Trying Out Some Lights

I've been looking online for outdoor wall lights for the courtyard area. I found one at Lowe's.com and went to the store to see it and found a few more that I liked. I ended up liking the original light the most, but tortured myself for a couple of hours with comparing, deciding, and doubting.

This one was the Calvin Crest wall light. I liked it, but it had a bid too much design for me....too fancy I guess I should say.

 This was the Castle Creek large light. I felt it was a bit too modern.

 The Calvin Crest on the left with the Portfolio Bulow wall light on the right

Trying my original pick, the Andover (on left), with the Bulow on the right.

Below are the lights I decided to keep. They are called

Progress Lighting Andover

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Then I'm trying out these pharmacy lights for the kitchen. They are also from Lowe's and they are made by Allen and Roth. They can be hardwired or plugged in. I'm not sure these are exactly what I'm looking for, but they're close. I want more of a spot light aiming down vs. these that have light that reflects off the shade. Whatever I decide on, I need 5 of them. I'll keep on the lookout for something better.

Roof Is Cleaned Up and Finished and Floor Tile Progress

The moon this morning. My camera had an interesting glare spot, sorta looks like a planet.

All the broken tiles got cleared off the roof and the floors are coming along perfectly!

 Leo's tile cutting. He's a perfectionist.

I finished up two coats of stain on garage doors.

Have to wait on pool progress until I have real electric running to house meter. I'm having Leo do the granite countertops, I'm going to look at granite slabs tomorrow. Cabinet guy is supposed to be here any day to put island panels on. Final plumbing will begin when floor is finished. Thomas and I are working on getting wood floors (for bedrooms) picked out and installed. Almost done!!

Roof and Garage Doors are Finished

Some pictures of the past few days.

staining the doors

ceiling speaker

Roof tiles are by Eagle and are from the Artisan Capistrano line, Grand Canyon is the color name.

This chimney top is one of my favorite parts of the house

Home Depot sells these decorative garage door hardware kits.

Garage Doors, Floor Tile, and Roof Continuation

Today I got 1 1/2 garage doors stained. Almost all of the great-room floor got tiled. Roofers are about halfway done with the roof tile.

Thomas installed speakers yesterday

Leonardo gluing tiles

Below you can see how some of the tiles are boosted. This is a how they install new tiles to appear old, and more like a traditional Spanish clay tile.