More is happening to the half bath - turned - pool bath. Our contractor's drywall guys came by to finish framing in the shower and the shelving. Unfortunately, there are 2 parts of the house that are technically not part of the square footage, as there is no ventilation/air vents. The half bath - turned - pool bath is one of them. Well, we added a vent, as you can see here. What was once just an opening right into the bathroom is now a small hallway into a bath and the laundry room. This will *hopefully* be terrazzo tile. Tile time for the pool shower. Once again, we used the glazed 4 x 4 tile from B & W. Sadly, this will be the last post about the pool bath for a little bit - we ordered the wrong amount of tile, and need another five square feet to finish, which means that with the holiday we have to wait a while until B & W can send us more. Also, we are still trying to find an installer for the terrazzo flooring that we want in the bathrooms. So, until we get that settled, there are other improvements that are coming along. Stay tuned!
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If you have been by The Gist Restoration at any point since February, you probably noticed that we have a lot of trees in our yard. Nathan has a background in biology, and grew up in a family that was passionate about growing their own fruit. Nathan only has two rules when it comes to trees - they either have to be native or bear fruit. In the backyard, we have two Rhus Lancea (African sumac) trees that we simply cannot tell if they were originally planted there, or they grew from seeds that dropped in from our neighbor's yard. Although they are drought tolerant, they are extremely messy and have not been properly planted or cared for, and have torn up a good portion of the planters in the northwest side of the yard. We took advantage of some *slightly* cooler morning weather to remove them. Most of the way done. Nathan nearly got heat stroke cutting the two down, despite the fact that he started at 5am. Be careful doing work outside during the summer, folks. You can kind of see how the brick planter (center of photo, left of palm tree) is a mess from the root system. Mostly done. We are looking forward to there not being a ton of Rhus Lancea leaves blowing into the pool.
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In October 2016, Nathan & Rachel bought a 1958 Tom Gist custom home in the Mid-Century filled Wilshire Heights neighborhood in Tucson, AZ. This is our blog documenting the restoration! Archives
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