Surfaces; fireplace revisited

Here's a nicer photo of the family room fireplace. I used the flash to fill the shadows a little bit. It looks pretty nice!

Here is a photo showing some slate we may use for the kitchen backsplash. It's the same type of slate we used for the floor, but it's not honed.

The photo above and the one below are showing some tiles we are interested in for the master vanity top. We had to give up our granite top because the sinks didn't line up properly with the base cabinet. Oh, well -- I guess it goes on Craigslist...


Above I'm showing an interesting detail with the glass tiles. We may do something like this for the master shower stall. We're planning on using "Ivory" Travertine in the shower & it's a little plain so we're looking at adding some other kinds of visual interest

Our front hall, with the slate. It's been stuck down but no grout yet. We decided on the grout color yesterday. It will be a light gray -- the slate has so many different colors going on that we went with a very neutral color.

The front door will be going in soon, replacing the construction door. We have decided on a light stain color -- "fruitwood" -- to complement the fir.