Sunday, June 17, 2018

Enduring inspiration

Yesterday, we had a lovely visit with our friend and Bill's client, Maria. Many years ago, Bill helped to build her home in Palo Alto and has returned many times to help with adjustments and repairs. As we walked around her home to talk about possible future projects, I immediately saw some things that have inspired Bill's decisions for our home, including the metal facing on the stair risers. We will have something similar but different on our stairs. Since he sees her much more frequently than I do,  I don't remember the details of her house, and it's fun for me to walk around and discover the seeds of his ideas for us.

Maria is an amazing painter and is now learning carpentry so that she can do more of her home projects herself. She is taking classes and learning to use power tools to create cool stuff. Lifelong learning is so inspiring.

The three of us (plus Riley the Dog!) also visited a stone place in Palo Alto to look for materials for our respective bathrooms. We didn't find what we need, especially since all of the dramatic slabs that we saw won't work for small-ish bathroom vanities. They do draw us in, though!

The metal facing on the stair risers

The texture that was created for the metal risers

Stunning, but not right for a small-scale application

Sequential slabs must be tracked carefully.

Wow.

Whoa.

Drama!

We'll be the judge of that.

Yowza.

I found a ducky!

Incredibly beautiful blues, grays, and more. These are individual pieces affixed together somehow and sliced. Unique!

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