Today, Brent woke up and designed and built the fireplace hearth in the dining room. In the process, the first three pieces of the downstairs wood flooring was installed. The hearth is the black marble which will be installed in the foyer. Brent had some trouble in cutting the marble and not having it split. Some tiles broke when he simply picked them up, but he was able to salvage the broken pieces for the smaller areas. Code requires a minimum 14" width on the hearth but Brent decided to make the width 18".
We currently have about 85% of the flooring installed in the master bath shower. We are installing 1" square slate which is on a 1 foot square mat. Lynn spent the entire morning cleaning the top surface of the installed tile squares of mortar that during the process of installation had oozed through the tiles and dried. Her next job will be to clean out the excess mortar between each tile in preparation for the grout. Working with slate is difficult as is the marble, but the end results looks great. The different colors in the slate will allow us a lot of latitude in picking out the color of the tile for the walls.
On the way home we made a stop in Dillsboro, NC to eat at the Jarret House. Unfortunately, they are operating on winter hours and are only open on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. We decided to walk around the town and Cookie insisted that we go to the Smoky Mountain Dog Bakery. Yes a dog bakery. Inside the bakery smelled wonderful and Brent was temped to buy a treat for himself. Cookie surveyed the goodies in the glass display case but settled on the free treat offered by the owner. The owner of the bakery was very nice and we highly recommended visiting while in Dillsboro. I know that Cookie will pester us to stop on a weekly basis.
We are looking forward to spending the weekend with our girls and celebrating their 20th birthday on Friday. Brent is heading to Richmond, VA on Sunday for a job interview and will return home late Monday night. With guests coming in for Thanksgiving, we have decided to take a break from work at Zelda next week. We will head back over the mountains to Kings Mountain on Monday, November 30th.
This is a picture of the two vanities in the master bathroom.
Our wish for everyone to have a Happy Thanksgiving and safe travels to your destination to spend time with family.
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