Moo Welcome

The basement of our home still has the troughs and pens from being a dairy barn. And the exterior is still all barn.

Wanted to pay a bit of homage to that with a piece that brightened the wall on the stairs to the basement. Which also happens to be the first wall you see when you walk in the house.

Thanks to magicmurals.com we located a delightful vintage ad looking piece in a wall decal.

I framed it out with barn siding. And we quickly have a piece that looks like it has been there for ages.

Barn Kept

A little photo essay from the barn. Some nice fall light and the camera was charged up.

The only true barn find in the bunch is the old wrench that I found in the barn we live in and that I used as a stop for the door lock. 

Heat. And Eat.

I think those of us without A/C can appreciate a nice grill or BBQ dinner in the summer more than most.

To have a tasty grilled split chicken with garden herbs that also refrains from adding 1 degree of temperature to the house is luxury indeed.

Also think that this angle looking back at house is one of the better ones.

The Loo. Before & After.

So, 99% there with the bathroom remodel, so thought I would share the before and after.

Really pleased with how it turned out. Although the floor heat will be months before we can enjoy that petit luxury.

Moving the toilet from 'on stage' to the corner really made a difference in the space and flow of the room.

We tried to tow a fine line between polished and rustic. Otherwise it would stick out like a Porsche at an Aztec show.

Thanks to Greg Kennedy at Kennedy Home for the plumbing, tile and general refinishing of the space. He let me demo it. And carry the heavy things.  http://www.kennedyhome.me/www.kennedyhome.me/Welcome.html

Raw Space

The bathroom was last in this condition when hay was stored here. The rebuild begins.

Basquiat in my Bathroom

Found this on the second layer of Sheetrock in the bathroom during tear our. Of course there was a second layer. Anyway. It was the floor plan for the bathroom we are finally removing. 40 years is a good run for a bathroom.

Tapping That Rod

That light rod. So the lights we ordered for our bathroom refresh came with 3, 12" downrods. We need a 6" drop. Which necessitated cutting and then tapping the rods. Which then required painting as I really marked them up in the tapping process.