Floor and Textiles

Tony and I ended up doign the whole staining process ourselves. Well, ok, I ended up doing most of the staining, but tony helped with one coat and some of the wax last weekend when he was off.
We used Kemiko's Black or ebony stain which basically varied from a light brown to the black depending on how many coats. I think we ended up with 5 coats.

Also this weekend, tony and I got some great deals on some rugs and a runner that we will actually use as a headboard from Crate and Barrel's Outlet.
The blue below will be our main rug and then the colored dots have been mounted on a board that I will attach to the wall as a sort of head board. We also picked up some bathroom rugs, which are not pictured. A few months ago I checked the bargain bins at Ikea and actually ended up with a pair of curtains that were a sorta lime/chartreuse which I was hoping for in the bedroom, as a pop of color. I hung them today so that we can have some privacy from our patio doors. Ironing to be done later. I was also able to find the hardware to hang them for pennies on the dollar.
Isn't Bella a Beautiful Rug Model?To

Grout Job

So Tony and I have been grouting. we still need to touch up a few things and remove haze.

Master Tiler

We are officially tile artists. ok, maybe not, but so what.
I spent almost all day yesterday tiling and except for working around a horrible drywall job, it looks pretty good. We are waiting until this weekend to grout and completely finish because the plumber needs to get in and work.

Vanity

Bathroom Vanity and Lights done.
Bedroom Fan

A Touch of Color

Tony and I just Finished painting the bathroom. It may need more work, but I hope not because we are nearly out of that paint color.
I also installed the tracks and standards for the closet Elfa system. I was able to by a pretty cool set up, repurposing some components from our current closet that will be unnecessary when we switch rooms. The Container Store fortunately extended there elfa sale this year so I was able to get a pretty cool system for not much and we will be able to have a very organized closet.
Two weeks ago we painted the kitchen and bedroom. the kitchen just got the same dark grey blue "Wall Street" color that our whole dining/kitchen area is.
The Bedroom has three walls with a linen color "City Loft," and the wall behind our bed is a near black color "seal skin."
We will need to do some touch ups, but as the workers aren't particuarly careful, we will just wait until they are out of here.

Last weekend I did the Hill Country Ride after those days of painting and a 6 hour photo event the night before the ride.

They started working on the floor in the kitchen, but that really isn't moving a long, and I am not really sure why we are still waiting for things to happen in all areas.
Frustrating...

They need to...
install and stain the kitchen floor
install kitchen cabinets
install/finish all electrical fixtures
finished plumbing in kitchen and bathroom
get the new laundry room set up
get new tankless water heater working and remove old tank
finish the roof
and finally lots of odds and ends fixing the rest of their errors and incomplete projects.

We all will be very glad to have our home seem like a home again and be all by ourselves.

Drywall

Drywall is 99% up, some issue with inspection though. I think they are taping, etc today on the passing areas...

My Pink Guest

Save the Pink Bathrooms

Of course, there are people who love and want to preserve something that has been the joke of our house. Check out this site that lets you pledge to save your pink bathroom.
*this is not our pink bathroom, but one from the mentioned website.

Rain, Rain, Go away, Stay above my garden, but not my house.

Now it is raining in austin for the next several days, and like half as many degrees as yesterday.
The frame for the carport was welded into place yesterday and HVAC work was done.
Carlos says the plumber is coming tomorrow for kitchen and bathroom stuff. sounds like things are wrapping up. All I know is that it is very dark in the kitchen/living/dining room at night with no electricity and that is getting very old.
Off to work, hopefully traffic won't be horrible.

Ohoh, and the bathroom faucets came today, very pretty.

Sinks

Vessel Sinks Bought.

Recent Purchases

A new dirty Mail box from Restoration Hardware's Outlet

Kitchen Faucet, Hansgrohe Metro
Kenzo Vessel Sink Faucet

Bathroom

We ordered our bathtub, water heater, and faucet/shower set from Austin Plumbing Supply




We ordered our bathtub, water heater, and faucet/shower set.