Singing the insulation Blues

Tucked and ruched into the walls, this denim insulation took on a sculptural look.  As we could not do a straw bale house this was the next best thing for us. No harm, no itch and no sneezing! It is comforting to know that we are insulated against the winter cold with blue jeans no less.  

sashiko-a type of Japanese embroidery done with running stitches,
white thread and indigo cloth

Looking at the walls with its inners exposed was a visual treat.  It reminded me of the running stitches on the flat fell seams of jeans, too. 

 I wish I had invented blue jeans. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes.

  Yves Saint Laurent

dome ceiling in one of the bedrooms

 There is no blue without yellow and without orange.

Vincent Van Gogh

"Pour down your warmth great sun!"

from Walt Whitman's Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking

salvaged windows from an old house in Albion (just south of here on the coast)

 

 

Visualize this thing that you want, see it, feel it, believe in it. Make your mental blue print, and begin to build. ~Robert Collier

kitchen area

Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.

~L. Frank Baum 

Now the walls are covered with its outer membrane of wood and plaster.  Still the house breathes in the ocean breeze and the cool air taste so clean.  The last layers are coming.  Selection of earth colors for the walls were chosen and it's a wait and see. 

Each time something is done, each stage, each step brings us ever closer to understanding and falling in love with the nature of this one simple house.

Splish Splash

 Everything is a miracle.  It is a miracle that one does not dissolve in one's bath like a lump of sugar.

~Pablo Picasso

 

It is time to look for a tub/shower for the guest bathroom.   Tubs are highly personal.  Some people love to soak for a long time and listen to music.  Others love candles and a good view.  Oh la la and when love is in the air........

There are so many styles and shapes.  I love the clean lines of  the simple, stand alone tubs.  I wanted the white tub above.  It turns out they are all too wide for the space.  Very disappointing.  I had to look for something else.  Plus, after all, this bathroom is very, very small.  I just felt because it is so small it needed something special. 

Herr Reinhart suggested a clawfoot tub.  We had stayed in the historic Wawona Hotel in Yosemite National Park years ago.  Our room had a private bath with a clawfoot tub with a shower.  I began looking at clawfoot tubs.  Not as costly.  Will fit in the small confines of this tiny bathroom.  It has a specialness.  And I could paint the outside whatever color I wanted if I so desired! 

 

Off to Ohmega Salvage in Berkeley to do some tub shopping! 

Photos from various sources.  Click on for links.