On Monday, July 1, 2013 1:17:33 PM UTC-5, Swingman wrote:

Wobet sez it jus two espensive to comment?

I have no idea where my damn reply went. What I said (and this reinforces it!) is that the best way to get in touch with me is via email.

Loved the bathroom, Karl. Your design work has a real clean look to it that really appeals to me, and of course the execution is always great, too.

I just finished up a bathroom, but it was not nearly as elegant. I rebuilt a large bathroom from the ground up, new walls, new plumbing (pipes, drains (including jack hammering up the floor for drain position) and new plumbing fixtures (tub, drains, faucets, etc.), tile, flooring, all new electrical wiring for GFIs, new lighting, sheet rock, cabinets (store bought), paint, doors and hardware in 13 days. The owner actually took a shower and did his evening ablutions at the end of day 13.

It was a battle, but in the end it was OK as I got my price based on that kind of turn around.

In the end, it was nowhere near as satisfying as turning out something like you did at the old homestead.

Hey Leon... I can find out where to get the mesquite. Although there aren't many left there are still a few that make furniture up here that use mesquite. I helped a guy build a mesquite conference table a few years ago and he got the material somewhere in Seguin, which is a about 2 1/2 hours from you guys in Houston. There is a lot of mesquite for sale around here, but most of it is shorts and hard to use stuff. As you know, mesquite suffers badly from windshake, and you usually have to buy a lot more than you need to get the clear stuff you want.

I will hit you up here or at your email addy as soon as I catch up with my table making buddy.

Robert