The Rhodes Family

365: Day 112

A Dog's Dinner

The dogs have my Dad so well trained now regarding their dinner, that at 5:00pm exactly they begin their hard stare routine.

And yes, my glass really is that dirty.

So Close

So, I've had several requests for updated house pictures, not a lot has changed since the last ones, except we've had the wood floors refinished and the tiling is slowly progressing.  Here's a look at where we're at:

Study, now painted a lovely 'stone' colour by Ralph Lauren.  Actually, painted by me, not Ralph Lauren himself, he just provided the colour.

Living room fireplace, awaiting it's grey pencil mosaic tiling, bottom cabinets to the right of it, and chunky cantilevered shelving.

From the living room, looking into the kitchen, awaiting white cabinets, and grey soapstone countertops.

Master bedroom, I got half way through painting it on Friday, and then was distracted by Elizabeth bringing me hamburgers and the like.  

Getting Closer...

Elizabeth and I were talking this morning about how the house project somehow snowballed from; 'let's paint the ceilings', to; 'let's rip the whole house down to the studs and redo it all'.  How did that happen?  Anyway, I have to say it is finally starting to look a little like the way I had hoped it would - which is, nothing like any other house in Bay County.

Here's a look at our progress:

Study, off the living room.

Looking from the living room into the kitchen.

Looking in from the front door.

Kitchen, entry into new pantry.

Madness

Because Bill and I really like to punish ourselves, we have put a contract on a house just outside of the Country Club. Unlike normal people, we are incapable of going out and picking out a nice, normal, all ready to live in type of house. Instead, we prefer to find the strangest, most in need of tons of work type of house. Why do we do this?...Because, we're mad, no, actually, we just really like the land. This place completely caters to the introverted, hermit life lifestyle I spent three years cultivating in Colorado, because it's on a couple of acres, and it's kind of like a compound that nobody can get into, as it's walled in, and, much to Matthew's great excitement, it has a big electric gate! Luckily, we don't close on it until January, so we've got some time to really start regretting this one. We're back and forth on whether to knock down, or rebuild, but seeing as we can't really do anything until we sell something in CO, we may just live in it as is - that'll be fun.

Anyway, pictures below. I'm really into the bathroom tiles, we'll definitely keep them. My brother thinks the '70's school gym inspired' barrel ceiling is the real keeper.

Help!

Not a bathroom to use when you have a bad hangover.

A disappointing lack of bananas in this house for Chester.

That's all for that.

Couple of things for Christy and Jen: Yesterday I went to the MAC makeup counter with a friend, and ended up having the girl put stuff on me as well. So, I go to pick up Daniel at school later, and he gets in the car and sees me with all this makeup on and goes, 'Mum - what's wrong, are you sick? Your eyes are all purple'. Then Matt comes in off the school bus, looks at me and does a double take, and goes, 'What happened to you? You look like an old person, trying to look young, but looking really old'. Thanks boys, guess I'll stick to the bare face, and ice Mustache - Christy says guys think it's sexaaay!