Tee Hee Hee and Today's Update

I was reading a post on the Decorating and Renovating message board on the Nest today.  The post was about avacado bath fixtures.  It made me laugh because I have a secret adoration of all home things that are avacado.  It must come from having grown up in a house with avacado appliances and sink in the kitchen.  I hate to admit it, because I must be one of 10 million people who feels this way about that fantastically ugly color.  I remember how much my mom hated it. Maybe my feelings about avacado come from deep desire to spite my mother. I don't really know.  Please don't ask me to explain why I love avacado, but would love, in on another planet, to incorporate avacado green into my home.  It just would make me feel good.
Since I am the "Time Queen" right now, I decided, for nostalgia's sake, to Google 1970s avacado house.  I found tons of pictures that made me miss home. One of my new favorite sites that I found, Ugly House Photos contains the most fabulous pictures of homes in all their 1970s hideous glory.
As I perused the photos on my new favorite site, I saw a bunch of pictures from European bathrooms.  And guess what I found?

Check out that fantastic, TANKLESS, avacado toilet!  It looks like the plumber was really right- my exposed tank toilet is truly something out of the 1920s, because clearly, 1970s European toilets were already tankless! 

In other exciting news, the house is moving right along!  Sadly, I am having trouble uploading the one picture from above, showing the now completed walls for the staircase.  Boo!

But, the walls that run up along the staricase are now complete.  I can show a picture from inside the house though- very cool!

And now, we know exactly where the electrical access panel will be located.

The cellar is also becoming compartmentalized.  I walked along the wall and turned to the left, thinking I was walking into Joern's garage.  Then I realized I was lost in my house- I was actually standing in the entertainment room!

The wall between the fitness room and the foyer is also progressing.

And, there is something on top of my garage.  Looks like insulation?  Maybe that will be laid out on top of the garage?  Joern will clarify this next week :)

And the last picture, especially for my Hong Kong readers:

It appears that the excavation for the multi-family homes is complete!