The Eighth Day of Christmas

...my true love gave to me, 8 matching lighting fixtures

Seven Doggie Paws (in their tack room)		a 6 burner gas range		Five Doggie Tiles (in their tack room)
a 4 leaf clover entry		3 doggie leash hooks (for their tack room)		2 master bath sinks

and a Doggie Door into their own space.
Did you pick up the new items hidden in the list?

We stretched for something that touched on "8." We have 8 of these carriage-style fixtures around the outside of the house. Only a couple more remain to be hung.

Now, the 4 leaf clover in the wood of the entry is easy to pick up. It went in this week and is the first darn thing you see inside the front door. We knew we wanted an impact piece on the entry floor, with an intent to reference Irish heritage. Early in the project, John Hammerschmidt showed us some ideas from his wood flooring sub for corner knots. Two weeks ago, the time came to start this element.

The flooring sub brought in the corners, and on the fly, we worked out this design. By shaping it this way, the grain flows into the house from the door to the living room AND across the foyer from the hall to the great room. The intent was to put a subtle reference to Irish heritage right up front. Not only are there four corners with knots to evoke a 4 leaf clover, but the central piece is surrounded by a walnut stripe shaped like St. Brigid's Cross.

There are lots more touches we can cover, and only a few more days left on this theme. And, we're getting more finishes applied each working day. Hope you get to see the stone mantle that just went into the great room.