Ok... ignore the date on this post and pretend it was done yesterday. I had this typed, I just didn't get it uploaded yesterday.
Mark this on your calendar… I’m blogging two days in a row. As we like to say at work, star for me! Lately I have been cruising the renovation blogs out there and have further developed my project list for the house. I remember what my mom told me about home ownership and specifically owning an older home, there is always a project. Man, isn’t that the truth. My mom is a very smart woman. Sometimes I think the projects will never end, but then I wonder what I would do if I owned a home that didn’t really have any “projects” to do. I think I might be bored with that.
The frustration I’m having with the project list right now is that it is growing faster than it is shrinking and there is a serious lack of cash money on hand for these desired projects. My latest obsession projects in addition to the landscaping projects are the kitchen and the attic space.
It is amazing what one statement like “I want a new bigger bed” can do. Somehow me saying I wanted a bigger bed turned into lets re-do the attic space to be the master suite. Just from my own knowledge, this is going to entail more than just hauling our bed upstairs. We are luck that the attic space was already finished and we don’t have to do that because that cuts the cost back considerably. However, something must be done about the stairs. Andrew has biffed it coming down the stairs more than once, which I think it part of the reason our computers quickly migrated from the desk upstairs to the dining room table. The other reason, it is hotter than an otter up there. The other night I simply went up there to hang up some clothes that had collected in the bedroom and I was sweating my buns off by the time I came back down. So, cooling the space is obviously an issue since neither of us sleeps well when it is hot. Andrew is going to check out our insulation situation in the attic and see if maybe we need to add some. We have also talked about needing to put in an attic fan and possibly just putting an individual air conditioner in up there, which seem to run about $200. There are air vents up there, but I think the air dies when it comes out of the vent, there is no way it is reaching the other side of the room. Andrew calls me the queen of lists, so I have created a task list for the attic master suite transformation:
- Stairs –need to be redone (we will likely need to bring in a contractor for this job, anyone know of any good ones?)
- Carpet needs replaced
- Heating/Cooling
- Lighting- the lights up there probably need to be replaced
Now here is my “wish list” for the master suite:
- Atwood bed from Crate and Barrel -$2400.00
- Sky lighting
- Master closet in the section of the attic over the front of the house
- Master bath…
So that is the upstairs project, now onto the kitchen. When we first moved into the house, I had visions of tearing out the entire kitchen and re-doing it. I’m here to tell you that stuff is expensive ladies and gents. Dang. I may have a movie star name, but I don’t have a movie star paycheck, sadly. I have come to the conclusion that re-facing the cabinets may be the better idea. That leaves me with an issue though, some of the cabinets are non functional in my opinion. Have no fear, I have a solution to this problem. I was at Lowes this week (bad idea) and came across a brochure is a bunch of different drawer options for kitchen cabinets. Then today, I was online and found several companies that offer similar products for a better price. Our corner cabinets are going to be the bane of my existence. We had one at the apartment too and it seemed like things just kind of got lost in the back of the cupboard. For now, I push things back there I don’t use very often because I have to stand on my head or crawl inside the cabinet to get them.
Also while I was at Lowes, I decided to check out the selection of refrigerators. I think we currently have a 14 cu. Ft. fridge. Lemme tell you…. It isn’t working. I come home from the grocery store and get mad because I have to very carefully stack things. I want a larger fridge. I thought I could work with this fridge, but it just isn’t happening. That being said, I’m not going to run out today and buy one. I have done my research, have my brands in mind and I’m not in a hurry to buy one. If we have to, we will wait until Black Friday to get one even though I vowed I wasn’t going to go Black Friday shopping again. Last year I had to go because Best Buy was selling the Harry Potter boxed set on blue-ray. How could I pass that up? I have decided to be smart about this fridge purchase. I am going to keep my eye on scratch and dent fridges. Lowes has some and I am also going to look at American and Nebraska Furniture Mart Appliance Store. I can deal with a dent on the side of the door that is what a magnet is for. If I can get a good deal on a good fridge, I’m going with it. Andrew concurs with me about not being able to deal with the fridge situation long term. We are going to move the fridge we have now out to the garage for overflow. Andrew being six foot tall has to bend over even more to look in the fridge. I told him I was just going to get a stool to sit on when I needed to get in the fridge. Please don’t misinterpret my rant on the fridge situation, we are both grateful that the bank replaced the fridge with a new one that works great which means we aren’t in a situation where we have to buy a fridge.
Here is a list to sum up our kitchen project
- new facing on the cabinets and drawers
- replace the glides on the drawers
- replace the lights
- new fridge
- blind in the kitchen?
- back splash
- new countertop
- door for the pantry
- new sink
My Dream Fridge....
Looking at these lists, we should probably start playing the lottery. I have to remind myself this doesn’t all have to be done now. I don’t have patients though, ask any of my family members. I would like to commend myself on my own self restraint though because I “want” a new car, but I don’t “need” a new car. Andrew and I have both decided we would like to drive our cars as long as humanly possible, so my little white buggy and I are stuck together for a while longer. Aside from some cosmetic issues, the car runs great.
For my viewing pleasure.... here is a picture of my car obsession
And with that, I will leave you guys. Tomorrow night Andrew and I will be partaking in Winefest festivities downtown, so no more blog posts for a few days. I hope by the end of the weekend to have some progress to report on the path project outside.
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