Thought I'd also show another part of the furnishings.

The fuse panel is next to the front door at the foot of the steps, the closest thing that could be called an "entry" to our house. It was not a pretty thing to look at from the living room and long ago we decided we'd cover it with something but deliberated on what that something was. Artwork? An entry mirror? Hmm.

We'd met Suzanne Crane, a ceramic artist from the Charlottesville area, at a few area craft shows. Her husband does great furniture grade finish work to compliment her ceramic tiles and basins. We couldn't afford one of their collaborative efforts so we purchased three of her tiles and I set about making an appropriate frame for them. I used the left-over material from the kitchen table project, reclaimed pine from a 200 year old warehouse in Georgia. It's beautiful stuff and compliments everything else in the house. We also had an old mirror from our house that was recut to fit this spot. Here's how it turned out.

It's hinged on the right side and stays closed with magnets glued on the back which stick to the fuse panel door. We turn off the hot water heater breaker when we're away and this hinge and magnet arrangement allows easy access to the panel each time we visit. My brother David helped me hang it when we were there for vacation last summer.

We've also added some artwork, a present I bought for Terry from our local artist, Ryan Dockiewicz at The Wooden Fish (www.woodenfishcc.com). She's a beaut and fills a big void on the wall in the kitchen. Gene's got a larger version at Kelly's Gingernut Pub and both are great works of art.