Updates to the Interior of the New Addition

Things continue to progress at a nice pace. We're starting to have some cabinetry installed, and the grid for the ceiling tiles is up. 

This first picture shows the atrium.  Its all painted and finished with all the windows installed:

This next photo shows the circulation area, from the perspective of the librarians.  We're inside, looking out into the lobby area:

With this next photo, you can see the new ceiling lights are now finished.  They have an LED track around the outer rim.  We'll be able to program different color of lights with this system.  You can also see the grid for the ceiling tiles is now installed.  The ceiling tiles are in the packages on the floor:

This next picture was taken in the new Junior Activity Room.  The cabinets have been installed.  Robin, one of our librarians, is posing by the cabinets to show how they are all "kid friendly" sized!

This photo shows the completed lights in the Junior Activity Room.

This photo was taken from the Junior Activity Room looking east back to the older part of the building.

I had to include this next photo!  It shows the stalls in the women's restroom.  Its a little difficult to tell from this photo, but there are privacy guards installed on the edges of all the doors.  Nice!

This photo is looking from the Community Room into the new kitchen area.  You can see the new cabinets through the serving window.  The kitchen is located in the north west corner of the Community Room.

Our staff break room is shown in this next photo.  We really like the cabinets!

The last photo for today shows the staff processing room.  All the walls are finished, and the grid is installed just waiting for the ceiling tiles:

More Changes to the Interior of the Old Library

In order for the construction of the new section to progress, the construction crew had to remove part of the ceiling in the existing building. Here are some "before" and "after" photos to show how things have changed.

First we have the Young Adult area.  This was the easiest for the construction crew to do, as the ceiling was made up of tiles that could be removed.  The first two pictures show the ceiling as it was:

And here is the ceiling now, with the tiles removed, and the fixtures hangin loose.

These next pictures show the staff office at the back of the old building, in the north corner of the Young Adult area.  It was a more difficult job, as the ceiling in this small office was solid.  The construction crew had to do more work to get this ceiling out:

And here's what the ceiling in the little office looks like now:

Last, the staff area in the north corner of the old building was also affected.  Here is a photo of the staff break room.  Its located just off of the yellow door that was by the old book drop on the west side of the building:

And here's the break room now with the ceiling tiles removed:

So, lots of chages are happening!  It feels a bit like we're on the set of a movie, and the roof has been left off on purpose.  We're looking forward to our new building, and our new LARGE staff area!