This round is the Mason family.

Bill is like my father: concerned with proper infrastructure; not too knowledgable (or concerned) about aesthetics. Bill had the roof redone; the house rewired; a new furnace, an on-demand water heater, and triple-glazed windows installed; the foundation tuckpointed;and the old siding removed to allow the installation of insulation and a proper vapor barrier. Naturally, they couldn't put the old siding back on, and Bill had to buy new. He asked Elise what color siding they should buy. Elise said



Elise, we are told, is a ten-year-old who likes both purple and butterflies. Now, when I was ten, if I had to choose between something that was age-appropriate and something that was my favorite color, I would pick the thing that was my favorite color every single time.


Bill has no faith in his decorating ability, which incidentally makes it very hard to decorate -- how do you decorate a house as if it was decorated someone who can't decorate? I decided that he would go to the furniture store and buy the entire set because hey, it must go together, right? Bill's bedroom is not purple.


Bill bought Kitchen #4A, with optional combination cooker hood/smoke alarm.


Although it is a very American thing for the TV to be the centerpiece of the main room in the house and one of the first things that people see when they walk in, Bill wasn't raised that way. While the screen is appropriately large and manly, it's also tucked out of the way.


I thought the bathroom came out nicely, even if it is only #15C in the catalog.