OUR NEW HOUSE

One day of construction at a time

Chandelier!

Chandelier!

With a large and beautiful central stairwell in the house, we needed something grand in terms of lighting. When we were finishing the house originally, we really just slapped three lights together into a fixture; it wasn’t very impressive. Given the tall nature of our stairwell, we needed to build a platform to allow forRead more about Chandelier![…]

Art!

Art!

Building a house is an exercise in financial exhaustion, so when we finished construction we weren’t exactly in the mood to spend a lot of money on quality art.  We mostly just hung what we already had, some of which was very nice, and other just stuff to hang on the walls.  We’ve add aRead more about Art![…]

Outdoor furniture

Outdoor furniture

While our pool was in progress in early 2020, we started planning our outdoor furniture.  The pandemic delaying things somewhat, but by late 2020 we had all of our furniture in place. The furniture really makes the outdoor spaces livable and enjoyable. Around the pool: Back patio Pool house: Front patio Front yard: Decks: ItRead more about Outdoor furniture[…]

Shades

Shades

We got Roman shades in many of the windows that required something for privacy.  These ones we got are pretty unique. The first thing you notice is no strings.  The shades are opened simply by lifting at the bottom. There is also no attachment at the bottom, just at the top. The second unique (andRead more about Shades[…]