Trudging Along...

Hello, all! Mark has been busy and our visions for bathroom and bedroom on the 1st floor are coming together.

Bathroom:
I was completely ecstatic last week when Mark texted me that the floor was done. I couldn't wait to get on that plane home so that I could get a look. Love, love the color of the tile, the diagonal install, and the variations in each tile. So happy with it that I'm thinking of using it in the kitchen/dining space once we start tackling that project (Lord, help us...well, Lord help Mark especially since he'll be the one tiling every day!)

This week Mark has spent his time getting tile on the walls in the bathroom. Still a bit to go, but he is making lots of progress. We're not sure we love the light color of the wall tile, so we are thinking that we may use dark grout to tie it in with the floor. Still debating that one. Sorry the pics are so bad but we are using a work light to illumate the whole space as there aren't any lights installed yet.

Mark was a bit concerned that our vanity was too big for the space and so we mocked it up. I don't think it looks bad at all. I am in love with the hammered copper vessel sink and the victorian faucet. Exciting to get a glimpse at what it will look like as things start coming together.

Office:
We are starting to pick up some pieces for organization in the office. Mark and I are WAY into maps and have a huge wall map with little red pins in all the places we've been together over the years. So..the theme for the room is travel and maps. We wanted to carry that through in some unique decorations in the room that could also help serve as storage pieces. So...we purchased a few antique mailboxes (you know, the old thick metal ones) and a bunch of old state map postcards from the 1950's. I am going to decopage the postcards to MDF and mount the mailboxes on the piece to serve as storage for mail, bills, checkbooks, etc. Will be an interesting piece of art that serves a purpose. Mark and I get a kick out of putting old things together and creating a new purpose for them. Once I get all the mailboxes sent to me (bought them off e-bay) and assembled, I will send pictures. Keep your fingers crossed that it turns out as cute as I envision.

Random Cool Stuff:
I have already made three rhubarb cakes from the patch out in back of the house. It is the recipe my dad used so many times for the cakes he brought to his co-workers in St James. Brings back lots of memories because I was the one that made those cakes last year when he was sick. We talked about them for a month and he was SO DETERMINED to get those cakes to the plant and also to the priest.

I haven't seen Lily of the Valley since I was a kid. My grandma Barb had them growing along the house and I loved them so much. Surprise, surprise, they showed up along my house this spring. So exciting...again, loving the memories this house brings for me even though I didn't grow up here.

I think we'll see quite a bit more progress next week...more to come soon! Hope you all have a great weekend!