Two weeks ago we met with Araceli, who is our contractor’s main source for flooring, tile, and countertops. We have certain “allowances” or budget constraints within our contract that allows us to select from certain flooring, granites, tiles, etc. If we select other options, it will be an “overage” and we’ll pay extra for those options.
This was actually our third trip to see Araceli’s showroom, and we were easily able to agree again on our wood flooring – it’s a handscraped American Hickory Wood with a Chestnut Finish. Because we’re putting this over concrete, we are using engineered hard wood. This will be the third time we’ve installed engineered hardwood in a house – first the Lodge and then the Lake Cottage. So we’re very comfortable with this. And the fact that it has a lifetime structural warranty and a 50 year warranty on the finish doesn’t hurt either.
Moving onto the bar bathroom, we have boxes of left over tile from the Lake Cottage entryway and guest bathroom. When we purchased it, we intended to put it in the downstairs lake room (like a mudroom, but it walks out to the lake), but in the end we did something else for speed and economic reasons. As a result, we brought the excess tile down to Texas with us and took two pieces of tile and a piece of the bullnose to Araceli’s showroom as you see above. I like that this tile looks like slate and it will be in a bathroom that has a door directly to the pool porch.
We also selected flooring for our master bathroom, family bathroom, and laundry room.
And we selected granite countertops for the kitchen, bar, and bathrooms.
Another bonus was that Araceli had our kitchen sink, and I was really happy to actually put my eyes on it!
So we are continuing to move ahead, even if at a slower pace right now. And honestly, it was a tiring 2 and a half hours – John ended up going outside and sitting in the car for the last half hour. We hope you are all doing well with your social distancing and sheltering at home. Thanks for stopping by and stay safe!!!
Hugs, Libby