Justin's Beach House

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Recently we completed a job that I considered as so much more than just a job.  We were chosen to be a part of a very special building project called the Justin's Beach House Project.  Justin W. Jennings was a young man who diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor in July of 1988.  This news came to Justin just one month prior to entering his freshman year at Penn State.  Though he was very much a fighter, the caner got the better of him and Justin passed away with his family beside him prior to returning to college.

His family started a foundation (www.justinjennings.org) in his name and the result has been a beautiful home that was built right here in Bethany Beach to house families who, like Justin are undergoing cancer treatment.  This home is an opportunity for these families to get away from the arduous task of undergoing treatment and simply have an opportunity to come down to the beach to partake in some form of escape, if only for a short while.

Our job was to supply and install the tile in this house.  We were honored to be a part of it.  This past week an open house was held for all the participating contractors and I thought I would post some pictures of this beautiful home that I know Justin would be so proud of.  I was just told that the first family has been picked to come down and stay a week here in the home.

This first picture is a shot of the Gathering Room on the 1st Floor.  This room is where visitors will first come into the home

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The two pictures below are that of the Ground Floor Bathroom. Like the entire home, this bathroom is wheelchair accessible including a ramp that leads into the shower

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We installed tile in a total of 6 bathrooms.  This bathroom on the 2nd floor was one that is a shared bath and I wanted to spruce it up a bit.  To do so we installed a 6" border in limestone and then turned the inset on diagonal.  Also shown are some glass mosaic inserts that we placed in the middle area on a random pattern.
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Finally, I wanted to show a few of the rooms, exclusive of tile.  Everything turned out to be incredible and will be such a great place for all the future families to come for refuge from the storm that they are facing.  Hats off to all the builders, suppliers, and artisans that contributed to this wonderful project.
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This last picture says it all as this was Justin's moto and words to live by, taken from the song by Bobby McFarrin
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