Thanks jruter and oylchick ! On the curtain. The rods I had they are tension rods. I just moved them to the ceiling. My ceiling is about 8.5 feet. The outer curtain is a set from ikea. Mostly decorative but if someone needed in the bathroom while someone was in the shower/bath they would provide privacy if closed. The inner is an 84 inch clear shower curtain. For me that was perfect it hits inside the 20/21 inch( cant remember which it is right now) about 6/7 inches in. Since this is a jetted tub it has an air intake that I didn't want it to cover so it wouldn't get caught if jets where on. This one is from bed bath and beyond. But I found a 96 inch online then measured an realized that covered the air intake so I didn't order it. Honestly, I googled 96 inch clear shower liner and extra long shower curtain liner to find it. The fan over the tub is also a light so I wasn't worried about light. I have hung all my curtains at the ceiling in the house and love the look. Tip most ikea curtains are 96 inches or 110 and they come with hem tape so they are a great source for full length curtains. But they didn't have a long shower liner. I will try to grab a picture later.

I can't speak to the in-floor radiation, although it sounds marvelous. We just did a retrofit of our 1910 whole-house hot water heat using the original castiron radiators. To our surprise and continuing delight, a new German high-efficiency direct-vent boiler with Triangle hot water heater has saved us over 50% each month over our old bills. We now have tons of heat, and we're in Maine. Do make sure that your original cast-iron radiators aren't repipable before replacing them? They don't make 'em like that any more, etc etc. For the addition, that's always tough. We removed a radiator in our kitchen, but made up for it a wee bit by relocating the laundry room directly below it in the basement. I'd kill for in-floor in my kitchen, but it is indeed terribly expensive. Up to you to decide what the priority is -- it certainly would be a very understandable outlay in cold climates like ours, and potentially could be paid for by the expected savings with the new boiler?

Woot! A positive ID, and such a lovely one too! I look forward to it flowering all summer for many years to come. Interestingly, this is the second potential link I've found to Portland. I do wonder who the rose lover was. On to pink rose #3. This rose is about 6' tall, upright, and shows no signs of pruning. It's quite vigorous and is pushing new canes up from the ground. It's growing in the roots of a Western Red Cedar that is at least 100 years old (we've seen it in aerial photos from the 1920s, and it wasn't small then). Quite thorny, this one is a repeat bloomer that bloomed continually all summer last year and has no hips. It's growing in a different area than the majority of the roses, so it could be from a different era, although so far they all seem to be from around the same time period. The buds are a coral pink, but it blooms out to a somewhat shocking bright pink. Someone who gardened here was a pink lover - the majority of roses are pink as are most of my 30' tall rhododendrons.

Those boards were probably never meant to be exposed as floorboards, but would likely have had a linoleum or rugs or oilcloth for low maintenance. There's no reason not to have them as finished floor now, however, if you can live with the dust-attracting gaps! If they're pine, it's quite hard to get a paint to wear well, because even old pine is a bit soft and scuffs easily. I think if I were you I would finish them with Rubio Monocoat, which now comes in a variety of stains, which you might find wears better than a paint. It's lovely stuff to work with, absolutely no VOCs, and you only need one coat, so although it's expensive there's no waste, you won't be choking and crying on toxic fumes, and you'll be done in a day. Takes a few days to cure completely. I already shared this link once this evening, lol: http://www.monocoat.us/2C-Oil/ They're a lovely company to work with. Lots of informative videos on Youtube, and you can talk to them on the phone as well.