Master Bathroom

I made this little drape to hide the plumbing under the little sink in the Master Bathroom. I made it with the scraps from hemming the Master Bedroom drapes. Isn't that nifty n' thrifty?

Master Bathroom

We got the rest of the marble installed

and moved the towel racks:

We will put a long double one here and still have to put in shelves:

We added a BIG round mirror too:

(It's very big, isn't it?)

(That was Bret's idea to make it so big.)

(That's because he is such a cute guy.)

we interrupt this program...

OMG what happened to global warming !
Now aren't all you gulliable conspiracy theory swallowers ashamed of yourselves?

(note: "They" say to look at longer term trends. "They" should follow their own advice and realize that the long term trends are not just a few decades. But like religion, "they" have a cafeteria approach to choosing only those facts that back up their unfounded opinions.)

Global Warming? New Data Shows Ice Is Back

Temperature Monitors Report Widescale Global Cooling

OMG OMG!

first it's global warming then it's global cooling!

It's like my menopausal hot flashes have taken on

global proportions!

Hurry!

Hesitate not one minute!

Run to the nearest palm reader for the latest forecast...

Push through the screaming mobs stampeding the neighborhood mcMansion mega-church to be reassured or chastized (depending on how full the beggar bowls being passed across the pews are) by their beloved tv evangelist...

mailbox

Almost everyone in the neighborhood

has one of these dreary mailboxes:

(For those who don't know:

Bret had made a mailbox by configuring

an ugly wooden box with a flap top.

I hated it.

Finally, after 19 years,

we replaced it with a normal mailbox.

I was not about to leave our new one there

after waiting all that time to get it.

So we took it off

and placed a generic mailbox in the empty spot.

It's better looking than the one Bret made.)

We finally replaced ours with
the mailbox we brought from Kansas.

Now, isn't this an improvement?

Guest Bathroom 1:

Guest Bathroom 2:

rearranging

I did a little "occasional table" rearranging: I put the covered round from the Master Bedroom (which had previously been in the Guest Bedroom) in the Master Dressing Room...

The round table from the Master Dressing Room ended up in the Living Room...

The tray table migrated from under the window to my side of the bed...

uh oh, what happened here?

Kitchen Kapers:

Today, we were welcomed by yet another neighbor bearing goodies...(no wonder this is place is so popular, there are so many wonderful bakers!)...and then...as dusk settled gently over the rolling hills, we strolled among fern and fauna--camera and binoculars in hand, looking like common, intrusive tourists. My mission was to spot the elusive deers (ok, elusive only to me, everyone else around here has not only seen them, but they have had quite enough of them thankyouverymuch and would be more than happy for them to make themselves even scarcer) ... okay, nevermind them...where was I? Oh, right here:

....and here:

....and here:

....and here:

horses, but no deer!

So, yet another neighbor driving down the street, one we had not previously met, slows down his car, leans over to the passenger side to introduce himself from his open window.

In response to my enthusiasm on deer citing, he helpfully points toward his house a few blocks behind him, "I just saw a bunch of them near my house. If you drive over, you will see them." And so we did just that (after bidding adieu to our new found accomplice).

"I'll drive!" I declared and hopped into our car and off we went.

We drove slowly and carefully, peering into the lush landscape, anticipating beholding the majestic forms bedding down for the evening.

But "alas" it would not be...

the kapricious deer had eluded us once more...

Hearth Room and Basement

We hung platters on the walls and arranged the bookshelves and mantle in the Family Room.

More book arranging in the basement. Got my coffee table books all in a row:

Guest Bedroom

Here is the Guest Bedroom with our old Master Bedroom Furniture:

Master Bedroom

Here is our new bench and at the far end, is a small wooden table that we are using as an end table.

Foyer

Here is the piece in the foyer, off the Map Room and Living Room.

Map Room

Here is the Map Room complete with maps and glare.

Kitchen

Got stuff put away in the kitchen. We are now considering emerald green tile for the floor so it won't be so "red and black".

Dining Room table is cleared off finally:

Breakfast Room

Finally, we can see the table top!

Here is the rest of the Family Room. The shelves are not arranged yet. We need to buy iron hooks to hang the copper pots and get plate holders to display some of the plates.

Close up of both pieces

Here they are close up. This one has glass, so I put the more decorative dinnerware in this one.

This one has the rest of the kitchen contents and tableware:

Here are the two pieces in the Family Room off the kitchen.

Sunday, 3 August

Here are my strong boys moving in our Lucketts finds: