Fit & Finish...

The pace is definitely picking up. I have installed Armstrong Exelon tile in the utility room and the downstairs bathroom. It is a commercial grade tile and looks great with a few coats of industrial strength floor polish.



George has been busy installing the trim around the windows and doors. He makes it look easy, and I know for a fact that it's anything but easy. Susan and her sister spent the day priming all the door frames and the two sliding doors in the living room. After they dried, I coated them with the same semi-gloss paint that we are using on the doors. The hardwood floor guys are scheduled to begin on Tuesday, so while they're inside doing their thing, I'll take all the doors outside and paint them.



Back in the early 1980's, I lived in University Park, TX - a suburb completely surrounded by Dallas. My son was riding his bicycle on our block and saw this stained glass window on a pile of junk by the curb. An elderly neighbor was cleaning out his garage and had put this window out for pickup. He was more than happy to let me have it, and after replacing a couple of broken panes and refinishing the wood, it looks pretty good. We are delighted to finally have a permanent place for it in our entry hall. We had Pella make a tempered glass double paned window the same size as the window, so it is protected from damage and has the same thermal qualities as the other windows.




Over the years we have accumulated some interesting old stuff that we hoped we would some day put to use. The large fixture is one that Susan has been carting around for many years. Because of its considerable size, there was really no place to put it. Fortunately, it fits perfectly in the stairwell to the basement.
The other fixture is one I salvaged from an old farmhouse that was being demolished in Boise. I thought it was too neat to be destroyed, so I brought it home, thinking that some day I might find a place for it. It now hangs in our entry hall, and looks great.