Redecorating Tor - Part 2

We made a trip back out to Manassas to take a look at the fabrics, borders and light fixtures we've gathered so far. Even after a few minutes we can tell that Gigantor's interior face lift is going to make all the difference in the world.
One of the black fabrics I brought, with a gold pin dot, is perfect for the new banquette cushions. The border I liked the best, though, is far too wide. Another one is okay, but 37' of it seems like it would be a bit much.

Rick takes a look at the border a bit more closely and determines it is an adhesive trim and pulls off without too much problem. So we're going to remove the borders throughout the entire interior, replacing it only surrounding the kitchen area to set it off just a bit.







The next thing to tackle is how to replace the fabric insets in the valances. The same fabric used in the banquette and mimicked in the border have also been used in the valances. They must have gotten quite a deal on this stuff, they used it everywhere! Enough already!













After removing the valance from the window, we find the insets are only stapled on and can be removed and recovered easily. Try the same black pin dot and decide it's too much ... will get a plain textured black and use the pin dot again for sofa pillows.










We had ordered one ceiling fixture to see how it looked before ordering nine ... there's not many choices in 12 volt lighting, but this one from Gustafson works perfectly. This change in itself will make a huge difference.




The white plastic fixtures came standard ... we are replacing them with this satin nickel one.

We leave Tor to go to a granite fabricator who did our kitchen and baths in our Georgetown home. He is a craftsman and we love his work. We get all of a half mile from Tor's storage facililty and see a granite workshop. It doesn't look fancy, but it is convenient. So we stop and what a find! They are not only craftsmen but artists. They are in the midst of creating stone plaques for Monticello and they are gorgeous.

The granite for our little bitty RV bathroom must seem like a joke to them, but they think it's fun and help us in our search through the stacks of granite. They whack off a chunk of a slab we think will work. Next step is to search for a new sink and faucets. We'll bring those back to Manassas Granite and Marble and bring Tor to them. They can do the installation right on their lot.