had the money and it had to go towards furnishing the House, leather couches were okay. People felt strongly that the second floor should be uncarpeted. One suggestion was to carpet the front part of the second floor, then leave the rear part--demarcation to be determined--uncarpeted. Some people questioned why the hub was not consulted more often along the way during the renovation. The group gave me the go-ahead to get the wood tables and the sideboards, and scout out whatever new couches and lounging chairs we need. I said I’d report back to the group as furniture prospects developed. UPDATE: There isn't room for a couch in the fireplace room with the fan coil unit installed, in fact, so the architect, Harris, and I modified that plan. Now we have two arts and crafts chairs--a rocker and a stationary chair--in front of the fireplace. Harris also opposed the bookcase right next to the door to the foyer, on the grounds that it would impede entrance and egress. He suggested instead that we put two bookcases in the alcove room, rather than one in the fireplace room. We bought two bookcases, old and pretty cool ones, that we can place for certain once we move in. The carpenters are building a third bookcase into the wall in the arts cafe, as the group had decided. We're still checking out couches. Update on Tuesday. We also picked up an old tool chest to use as a coffee table, and an arts and crafts dinner bell that was either a great find or just a momentary lapse of sanity on my part. (We can decide that when we move in.)
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