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4332. thoughtful - 8/12/2008 9:20:39 PM 
This is the view from my bedroom window. It's in a nook (you can see the outside of it from the back view...left-most window) above which will be an arch and below I'll be placing a chaise which I'll probably never leave. Sigh.
I feel like a kid waiting for xmas...Hurry and finish the house already!
4333. thoughtful - 8/12/2008 9:23:52 PM The worst part of it is, I look out the window and say ahh what a view...hubby looks out the window and says, I need to do more mowing....those lower limbs need trimming....drives me nuts! 4334. wonkers2 - 8/12/2008 10:35:26 PM I'm sure a lot of thought went into your house. Nice! 4335. arkymalarky - 8/12/2008 11:15:55 PM Wow, that's great! Love the views and the water. 4336. judithathome - 8/13/2008 5:34:50 PM Absolutely stunning! When can we expect to be invited for the weekend? 4337. anomie - 8/21/2008 1:41:04 AM It's been pretty cool watching your house go up, Thoughtful. May the good progress continue... And what a beautiful site! 4338. arkymalarky - 8/21/2008 2:08:42 AM I'm anxious to see the details--colors, fixtures, all that fun stuff! 4339. arkymalarky - 8/21/2008 2:09:13 AM Though, I must add, it is all fun stuff. 4340. thoughtful - 8/21/2008 1:41:12 PM Thanks, guys. I'm anxious too.
The dining room window in #4331 is set in a bump out and will have a deeper sill...probably about 12". I want to put my orchids there and so want to have a waterproof sill.
So, trying to be green, I dutifully found bioglass which is made from recycled glass. I thought, great...I could maybe even light it from underneath, get a really cool effect. So I went hunting and finally found a place. No they didn't have samples, but would quote me a price.....$8,800! For a window sill!!!
I said, this is made from trash, right???
So now I'm hunting for granite instead, preferably something with blue. Naturally, I found out that blue granite is the most expensive. A guy has come up with a remnant and I'll be sure to be sitting down when I get the price from him. It's called blue pearl.
I mentioned this to my sec'y who said, can't you just use saucers under the plants like the rest of us??? 4341. judithathome - 8/21/2008 2:36:18 PM Ha!
NO!
One thing that saves money is getting a thinner slab of granite. Saves a lot, and still looks great. 4342. judithathome - 8/21/2008 2:36:44 PM OR, what about granite tiles? 4343. thoughtful - 8/21/2008 4:08:27 PM Y, someone else mentioned granite tiles as a less expensive alternative. The other thing I could do is use the same granite as a fireplace surround in the library. Apparently since you're buying the material anyway, making max use of it saves some bucks. So, as we're getting in caesar stone for the kitchen counters, I could maybe get some of that for the dr too.
Or i could cover the area with copper flashing...
Choices, choices. 4344. wabbit - 8/21/2008 5:17:44 PM Some beautiful counters can be made with concrete or paper. 4345. judithathome - 8/21/2008 5:48:30 PM Those "green" counter tops made of recycled paper look great...and seem to be the wave of the future. They are waterproof, heat proof, and have a huge choice of "looks". Probably are a little more pricey now but if the decoraters get a whiff of enough of them, they will take off like granite has.
Personally, as a watcher of HGTV, I'm a little sick of all the pushing decoraters have done of the granite this and granite that...in a few years, they will be on to something else.
And no one ever mentions how carful you have to be of granite or marble countertops...one carelessly sliced tomato or lemon done on a countertop with the juice left to stand and presto, you have permanetly etched spots on your expensive countertops. (Speaking from viewing the experience of my friends who did this a few years ago.) 4346. robertjayb - 8/21/2008 8:51:27 PM Oh! The humanity! 4347. judithathome - 8/21/2008 9:46:00 PM Well, it may seem hilarious to you but after paying three grand and ruining it right off the bat, they didn't think it was that funny. 4348. robertjayb - 8/21/2008 11:11:59 PM No, it isn't funny. 4349. arkymalarky - 8/22/2008 12:03:16 AM I paid that for all the counters and cabinets in my house.I know I would damage counters, so if I spent a lot of money I'd want something that wouldn't be so easily marred. 4350. judithathome - 8/22/2008 3:20:25 PM Arky, next time you're here, we should go see their house...it's a 50s gem...the walls are mahogany paneled and they have what the Japanese call a spirit screen in the entry...it's made of stone and you walk in the door and have to go either right (to the bedroom wing) or left (to the living room, kitchen, dining area.) The stone wall is about 10 feet tall.
The house is built sort of in a curve around the patio area and the living room looking onto the patio is solid floor-to-ceiling windows.
It's on a pie-slice shaped lot where two two streets converge and they have gorgeous mesquite trees in the front yard.
He has a small studio inside the house (bronze sculptor) and it's really interesting to see his work space. 4351. arkymalarky - 8/23/2008 1:24:26 AM Oh, that's who it is? Sounds like a lovely place!
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