I am fine. I am an optimist. I guess that makes me a happy-person by nature.
Kathy, I don't know your situation, but I just wonder why your carpenter doesn't agree to do what YOU WANT TO DO. I don't think I have ever hired a contractor/electrician/carpenter that did not do what I wanted done. Who's paying the frigging bills? I don't mind recommendations and input, but my gosh, who's the boss here? I have built three homes and two dental offices, and of those five structures, I actually developed the plans and even built scale models to prove what I wanted done could be done. The largest house I built on the Gulf Coast was a gorgeous structure and (luckily) my architect was a dear friend. He said that the roof line I planed to do could not possibly be done. I built the model to scale, presented him with the model, and the roof was built as I designed. I am not a builder and certainly have no formal education in building structures. I just know what I want and figure out a way to make it happen. Stand by your guns, Kathy. I think the Florian input is important. They have been a part of thousands of these structures being built. How many has that carpenter designed and built?
I rest my case. Sorry if I have stepped on anyone's toes.
