Work Moves Forward On The House

 Getting ready for the new stuff to start going in the master bedroom....

Even Gary is pounding some nails to help Gary Kerr with the library wall.  I seriously teared up on Monday when I stepped into the living room and saw the work they had done.  It took me back to my Grandparents' home when I was little that had a front Parlor room with bookshelves filled with books on three walls of the room.  I loved that room long before I could read books and I have wanted my own version for a long time.  Not really practical for it to fill three walls in our house, but I hope that this room will be a special spot for our grandkids to read a book or be read to.  When I mentioned that to Gary, he pointed out that half of our grandchildren live out of state and won't spend much time at our house.  I too didn't live near my grandparents and we usually only visited once a year in the summer.  My grandfather died when I was four and my grandmother moved from that home when I was 9 or 10.  I don't actually remember seeing either of my grandparents reading in that room.  When we came, we spent our time in a large room/dining room near the kitchen at the back of their home (which was actually the ground floor of home with others living upstairs.  However, I didn't not understand that as a child, they took care of the yard with its many roses and to me, it was their house.) Anyway, I just remember the feeling of the room that books brought to me then and still do.  I am glad to have this small token of connection to my grandparents in our home.

The tile for the master bath is already piled up in the master bedroom, but I am struggling with the kitchen selections.  After I settled on the kitchen counter, I had to change my first choice for the backsplash tile because it wasn't quite the right colors of white.  At the tile store on Friday, I found something similar that had the right colors and tones that I wanted, but then the salesperson told me that I didn't need to worry about them having enough stock because "this is one of our most popular tiles so we keep it well stocked."  Yuck....I don't want the "most popular" tile. Now I haven't personally seen this white tile in anyone's kitchen.  Of course, I haven't been inside many people's homes in the past few years, so what do I know? But it is causing me to rethink my idea and wondering if I wanted to change it completely. Decisions....so many factors play into them when you are designing your living space.  Gary says I shouldn't worry and get what I want---but what I want is not "the most popular tile".  Does that matter to you?  Should I go ahead and get that tile or choose something different?  Stay tuned!