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.

Windows 2012 (and doors)

No leaks, drafts, smooth operation-new windows and doors 

work like new-who knew?

Bricks and Stones

Six of hundreds of stone and brick samples I tracked down and discarded
for the basement fireplace. Either too Flintstone or too early American
for That Lawyer from Chicago's mancave.

Sam Adams Inspects Our New Floor

Sam Adams wonder why we are bothering to stain the floor.
It would so much easier to hide the scratches in its current, unvarnished state.

Stairway to Heaven

Amazing! Led Zeppelin predicted at my high school prom 

"she's buying a stairway to heaven."