So, as far as I’m concerned, things have been a little boring at Houston lately.  They’ve been spending the last week or so making sure the bottom floor doesn’t fall in before we start doing all sorts of fun….blah blah blah – how fun is that? 

I think this Jenga support pillar has a sort of character to it, n’est-ce pas? 

Alas, abstract sculptures do not good support pillars make, so this pillar is no more and has been replaced by some pretty studly engineer-approved columns and a new micro-lam beam.  119 Houston ain’t going nowhere anytime soon-now bring on the yumyum.

I’ve started accumulating some tile for the bathrooms and I think the theme for this bathroom story is going to be penny round.  I love these little guys and I think it’s an updated way to nod to the bungalow past without going totally hex tile (although I still love the hex too).

I’m doing this fun, sunny blue tile in the upstairs bathroom, which I’m picturing as the more youthful wing of the house…yup, I’m talking about this house in terms of wings – I smell a megalomaniac in the house. 

So, this bathroom will have a penny round floor and a crisp white subway tile tub/shower surround guaranteeing your kids wake up sunny, happy and ready to conquer the school day with a smile and enhanced IQ.  I do love making promises I can’t keep…especially regarding other people’s offspring.

Here are some other nice penny round applications, one in a more contemporary bathroom.  I’m sure Arnold is shaking in his shoes that I’m going to come up with a pattern like the second pic….don’t think I’m not thinking about it.

If it’s a theme, it has to appear in more than one bathroom, right?, so the shower floor in the downstairs master bath will have white penny round tiles.  In a bit of a carry-over from Starnes, I have several boxes of Carrera subway tile left…never a bad thing to have leftover marble.  So, the floor of the master bath will have honed 12x12 marble tile and the subway tile will get worked into the white 6x8 shower tile as an accent. 

Other good news updates:

·         Took the astroturf off the front porch and found the porch boards are in really good shape!  Turns out, astroturf is a valuable tool in bungalow preservation.

·         Took the carpet out inside and the hardwood floors are in excellent shape too.

·         Floorplan has changed slightly giving you a bigger master closet and laundry / storage area and a kitchen that is more open to back-of-the-house living area.