It occurred to me we have nothing besides a broom to pick up dirt and sand at the cottage – and the budget is currently screaming STOP – so I’m going to the Oreck dealer down the road to ask if they have any reworked old model vacuums I can buy cheap. We’ve got to get all that saw dust up so that everything can get a fresh coat of paint. Then.. we can decide what needs to be done with the floors – probably a sanding and new stain.
I’m also looking for two bargain bar stools. Fell in love with a bunch in Frontgate catalogue – way out of our price range – in another orbit completely. Maybe Ikea? In my junk hunting adventures, I have not found bar stools anywhere.
Let’s all pause for a moment to gaze at that sink in adoration……
This is the carrara marble we were able to get from our stone source. As I mentioned before, we’ve used this in homes a lot because it’s very durable, goes with a lot and used to be affordable. Naturally we thought it was a good choice for Stella’s kitchen counters until our Stone guy said.. “Well it would have been a good choice but currently the Italians are pissed at us and the cost has tripled. ” What did we do to the Italians? We’re Italian, does that help? A few days later he called with good news, he found a chunk in his warehouse and the cost was reasonable.
A picture of carrara marble in a stone quarry in Carrara, Italy…
The whale knocker has been reinstalled on the door, which needs another coat of paint. That’s Gerard the whale right there- why do I name so many things? Not sure – I’ve had that habit ever since childhood. I still have my collection of little tiny glass animals that lived in a shadow box for many years. On the bottom of each tiny figure are the names assigned, scrawled in pencil.
