Let there be light
Apr. 3rd, 2008 09:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
libertangoToday we had some arborists over from Superior NW Tree and Shrub Care to do some much needed work. All three apple trees and the pear tree got the arboreal equivalent of hair cuts.
The most dramatic work, though, was the removal of a shrub gone amazingly gigantic outside our living room. It's called an arbor vitae, and all I can think is, it must have seemed a good idea when they planted it, but it made the room so dark. That may be to the taste of some, but not to me, especially in the nothernmost big city in the USA.
Before, from 2007-05-17, when we visited the inside of the house for the first time. See the Great Wall of Dark on the left window, which is the southern (or sun-facing) exposure?:
After, taken today, stitched out of four images in Autopano Pro:
Also on display there is the great job of painting and color choice done by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
akirlu. Makes the mantel just pop right out, and gives a nice definition to the walls vs the ceiling.
UPDATED TO ADD: If you look here, you'll see the arbor vitae skulking outside the window, in a much more recent shot. Now -- gone, baby, gone.
The most dramatic work, though, was the removal of a shrub gone amazingly gigantic outside our living room. It's called an arbor vitae, and all I can think is, it must have seemed a good idea when they planted it, but it made the room so dark. That may be to the taste of some, but not to me, especially in the nothernmost big city in the USA.
Before, from 2007-05-17, when we visited the inside of the house for the first time. See the Great Wall of Dark on the left window, which is the southern (or sun-facing) exposure?:
After, taken today, stitched out of four images in Autopano Pro:
Also on display there is the great job of painting and color choice done by
akirlu. Makes the mantel just pop right out, and gives a nice definition to the walls vs the ceiling.UPDATED TO ADD: If you look here, you'll see the arbor vitae skulking outside the window, in a much more recent shot. Now -- gone, baby, gone.
