House Progress

We are continuing to work on the house, inside and out. Here are a few pictures that were taken today.

We are creating a flagstone path on the side of the house toward the master bedroom.

This is what the pool area looks like at the moment. The waterfall is unattractive, and that's being kind, but we intend on giving it a makeover after the landscaping and hardscaping projects have been completed.

We are adding natural stone ledgers in the front and back. This is the front of the house. You can see that we still have a lot of stone in the driveway. When delivered, we had right at 20 tons.

This is just another view of the front of the house. A lot of the old, dying or otherwise unattractive plants have been removed. Only a few have been replaced, but I'm expecting the new ones to arrive today.

Here's the dining room project which is STILL underway. I haven't finished recovering the chairs. The fabric arrived yesterday, and since Elizabeth has a cold, well, I do what I can. The fabric strip on the table is just that, a strip of fabric. I'm thinking of making a runner from it, and adding some fringe, maybe even beaded. I'd like to put something on the sconces and something in the larger travertine floor vase, but I haven't found anything that looks good so far. I added the hydrangeas for color, but I'm not convinced that I like it exactly as is, so I may modify it a bit. The room is still a little too bare/stark for my taste, so I'll be working on it. Maybe place settings?