one more coat...

the painters showed up today and got another coat of paint on the house and almost finished everything. there are some pieces that we will still need to replace altogether eventually, but for now they are staying. the main siding color dried a little lighter than we had hoped so for the final coat we are thinking we'll have them darken it up a bit. here are a few pics to show where we're at. 

we still aren't quite sure what we're going to do for the columns on the front porch. we discovered that underneath the nasty vinyl columns are round aluminum posts.(you can see one peeking out in the photo below on the right) they really don't quite fit in (like a few other things in/on this house), but we might leave them there for a little while and see what we think. who knows... 

  

the side facing bill's house looks the nicest (below, right)... of course that it is the side most other people will never see. sigh. 

  

best shots to see the color combo. the new front gutters will match these... once we save the money to get them. 

   

interior progress... the cabinet and counter in the built in space in the dining room. still deciding on shelves or art to go above...? and maybe some color... (i'm planning to paint over my christmas vacation)

 

and the details of the way we decide to finish off the shower wall in the master bath. i had been trying to figure this out forever and had toyed with the idea of ipe or teak wrapping over the wall, but my old boss brett threw out the idea of the same solid surface material that we had used for the countertops... and we went with it. it looks good, i think. thanks brett...

  

moonlight gray

that's the color of the grout for the floor tile. it looks sookie sookie sweet!

the tiling continues...

as you can see below we went with the running bond for the wall tile. it is much more forgiving for first time tilers. it's looking good... robby's working hard. although if you could hear the sounds he is  making right now as he apparently forces the preformed shower niche into it's place, you would think the house is going to fall down. yeesh.

   

time for tile

so we're finally moving on the master bathroom tile work. it took a long time and a couple of decision changes (by me) to get the tile ordered. robby rocked and rolled through the backer board friday night and yesterday got the floor done except for a couple of tricky cut pieces around the flange for the toilet. it looks awesome... for a first time tile layer i think he did a fabulous job. and he was lucky that i was out of the house all day on photo shoots so i wasn't there to pester him. 

here are photos to get you up to speed. i have a super wide angle lens right now for some photo sessions i'm doing, so i'm taking advantage of it in the house...

backer board as of yesterday morning.

  

i missed the entire day of tiling... here is the tile man himself laying of the last few pieces...

i showed up just in time... ha ha.

the bathroom in the morning light...

  

detail of the floor tile... if you know me and how much i love gray, you know why i picked this tile.

laying out the wall tile on the floor... trying to decide on either a running bond (right - traditional "subway") or a stack bond...

  

detail of each... 

  

a couple of shots of the morning light in the house... and yes, our house is a disaster still. one day there will be no construction dust and boxes. 

  

robby is working on the wall tile as i type... so you'll get to see soon which pattern we picked. exciting stuff!