Here's a selection of flooring choices we've got going. The slate and wood are a done deal and now we're looking at the flooring for the utility room and upstairs bathroom. We want something fairly bulletproof and have been looking at Marmoleum for that. You can see several variations we're interested in, above the slate. This photo was taken in the living room. It was a nice, sunny day and there was a lot of light coming in through the windows.
Here's a closeup of two of the marmoleum sample we're particularly fond of. They're on top of some wet slate, which is how it will look once a sealer has been put on it. We also have a hunk of the Ipe' flooring below. The upstairs bathroom is the only place where the Ipe' and marmoleum will be next to each other.
Some interior trim, as a work in progress. Our contractors are putting in the stair rails now. We have purchased oak stair treads and risers for the stairs, will stain the oak so it matches the Ipe'. Ipe' stair treads were insanely expensive so we decided that a little stain would be OK.
One of our early-blooming rhodies just getting ready to bloom. This is a variety called 'Seta'. It has very nice tubular flowers. It is a hybrid and one of the parents (the one that contributed the flower shape) is not very hardy, but so far Seta has done very well for us. I took this a few weeks back and just now put it in the blog.
On the way back to our temporary home, we saw this interesting sunset waxing and waning. The vertical beam of light is not lens flare -- it is sunlight bouncing off the underside of the clouds. This only lasted a few minutes and then everything went to gray. I took this from inside the car while we were driving (I was the passenger). The power poles are an interesting echo of the vertical feature -- I couldn't get to a spot without them before the sunset disappeared, so I will claim it is a deliberate artistic decision!
Here's a selection of flooring choices we've got going. The slate and wood are a done deal and now we're looking at the flooring for the utility room and upstairs bathroom. We want something fairly bulletproof and have been looking at Marmoleum for that. You can see several variations we're interested in, above the slate. This photo was taken in the living room. It was a nice, sunny day and there was a lot of light coming in through the windows.
Here's a closeup of two of the marmoleum sample we're particularly fond of. They're on top of some wet slate, which is how it will look once a sealer has been put on it. We also have a hunk of the Ipe' flooring below. The upstairs bathroom is the only place where the Ipe' and marmoleum will be next to each other.
Some interior trim, as a work in progress. Our contractors are putting in the stair rails now. We have purchased oak stair treads and risers for the stairs, will stain the oak so it matches the Ipe'. Ipe' stair treads were insanely expensive so we decided that a little stain would be OK.
One of our early-blooming rhodies just getting ready to bloom. This is a variety called 'Seta'. It has very nice tubular flowers. It is a hybrid and one of the parents (the one that contributed the flower shape) is not very hardy, but so far Seta has done very well for us. I took this a few weeks back and just now put it in the blog.
On the way back to our temporary home, we saw this interesting sunset waxing and waning. The vertical beam of light is not lens flare -- it is sunlight bouncing off the underside of the clouds. This only lasted a few minutes and then everything went to gray. I took this from inside the car while we were driving (I was the passenger). The power poles are an interesting echo of the vertical feature -- I couldn't get to a spot without them before the sunset disappeared, so I will claim it is a deliberate artistic decision!
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