Our mother, age 83, died a about 1 week ago. Her passing was very quiet and easy. Breast cancer had spread too far in her body and precluded any remedy. She won't see the house in person, but we did make a video walk-through of the place and were able to show it to her before she died. My wife told me not to give up my day job, but I thought the video came out OK for an unscripted piece. It won't go on YouTube though.
This photo shows our wet bar countertop and backsplash in progress. The tile backsplash is Pratt & Larsen handmade tiles we bought at their outlet store for $1.50/lb. We had thought we would use a nice brown and white marble called "rainforest brown", but it didn't work well with the Baltic Brown granite we are using for the countertop. However....
The rainforest brown marble does work well with the Ipe' floor. So we're going to use it around the upstairs fireplace and trim it with a rust-colored 1/2" X 12" ceramic tile we got from Emser tile.
This is a photo of the marble and a dark glass tile. Taken at the Emser show room.
And last in this series, a photo of one of the chandeliers we purchased. This is a very nice art-glass and bronze piece. It may not be obvious from this photo, but the piece has oak leaf details. We got this, and a matching ceiling fixture for the master bed room, at the Globe outlet store in Portland. The chandelier originally sold for about $500 but was marked down to $160 because it's on closeout. We also got a 2-tier version for the dining room with a similarly great discount.
Our mother, age 83, died a about 1 week ago. Her passing was very quiet and easy. Breast cancer had spread too far in her body and precluded any remedy. She won't see the house in person, but we did make a video walk-through of the place and were able to show it to her before she died. My wife told me not to give up my day job, but I thought the video came out OK for an unscripted piece. It won't go on YouTube though.
This photo shows our wet bar countertop and backsplash in progress. The tile backsplash is Pratt & Larsen handmade tiles we bought at their outlet store for $1.50/lb. We had thought we would use a nice brown and white marble called "rainforest brown", but it didn't work well with the Baltic Brown granite we are using for the countertop. However....
The rainforest brown marble does work well with the Ipe' floor. So we're going to use it around the upstairs fireplace and trim it with a rust-colored 1/2" X 12" ceramic tile we got from Emser tile.
This is a photo of the marble and a dark glass tile. Taken at the Emser show room.
And last in this series, a photo of one of the chandeliers we purchased. This is a very nice art-glass and bronze piece. It may not be obvious from this photo, but the piece has oak leaf details. We got this, and a matching ceiling fixture for the master bed room, at the Globe outlet store in Portland. The chandelier originally sold for about $500 but was marked down to $160 because it's on closeout. We also got a 2-tier version for the dining room with a similarly great discount.
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