Final Stretch

Well, it looks like we will be moving in November. We have visited Lake Blackshear several times recently and every time there seems to be much progress made. All of the windows are in. The front door, which was the last of the windows to be done is almost complete. There is a side door that was not done last week, but I believe it may be finished now. The thing that has excited us the most is the painting is at last being completed.

The color is Dover White. Yes, that is the color of the walls at the renovated lake Blackshear Regional Library. What patrons will see is a brighter library. It is amazing the difference a little tone makes in color. The walls were not dark before - they were fairly light. Well, now they will be noticeably brighter. They will look even more bright with the new carpet which has a charcoal look. The carpet actually has many different colors in it, but from a distance it looks charcoal. It was chosen to match the different colored shelf end panels we have. The new paint and new carpet will give the library a new look. I am glad! Although we do not have a new library (the goal was to put things back as they were pre tornado) it will be good to see what appears to be a new library.

The other bit to report it we are recovering our furniture. This has been made possible by our Friends of the Library and out local library board. We spent a lot of time looking at different fabrics - we wanted it to be what we wanted, what looked good, etc. Man, it was hard!! After seeing what has been delivered back to us so far - we are very pleased. The furniture in the children's area is beautiful. Though it doesn't really look like children's furniture, it does have really nice colors. We chose this fabric because of the colors. The chairs normally in the main lobby are now a nice blue. We are very excited to see the next two fabrics we have picked out.

The library right now looks awful inside. This is because the ceiling tiles are being replaced, so there is a lot of debris on the floors. You can see it in the pictures below. Once the ceiling and paint is finished then there will be little odds and ends to be completed - then we can begin moving back in. We plan to be closed to the public for about two weeks while we get everything moved and put in the correct place. We cannot open until it is safe. The actual moving of the books will not take that long. We will have the same crew we had last January. It will be good to see those folks again. They are very efficient.

I suppose that is all for now. The blogs have been very few and far between. That should end. We are already packing up, so the blogs will come a little faster.

Check out the photos below - what a mess!!!

More soon!








We have front doors!!





The letters from the front of the building.