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Literally, we are looking for the rock to go on the different areas of the house we are working on right now. The main part of the house will be a very light stucco. We are looking at stone that has some variation in it, but is still very light and muted. We took these pictures of some stone work that we thought would work with the design of the house. Some of the stone is a little darker than we are thinking, but we like how it is laid out.

This first picture is closer to  the color we are wanting,

but….

the walls here are more like the style.

Haven’t decided for sure yet, if the roof will be a darker color like this..

and then use a copper roof over the bumped out kitchen window and another arched window with arched roof above the garage doors.

These are just samples of colors not actual roof material.

There will be a small courtyard in the front of the house that can be accessed from the kitchen and a side gate.

We love this stacked stone wall for the courtyard. If you notice there is a planter that runs along the length of this.

We still have a little more planning work to do before we actually break ground. Soon, we hope.

What do you think of the stone?

Have a “rockin’ week!

Before we left for vacation, our friend Laura from Dela Designs, wanted me to come by and see the house she’s been working on for several months. This was originally an older farm house and they gutted it and redid it all. The day I was there the contractors were still there working on the house. It was getting very close to occupancy, though. It is located on a beautiful piece of acreage. I’m not really sure how much land it was sitting on, but it was quite lovely.

This is the breakfast room. The seating will be part of a banquette.

A window above the sink in the laundry room that looks out into the back yard. Notice the countertops are galvanized metal.

The sink in the guest bath is an urn. It looks great!

The teenager daughter is getting this precious vinyl covered headboard with mirror surrounding it. Note the cool pendant light in the dormer. This will be a really fun room when finished.

This is the covered back patio overlooking the pool. Way back in those trees is a creek.

Same patio looking out to tennis court. In the lower left corner is Laura’s great Dane, Rocky.

A view of the front of the house. It looks smaller than it is when you get inside.

If you look straight out from the patio, past the tennis courts, you see this absolutely wonderful barn! You can’t see it in this picture, but there is gorgeous  rock waterfall (large) in the very back of the barn. These are some lucky horses!!

Thanks, Laura, for letting me come by for a tour and take a few pictures.

Smiles!

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted, but we have been on vacation.  We took our 2 oldest grandkids to Colorado to look at schools in Colorado Springs (the Air Force Academy), Golden (Colorado School of Mines), and Ft. Collins ( Colorado State University).

This is a view of the campus and Chapel at the Air Force Academy against the Rockies.

The library at CSU.

We didn’t get any pics in Golden at Mines, because it was raining. Golden is a quaint little town nestled in the foothills of the Rockies.

We went on up to Jackson Hole, Wyoming to visit my brother and sister-in-law. They have a beautiful home in Jackson. Everything was so green and all the lupines were in bloom. There was not a bad scene any direction you look!

This is their house with all the beautiful trees and green. The hill in the back through the trees is the foothills to the Tetons. It is sooo gorgeous there!

We visited Grand Teton National Forest. The sights are breathtaking!

Overlooking the Tetons. The barns were built by early Mormon settlers

Another view from an enormous picture window in Jackson Lodge.

We, also, went up into Yellowstone National Park. What an amazing, but strange place with its geysers and bubbling mud holes and sulfur boiling up out of the ground.

The clearer the water the hotter it is.

Mud volcano.

Not all the sights were as strange as these. Here are a few more picturesque.

Yellowstone Lake…the largest lake above 7000ft is USA.

The lower falls cascading down this unbelievable canyon!

We saw moose, elk, deer, antelope, osprey, buffalo, a red fox, and various other critters. What amazing animals were roaming around.

Last but not least, you didn’t think you’d get away without a picture of my grandkids, did you??

Here is Mason and Madi with my brother. We were waiting to have a chuckwagon dinner and watch a show put on by some very talented ranchers. They were fabulous musicians and so funny our sides hurt!

Well, that’s where I’ve been. Now we will be getting back to work. We are still in the layout and planning stages of house we are helping design. Will show pics of some of this as it progresses.

Hope you enjoyed the tour. No doubt the best designer ever is our Creator! We saw some awesome real estate the last few weeks.

Here’s to beautiful sights in your life!