The granite and an old door are installed

January 26, 2012 by Heather Lucier Stanley Comments Off

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The 2nd week that we had the house under contract, it got more and more exciting. I started playing with paint outside the house with my interior decorator and the builder…and voilà, the granite was installed. The fireplace surround and hearth, and the kitchen and bathroom cabinets are topped with polished black granite.

The builder selected a polished black granite before we got involved in the project. We had a honed black granite in our suburbia house. The honed black granite is not shiny and reminded me of chemistry lab tables in high school. I like both the honed black granite and the polished black granite for their modern look and feel.

On another note, I love old doors. The door leading from the living room into the living room sun porch is at least 50 years old, real wood, untempered glass and has so much character. “They just don’t make doors like they used to,” we all said at some point: the builder, the carpenter and I. We all share an appreciation for old doors. Alan didn’t care either way as long as the dog door fit.

1937 remodel

About Heather Lucier Stanley

Heather Lucier Stanley grew up in Central Massachusetts and lived in New England until she started studying at the University of Michigan where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing and Literature. In her early 20s, she moved to San Antonio, Texas and started studying business and accounting. In her late 20s, she became a Certified Public Accountant. She has held many varied and interesting business and volunteer positions: public accountant, internal auditor, systems implementer, project manager, business analyst, tax preparer and Austin Skiers board member. While traveling 35% for a position she held, she earned her Master of Information Systems (MIS) at the University of Phoenix. She is enthusiastic about learning and trying new things. A few of her passions are personal development, fitness, snow skiing, and travel. She is outgoing and real. She feels that success is easy to attain if the individual defines what success means to her and then has a plan to achieve her individual success. No two definitions of success are the same because each of us is unique and has something original to share with the world.
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