panes in the glass

THE ELECTRICIAN WAS finishing up installing all the fixtures when we got to the site yesterday. And with the washi paper lamp shade (ball?), the tatami room just continues to look more and more like the room in the former house, as in this photo below by friend Ben.

We were also really happy to find that the light we'd picked for the genkan entrance was in place. We'd been told by the architect that it couldn't be put in because it had to be inserted in the wall, and we'd have to pick another one. But we begged and pleaded and there it was. The electrician told us he'd had to cut into the wood beam, but he'd checked with the carpenters and they'd told him it was okay. He looked as happy as we were when he saw how happy we were.

The ashiba scaffolding towers, both interior and exterior, are now gone. The atrium is finally visible in its stained, plastered, finished state. But we haven't finished cleaning the windows after the staining, which reminds me that we're going to have to get a long ladder, first to install the blinds on the upper windows, but also to keep all these panes of glass clean.