We pretty much finished the bathroom this week (except for the glass block shower wall and a few cabinets, which will be going in next week), and so with a visitor here, we spent the first night in our new house! (To be clear, we are still a long way from moving in….the kitchen remains to be done.)

Here are some pictures of the bathroom. I think the design turned out nice. (I really had a lot of uncertainty about this stone tile, but in the end, I love it.)

shower

sink (I mail ordered this and was really happy with it.)

Yes, more purple walls! (Oddly, this is a google search term that often comes to our site.)

Brad hard at work (I cut most of the tile.)

My idea for a diamond pattern floor – more work, but doesn’t it look nice?

Sleeping in the new house was nice. It’s quieter than the other house, which I didn’t expect. The views from the bedroom are different of course, but nice. It will be even nicer with a kitchen and a few other things. :)

This week, it’s finally warmed up a bit so it’s back to work. We’ve begun wrapping and putting lath on the walls in anticipation of doing stucco. It’s good to see the house becoming more waterproof.

We also put the glass block in the exterior wall for the bathroom. When Brad did the glass block in the guest house, I was traveling so this was a new experience for me.

It starts out very messy…lots of gloppy mud.

Gradually starting to look like something from the outside.

These pretty light patterns are just what I was hoping for.

And here’s the finished product, from the outside…

and the inside.

We’ve been living in the house for one month now. (Well, at least, Brad has. I’ve been traveling a lot, but am home for a while now.)

When I got home this week, Brad had the glass block wall up in the bathroom. It’s really beautiful.

And these are the Amish hand-forged wrought iron hangers we got. They were inexpensive and look really nice. (The service of the place we got them from was great as well.)

My garden is doing well. We got the shade cloth up, and it seems to be helping with the wind. My peas are about to produce a second harvest, and they continue to bloom and grow taller. The cucumbers have blooms, and the beans look healthy. I am also transplanting some of my eggplant outside now.

The farm is good too. We go there every Friday to help harvest and continue to blog and add recipes and photos to their web site. This week we harvested lots of onions and garlic. On Sunday, we will be in the 33rd annual Rodeo July 4 parade with the farm. Should be fun. Look for pictures next week.