Recently, Steve and Donna from Harwood's finished working on a few of the built-ins. The tall doors are for the storage at the end of the hall, the short doors are for the buffet in the dining room. This is the original Philippine mahogany. These doors are to the hall storage, where the step ladder is in this photo. The original stain on this was much lighter, but with the age of this wood, it was decided that this color stain would work out much better. Set in place. Excuse the piss poor lighting - everything was open due to the strong smell from the stain and sealer. Sealed and ready to go. Once again, the grain on this wood is just stunning, and although it took several months for Harwood's to complete this project, we could not be happier with the results.
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So recently, we had the folks from Conway Tile come by the house to measure our counters for the quartz that we decided on for our counters. I also thought it would be a good way for you faithful readers to have another look at our kitchen cabinets. After you order your counter from Conway, they send one of their reps out to take measurements based on the design you (or your contractor) provides. They create templates, then take the templates back to their shop to do the custom cutting. Mmm, African Tiger Stripe Mahogany. Ahem. Anyway, Conway Tile is the place that most contractors in Tucson use for counters, and it's easy to see why - they are reasonably priced, they are extremely detailed, and they do great work. Not only that, but they recycle the water they use to do the cutting of materials, something that makes a ton of sense here in the desert. It's fascinating to see this take form, as we are getting close to having everything installed and ready to go.
One of the issues that Tucsonans have during this time of the year is the North American Monsoon. From roughly July 4 to mid-September (officially June 15 to September 30), short yet intense thunderstorms provide much of Southern Arizona's rain for the year. One can almost set a clock to the summer storms, as they hit nearly every afternoon in the Tucson area. If you have seen any desert southwest photo of a cactus with lightning, odds are that photo was taken during monsoon season. The problem is, they are extremely dangerous, and folks often get trapped in flash floods or lose power due to errant lightning strikes. Therefore, any outdoor work ends up slowing down. That's just how it is. In our previous post, we showed you the progress that we've done painting parts of the patio and guest suite. Ultimately, we needed to finish the backyard exterior doors before they were installed. With the nearly daily rains, properly priming and painting exterior doors is vital. Several of the exterior doors when we bought the house had not been properly primed or repainted, so the doors had rotted. And yes, some were mahogany. Oh well. We thought, since the pool bath door and kitchen door were both part of the patio that we could get away with painting them a different color than the guest suite and master bedroom doors. Nathan was obsessed with this lime green color. I figured it couldn't hurt, since it is just paint. I like the crazy pop of color. Surprisingly, it works.
...can be endless. Since we are still waiting for a few things to be finished inside, Nathan and I decided to work on the exterior areas of the house. Since we closed one door to the guest suite, and changed a window to a door for the pool bath, we had to prime and repaint the exterior parts of the back of the house. Our contractor did an excellent job of matching the exterior fascia on the side of the house, but honestly, we were not too crazy about the matching color of the exterior anyway. So, we decided to try a new color under the patio area, since the color there was a little lighter anyway, and it was a good place to test a color. We were settled on the gray, but were not too sure on the door colors. We went with Dunn Edwards' Tarnished Silver, and so far we are pretty pleased with the color. With a pop of color on the doors. The darker color makes the adobe really stand out, which is part of why we decided to change the color. We are thinking about changing the roof fascia color as well. Thoughts?
Hello, faithful readers. It's been a while, but we have some fun stuff to show you! We painted the pool bath. I like how the shelving turned out. The pocket door (blue strip) has been installed, too. We also got the rest of the tile from B & W. So, here we are, the pool shower is finished. We are waiting on Terrazzo flooring from Fritztile for the bathrooms. Things are moving quickly, which is nice to say, for once.
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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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