I love this room now. Just borrowed the rug from Peace Industry, it’s beautiful, but I need to get it a bit larger. All we need now is to save up enough so that we can build a deck off those lovely French Doors (right now it’s a 6′ drop out of them). Adam’s beautiful lights also finally make the table look like it’s in the right place.

Dark wallpaper is in the living room, the same patter with the white background is in hallway leading to the very white upstairs. I think it’s working, the amount of color down stairs is intense, and the wallpaper transitions to the white rooms upstairs.

Finished bathroom, Concreteworks counter tops, Flimish bond tile in “dandelion seed”. The best thing about the bathroom is the light, it’s beautiful throughout the day. There’s a skylight in the toilet room and the show area, and glass connecting those area with the sinks.

I’ve been overwhelmed with the whole project and the amount it’s taxed us over the few months, but it’s just about done. The white tile is absolutely perfect. The differences in the glaze colors and finishes create a beautiful surface, there is a really sublte pattern in the way the colors lay out. The goal is was to have nothing totally demanding you attention (unilke what’s going on downstairs), while keeping the surface beautiful and a  slightly surprising.

We’ve struggled with the tile choice for months. As you can see, our former attic bedroom is being converted in to this small bath and two bedrooms. I’ve always seen it as being all white, the former attic was all white bead board, with the ancient worn wood floors, and we loved it. I didn’t want to distract from that feel, yet I wanted to do something interesting with our tile. After a lot of deliberation and looking at every white we could possible make I think this is the perfect solution, it’s a pattern of 3 different whites. The design is going to be added to our tapestry line, so it can be purchased mounted in square feet sections. This installation was done one single tile at a time, the quality of the installation is perfect. Our tile contractor (Team Ted Tile) has done a fantastic job about figuring out every detail, we’ve worked with him before so I figured he would do a good job, but it’s surpased my expectations so far. I can’t wait to see it with the concrete details from concrete works that should come together in the next few weeks.

Not much I need to say, there is drywall. You can see the space gained by the new dormer on the left of the photo.

New window bank and drywall.

Drywall is always a good sign. Thing are moving along and you can feel the space. The space is very nice, though it still feels like an attic with low ceilings, the light is fantastic and overall the details are very well considered. It’s a serious challenge to do two bedrooms and a bath in this space and have the space feel good.

The new doors are in the kitchen (to a non-existent) deck. The light and feel of the kitchen is so much nicer even at this stage.

Here’s the Josef Frank wall paper from Swenskt Tenn. I doubt it will be able to be installed by xmas, but hopefully shortly after.

Adam Silverman is making some lamps for our house. We worked on them last week when we were in LA. The blues in the living room will pick up on the fireplace. It seems like it will be years before we’re ready for lamps.

This is the point where it seems like nothing is happening everyday. 3-5 guys plus subs and still no drywall.