Was starting to wonder if I’d ever get this place finished before our two years was up and it was time to turn around and sell it …
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very nice, very nicely done, I particularly like the reflected light above the table, is the light from the cans?
Thanx.
Hmmm, don't know exactly what you're referring to, as far as the reflection; there are a coupla cans above the island, if that's what you mean.Bruce
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..Bruce,
it looks like some light is being thrown up to the ceiling,
I just assumed it was from the slots in the cans themselves leaking some light thru their sides .
"edited for this:..OK ,I should just finish reading the posts before sounding like an idiot......I do like indirect lighting ...A LOT ...and that seems like just enough to soften the shadows above the hangy thingy .again ......BEAUTIFUL work
Edited 10/19/2005 11:52 am by maddog3
kudos & congratulations
especially like your choice of granite and tiles
could you give info on the tiles used on the bathroom wall along w/ your technique on upper walls
thanks John
Just posted the paint sequence ...
Granite in the bath is Verde Peacock, according to my stone guy, though it's got that Ubatuba look to me. Wainscot is tumbed peach travertine from Emser Tile.
Kitchen is Absolute Black w/ honed finish around perimeter, and the island is Verde Fire or Verde Fuoco, depending on where you shop.Bruce
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Those little low voltage fixtures aren't even a can. They're nothing more than a metal ring that snaps into a hole in the drywall, and a spring clip that holds the MR16 bulb in place from the back. The bulbs are translucent on the back side, so they cast a pinkish-violet light on the ceiling.Bruce
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Bruce , if I could pester you one more time for some data or a link on those lights, I have not seen anything like you describe?
.....thanks a bunch.Tom"
Got them from the Outwater catalog. They only post a little piece of their stuff online at http://www.outwater.com. The best thing is to try to pry a master catalog out of them. If you're into custom building, right down to the trinkets and doo-dahs, you gotta have this catalog. Commercial finish stuff too.
How 'bout I give you a little peek? If you've ever held one of the bulbs up to the light, there's a whole rangle of orange/pink/purple colors from the reflective coatings they use.
The fixtures are like $14 ea., and I needed 2 transformers for the 4 lights, plus shipping, plus four bulbs, so it was like $180-190 all up. But it works great, got them on a dimmer, and we have crisp, white, even light all over the table. Bruce
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....U Da' Man,
.thanks again Bruce .Tom"
Bingo ... clicked a different link at their site, and here they are!
http://www.outwater.com/catalog04/archpro/ap522.htmBruce
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Wow! Really nice!
You intend to sell it now?
At what asking price?
Hard Eight Bar B Que, Brady, Texas
"Always bet the Hard Eight!"
Probably something like$775K-$800K, but that is not a quote, so don't hold me to it. This street runs from about $650K-$1M, and real estate here goes up about 15% every year, bubble or not. At $775K, that'd be around $225/sq. ft., which is pretty common around here.Bruce
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Bruce, thanks for the link,
those will be perfect for my next disaster, I have to drop the ceiling just a little bit, and those fixtures will do the trick.Tom"
Great looking work to an even betterlooking effect. How is the base radiused around the bullnosed corners? And what is the trim wood and finish? This is a spec?Again, nice looks everywhere. "what's in a name?" d'oh!
Thanx.
My construction history includes a lot of trim work,and I think I have probably done or at least seen most of the possible variations of getting two straight boards to meet at a bullnosed corner. For my personal taste, I don't care for any of them; they all seem to look like patches, except in the case where you have a streamline type base, with a radiused top edge, and you butt it to a radiused corner block.
So on jobs where I have the choice, I'll miter the two pieces of base as if they're landing on hard-edge corner bead, shoot some caulk into the very tiny gap at the top of the joint, and paint it to match the wall. On my own house, in the pics, I haven't even bothered to fill the gap, and it doesn't bother me. If people, meaning other builders, notice it, I tell them it's just another variation on running base over bullnose, which it is.
Trim is all radiata pine milled to my design, with a transparent gray stain and satin Polycrylic on it.
We're living in it, but we're on the 2-year plan to get the tax break; it goes on the market next summer.
Bruce
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Edited 11/3/2005 11:53 am by Bruce
OK, gotcha now ...
Yeah, that was an accidental effect created by the light coming out the back side of the low voltage bulbs. The top of that hangy-down thing is all open. I had actually wired up there for rope lights, but when we saw the effect of those 4 little 12-volt lights, it was like "leave it just like that!"Bruce
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... and an exterior
Bruce
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Looks like really quality workmanship. Congratulations on fine homebuilding.
That's a Thermador range hood, right? They have a fully curved one that looks similar. I like how just the ends bend down on this one--a good choice for this setting.
Thanks.
Actually it's a Sirius hood. They have a whole line of them at http://www.kitchensource.com/range-hoods/. When you live in the sticks, you do a lot of shopping online. Bruce
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Aha, so they ripped off the Thermador design! <G> Sirius has a serious price, no? Thermador, too, but they ARE cool.
Hood was someting like $1800, but I don't know where you can get something of similar quality and look for much less, 'course if you can get the hot architect's price break somewhere, that could help. Bruce
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Very nice workmanship and details. In the bathroom, is that Silastone or similar above the wall tile? I want to get the same effect in our powder room - heck, are you available in Northern NJ in early 2006?
Keep up the great work....
Looks good from my house....
That's your basic faux paint finish over skip troweled drywall mud. In this case, its PVA, then a coat of warm beige latex paint, then green glaze brushed on and wiped off, then brown glaze sponged on and ragged off, then Deft lacquer to seal. The brush marks are part of the texture, so don't roll or spray anything.Bruce
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You, Sir, are Leonardo Da Amazing and MichalanFantastico all rolled into one amazing painter. I thought I was looking at faux marble at the very least - and maybe the real stuff, too! I gotta get me some skills like yours - very beautiful results. Thanks for sharing! Looks good from my house....
Very nicely done. I like your island counter, is that granite?
jt8
"Real difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable. " --Theodore N. Vail
Thanks.
See post #11Bruce
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Oops, sorry, I meant see post #13Bruce
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Nice work, were in Denver. What town in Colorado is your house located?
We're in Durango. And in answer to the inevitable question, "What brought you to Durango?", we were looking for an expensive place with no jobs, and here we are!
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Bruce,
Incredible, extraordinary, exquisite taste and workmanship Juxtaposition of all the colors and materials and textures is impeccable. You have several talents and gifts. Great looking, well done landscape as well.
When I read your bio and S/W Colo. and before I got to your post about Durango, I knew that was your location. I lived in and remodeled a Victorian there in the late 70's and still follow the real estate market. If I had just kept my 4 acres a couple of miles south of Purgatory... well I didn't and I still weep. Short of only a few other areas, real property appreciation in Durango is at the top.
Zbalk
Well, shucks, don't know what to say about your glowing compliments. Thanks, though.
I don't know if you've followed the real estate scene south of Purg since the resort changed hands six years ago; let's just say my sympathies to you for not holding on to it until about now. The North County area will change, which isn't all good, but land anywhere near the highway up there is worth a bundle.Bruce
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Are these the 'before' pictures? Show us the pictures of what it looks like after you remodeled. ;-)
Just kidding of course! You've done a wonderful job. It looks like allot of thought went into this project.
-Terry
Bruce
Looks great, good coordination on the colors! I'm typically not a big fan of modern/contemporary, but if its well done, and yours is, I have a real appreciation for it.
Doug
How does the glass hood hold up? I would have thought they would get oily/dirty and demand continuous cleanly.
eric
The hood gets dirty in time; I guess it depends how anal someone wants to get about cleaning it. We don't do a lot of cooking that would involve oil mist in the air, like frying, so that makes a difference. Got hydronic heat, so no moving air blowing dust around. It's also in a location where only rugrats are looking up through it, so that helps to hide the dirt. And it's just high enough that you can't look across the top of it, unless you're about 6'6" tall.
Our guideline is that if we're having company over for dinner or whatever, it gets cleaned. Otherwise, it goes about 3 weeks or more between cleaning. Not a big deal, really.Bruce
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Bruce I am thoroughly impressed. What's the deal with the floor it looks like patch work. I mean that as a compliment. Is it just the photo or are there different tones or species present in the floor? Kudos
Floor is all one species, kempas, which is a SE Asian hardwood. It has a whole range of colors and some grain variations as well. Some look like walnut, some mahogany, some cherry, etc., but they have a pleasing look together. Stuff is amazingly hard. It's actually an engineered plank, 7.5" by 7'. The "patchwork" look is just a way for them to throw every little scrap into a plank. I would not have minded longer pieces, but it cost me enough as is.Bruce
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Thanks for the info. I remember an article in FH called Boneyard Marble form years ago and that article showed me that as builders alot of times we have access to some really quality, beautiful materials but in limited access like on my present job there was over 9000 ft of engineered flooring -glue down sand and finish in place in the traditional manner, and there are five boxes of maple and two of oak left. The look of the Kempi sparked my imagination to consider what if I thoroughly mixed or shuffled several species, if it would look like crap or if it would come out looking great. I don't know but it would be a bold move, and pulled off right might be pretty cool. Just a thought and thanks again.
ps After reading the boneyard marble article me and another guy bought 3000 square feet of back stocked marble from a supplier in Beltsville Md. and have used over 2000 square on projects. We used fifteen hundred on the first project. At 2.00$ / ft. it was a steal. Quantities ranged from 70 ft to over 700 and there was a mix of granite, marble, and travertine. The travertine is still mostly there. This was before I had a digital camera.