Caves Don't Have to be Chilly and Damp

"That lawyer from Chicago" wanted tile floors in the man cave (lingering nightmare from basement floods in our old house) but Joe had a brilliant suggestion: heated floors! And cool looking too.

This Is Not A Driveway, It Is An Inset Parkway

Leaving no stone unturned in the quest for the perfect landscaping for 

Barbie's Dream House, a paver drive with grass insets was selected.

It's A Dog's Life

Custom is the only option for the most important occupant of 

Barbie's Dream House: Sam Adams, yellow lab.

Bricks and Stones II-The Outdoor Version

Decision fatigue is beginning to set in; what really is the difference between these 

paver bricks for our drive and walkways?

Houston, We Have Backsplash II!

The second and final iteration of the kitchen backsplash tile.

Houston, We Have Backsplash!

Proof that what you see in the tile store display (that would be The Tile Shoppe)

is not necessarily what will be delivered and installed. 

After much agonizing,  this weird, greenish tile (and the drywall behind it)
was chopped up and dumpstered.

But not before many emails, calls and meetings 

with The Tile Shoppe reps drove me to the first 
change order to Barbie's Dream House!

Tile, Tile and More Tile or Tile Well Spent

All the hours spent comparing Barbie-size tile samples 

(with the expert help of Jane),

are paying off in awesome designs and colors.