It isn’t often a bathroom is truly themed to match the other rooms in a hotel but the three bathrooms of Hazelnut Inn will be beautiful exceptions. We will still make it functional and easy to care for by using lots of colourful ceramic tile and smooth plaster on the balance of the surfaces. Peter finished installing the cement board backing which will be under the tile this afternoon. The specialty tile is all on order and as soon as it arrives we’ll begin the installation. Stay tuned…

The Imagination Corporation has a good-sized painting crew laying on the paint inside the North Star Suite. As they triple-coat the base colours it doesn’t look like much is accomplished because at the end of the day the walls, ceilings and beams are the same colour as they were the day before.

However, a dramatic change occur when the talented crew gets to the glazes! In what seems like an instant everything comes to life. Rich patinas and weathered cracks appear like magic. This space is going to be like no other! Stay tuned…

If you were to lay on your back on the inlaid tile compass rose in the sitting area of the North Star Suite and look up into the dome high above you would see an ancient earth-centric map of our solar system. The planets are labeled with their Latin names. It is (almost) finished and the work lights don’t showcase it the way the final indirect lights will, but it already looks pretty cool.