So, I got all these pictures today from Henry. I don't think they know I went by that last day and took a few myself. I thought I'd put a bunch up so I can talk about it with my blog friends.

First, the thing I'm very happy with is the Crema Maya stone that is in the bathrooms and in the floor of the terrace. The floor and bench in the showers are made from it and the solid piece sink and counter top for both baths.

I was hoping I'd feel this way, I do like that it is all one piece of stone. I don't know what kind of stone, perhaps limestone?, but it is from this peninsula and is used a lot. It's really not expensive compared to other stone like marble or granite.

I wanted a wide sink but not really deep. I throw water on my face pretty often and need a sink wide enough not to flood everything. So, the shape is good. All in all, I'm really happy with these.

They sandblast or somehow rough up the part that is on the floor of the shower so you don't slip. They polish the part that is on the counter, I think that has already been done at the shop.

Nice simple style in the front, I don't know what this double roll shape is called.

OK, Now the doors. All of the doors downstairs are original but they are not as old as the house. They are probably from the 1920's to the 1950's somewhere in there. The door man took them away and refurbished them and stained them. He left the glass that was in them in place.

That glass is a bit of a problem for me. There have been quite a few places that Henry suggested we use pebbled, frosted glass like is in these doors. Every time I said no, that it looked too much like a dentist's office to me. Well, I'd forgotten that I had a bunch of it in all these doors.

For years I went to a dentist on Sutter Street in downtown San Francisco and I swear that walking down the hall of that old SF building looked just like this.

OK, not exactly, most of the doors were single doors and not double and the floor was a really disgusting linoleum they had probably laid over beautiful marble. Plus, when one of the panes broke, they replaced it with even creepier pebbled, frosted plastic!

Here's another example. City Hall in San Francisco has some of these same type doors with the pebbly glass only the floors are still marble. It just reminds me of work, I spent too much time there when I was working for the City and feeding at the public trough.

Maybe I just need to get over this aversion to pebbly, frosted glass. Tell me you like it or that it reminds you of something good, all my memories with it are not of the good variety. Tell me you wouldn't feel like you were walking into a large, old, dental building when you come in my house. I need something for this to be OK.



I like the ones going from the kitchen to the terrace better because they have the iron grill for air flow. I don't need that in the other doors but it does eliminate the need for pebble glass, less light though especially when they are closed.



I don't think there is any answer for this other than for me to just adjust and get used to them. I suppose I could spend a lot of money I don't have to replace the old pebble glass with newer... what? I can't even think of what kind of glass I would use if money was no object. Arrrgh! I just have to adjust my brain on this.


To get my mind off pebble glass, here's a pic they sent of the pond. Interesting. The rock remains, and there are rocks going in around the edge for a coping. I hope they leave space for plants between them. I'm kind of exhausted though and feel like just letting them do what they have in mind and seeing if I like it.