Art and mirror up really make house seem my home

These are just a few of the things on the walls.  And my sister can stop worrying.  The piece she finds objectionable is hanging in my room.   Teenager helping me find the northwest art cool but the objectionable myth piece showing Pygmalion sculpting Galatea who was brought to life by Venus at Pygmalion's wish for the perfect woman he found creepy.  The objectionable piece is a framed poster of Jean-Leon Gerome's painting.  My sister finds any depiction of nudity objectionable so was fun in Las Vegas to get her to pose in front of statues at the Bellagio and the Forum casinos and snap photos.

Bright red is not navy mixed with bright blue !!

So I ordered a shag rug to go next to the soaking tub in the color scheme of navy mixed with bright blue.  I was all excited when the rug was delivered today but the package seemed too big and long for what I ordered.  I opened one end and was surprised by a bright red color.  The company is shipping out the right rug tomorrow but now it will not here in time for a visit by my son and his wife from Seattle. I have not seen my son for a year and his wife for even longer than that.  Well, you win some and lose others.

Garage footings were poured today since the rain held off despite the dark gray skies.

passed garage footing inspection yesterday

Not very exciting, more holes in the ground forming a rectangle, filled with rebar.  The inspector was here all of 60 seconds.  Long enough to look and fill out the form with the okay.

Footings dug for garage -- ignore fingers in photos

Another piece of furniture in place and some house jewelry

More construction items that are left over or to be used later were moved to the garage so I could get my buffet in its place.  Now I just have to find the fancy dishes in the old garage so I can fill it up.  The buffet is one of my pieces from Seattle that was not damaged by the water and mold in the portable storage unit.  It would be hard to replace since it was made of alder by a craftsman in Oregon.  I really love the old/modern look of the piece and the depth given the wood by the stain used.

The baubles were added to the chandelier in the dining room and for sure no one will notice where one of the arms cracked and had to be glued back together.  It is fun to have a bit of sparkly house jewelry.  The piece is not a traditional chandelier but comes from Spain.  It is made of all black and silvered glass with smoky crystal drops.

Living room starting to emerge from boxes

Unlike those HGTV shows such as Sarah's House where renovation also means selecting furniture that fits exactly in to the space, my budget doesn't allow for that.  So I am making the best I can with my existing furniture.  This means book cases are not going upstairs since they won't fit up there.  Instead they are put in the living room and one has to overlap a window a bit so their corner match up.  Also, the antique book cases have to be stacked up around the flat screen to make a surface to put the cable box and dvd player upon. And what am I going to do with all those speaker wires?  Drill holes in my new bamboo floor, really you say?  A quilt rack has become a towel holder outside one of the showers.  Various used pieces are being spray painted to fit into the decor of the back bathroom such as a little shelve unit to hold towels and provide a surface for guests to put toothbrushes, etc.