Monday, June 17, 2013

Love the lights at night...


Are these lights cool or what?  Got em at CostCo for about a tenth what the online 'carriage lights' go for. We were thinking they'd 'do' until we found and can afford something better, but you know what? We like em! The glass is kind of bubbled so makes that cool pattern on the walls, and the LEDs will burn out when we're about 125. They have photocell thingies too, so go off at dawn even if we forget to turn them off. What can I say?  You forget things when you're 125...

On another note -- the 'drivable grass' will be installed this week, so no more mud!   YAY!!!  This whole mud pit in front of the garage doors (probably stained with splashes huh?) will be drivable grass mats, with grass growing in between (see www.soilretention.com), then we'll have two strips along the side of the house to drive on, and strips continued on down the hill in concrete. No giant slab-o-concrete for these green kids, huh? Smart Cars will like rolling across grass to park in their new garage.  :-)

Saturday, June 1, 2013

Almost there!



Bathroom fixtures done, floor tiles done, counter top & sink done. Still need to paint cabinets downstairs and floor upstairs, and maybe paint the garage doors. This glaring white is a bit much, don't you think? Taking suggestions on a mix of white, Elephant Gray and Cavalry Blue for the garage doors.

We're going to go with 'Drivable Grass' (see http://www.soilretention.com/drivable-grass/do-it-yourself/) for the garage pad, and strips for the driveway. It'll look like a nice Zoysia lawn, not a huge concrete slab. The folks at the SuperSod place in Lawrenceville have been great to work with so far...waiting on quotes for materials and installation now.