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Comments (15)The client originally was interested in doing the project on an hourly rate consultation basis, to be done on site primarily. My gut feeling was that he wouldn't be willing to meet my expected minimum for each phase of the design work to really address all the details on site for such a large area. When I finally pinned him down on his expected budget, his thinking was that $100,000 would cover the construction materials, and he'd not be spending up to half that for installation as he'd do much of the installation himself. When I realized he was balking at a relatively low design fee, and didn't initially feel he'd want or need any help with hardscape layout/materials selection/detailing yet was floundering with getting up to speed on these areas, I quickly realized it would be a tricky relationship. If I had felt he was more open to considering design advice it might have worked, but instead it quickly became a situation where he wouldn't really contemplate the design issues I had with his changes to layouts, and wouldn't budge. I don't mind making changes based on client wants if they seem to work, but this design wouldn't bare much resemblance to my original design. Bottom line, with no willingness to receive professional advice and insistence on doing everything the way he preferred with no further comments from me; I could see that it just wouldn't work for either of us, and the low compensation for initial design work and desire not to pay for a design but rather consult on an hourly basis just didn't seem promising....See MoreOMG! I ordered the tile!
Comments (10)Tracey- I love that light fixture by the way. It is similar to one I am thinking of (though honestly, I think yours is more interesting..)and finally a tile decision!!!! WAy to go. As I said previously, I don't think you could have made a mistake with ANY of the contenders. I did go back to your original post just to "re-familiarize" myself with the winner, and I can see why you picked it. I think you will be delighted with it. I looked at the link you gave, and of course I have not seen the stuff IRL or spent the time looking into it, but I thought that some of the borders they had in that line looked quite nice as well. (are they the ones you are thinking of or is it a different one with mixture of noce etc?). Again I have not seen any of these IRL(except of course for the monocibec, daily:)but I did love the versailles one with those glass tiles that Blondell posted. However, it was my experience when I did my time looking for kitchen backsplash - I loved when I saw the glass tiles folks were posting on here, loved them in the stores... but when they came home with me... they stuck out not in the good way, but kind of like "why did she use them along with everything else?". I tried to find the specific ones in that post, and am not sure which ones they are because they are gorgeous and would consider using them as some sort of accent or border... but I think that what you are contemplating will be gorgeous, and RIGHT for you and your home. Enjoy the decision being made. (and sometimes, having a constraint like availability in a time frame is a good thing for indecisive types like myself and many others here). GREAT CHOICE!!!...See MoreToo many products too many choices
Comments (8)This is a fun post. I will say that in my busy working military life, I could get up, shower, shave underarms (daily), legs (3x weekly)makeup (eye shadow, mascara, foundation, powder, lipstick), hair (washed and blow dried, very short), dressed and out the door in 25 minutes. Now, years later, I use far less products and it seems to take far longer. When I was stationed in Spain I could get waxed, from top to toes, for about $7 so I never had to shave of pluck or anything. That made getting ready for work a real breeze. Now, in a typical morning I use: face wash - I use an Oil of Olay-type face cloth. hand wash - Dial Complete on all the sinks, two baths, mudroom, and kitchen. bar soap - I use a liquid soap; DH still uses the bars. :( shampoo - Daily conditioner - Perhaps once a week. hair serum - Never heard of it. hair mouse - No, but I keep a can of hairspray for the 3-4 times I year I might use it. toothpaste - At least five times a day. floss - Yes, but should more often. mouthwash - Listerine; twice a day for gum protection. shaving gel - Ha! The few times I shave I use shampoo. deodorant - Kept in both bathrooms and the bedroom. Wherever I dress I'm ready! body lotion - Rarely, but more so in winter. foot powder/or lotion - Gold Bond all over. face cream - No; but Mom says I should. foundation - Very rarely; 2-3 times a year. blush - I'm taking treatments for Rosacea so I'm good on the natural blush! LOL powder - Very rarely; 2-3 times a year. eyeshadow - Very rarely; 2-3 times a year. eyeliner - No; never liked the look. mascara - Can no longer wear. lipstick - Every day. I love lipstick with colour, but not the pale, dead looking non-color most gals are wearing now. I wear earrings daily, too. I love lipstick and earrings. And that's the daily stuff, add to that the occasional: hair coloring - I stopped coloring three months ago. I'm liking the "salt and pepper," heavy on the salt look! tooth whitening strips - No. nail polish/ base coat/top coat - I cut my nails as short as possible and push the cuticles back once a week. When I worked I kept them short and polished with a pale pink color. I did it my self. I do get medium length dark red gel nails for the Christmas season. nail polish remover - No need cuticle cream - No, but about every four months I'll get a manicure that does not include polish or false nails. They just soak, trim, work off the cuticles and do a hot wax dip. hand lotion - I keep bottles on each sink...See MoreToo Many Shower Choices!
Comments (6)I'm thought using chrome would make matching easier, but no. This morning the contractor said he would install a Speakman valve instead if I could get it by Tuesday, but I ended up going with all Delta, chosing Ara trim and the Delta 58473-25 In2ition 2.5 GPM Multi Function shower head. I'm returning the Speakman with a little sadness because it was quite lovely and obviously well made....See Morecharlikin
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