New Plans from Gary

Anne was sick on Wednesday night, so I went to yoga alone and called our architect afterward to ask if I could come over and bother him while he was working on our plans. He had these drawings ready for us when I got there.

The drawing up to the right is the main floor, and the one below to the left is the upstairs. In addition to a lot of little changes, the big revisions over the last plans include 1) the pantry off the kitchen, which also creates a better space in the living room; 2) the large closet and small office between the master bedroom and the staircase and 3) a staircase going up from the bedroom floor which will lead to the "tower."

Gary also showed me his arrowhead collection--he farms a ton of land and all of his employees know that he'll trade a 12-pack of beer for any arrowheads they dig up. He's got some specimens that might be up to 12,000 years old, according to an archaeologist he's consulted with. Interestingly, a lot of the arrowheads around here are made from chert that's only found in Missouri. The theory is that the material was brought up here by young traders, but nobody knows what they would have traded for since it would have to be something easy to carry back to Missouri.