Repairs And Whimsey

Last Fall we took a trip to Georgia.

I always like to bring something back for

the house...my version of a souvenir.

I found this old metal deer head hook

thingy in an antiques/vintage store.

As you can see, when we got home I screwed

him into an old frame I had already painted

white and called him a towel rack.

This is a temporary fix until Wild Bill gets

'round tuit' on a permanent one.

Since I proclaimed 2014 as the year to complete

things, we finally had the tile guys come and

re-grout our tub and shower.

When the builder built our spec house, his men

used the wrong grout around the tub and in part

of the shower.

Not to get too deep in discussion, but apparently grout

with "give" should be used in this area and they used

grout "without give" so the grout where the wall tile

meets the tub surround cracked...

Follow me? 

Nice clean non-cracking grout now...

Also, at the bottom of the next picture there

is a piece of tile trim separating the carpet

from the tile.

That trim piece runs under where the pocket

door slides.  That piece was never grouted

when the carpet men laid the carpet, so the

tile guys got that done too.

Here's the shower stall.

Little pieces of grout were coming

off the corner. Re-done and refreshed.

Next picture is the crazy slab on the counter

top. It is a little orangey-er than it appears here,

but no less "busy". 

These hand towels from Target have similar

colors in them, so that's what is in there for

now, along with plain white ones.

There is a lesson here I want to share

with you... always, always, always

have a home inspection done!

We thought since it was a brand new build

that it was well inspected...WRONG.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope

you learned something.