The things in my life...: November 2010

November 29, 2010

Decisions, decisions

We're making progress in the decision making department.
On black friday I actually got my husband to go shopping!! And it's a good thing too, saved a total of 25% off our appliances (a little over $1K) :)

We picked:
GE Dishwasher Model # GLDT696TSS (Sears)

Kenmore 5 Burner Gas Range with Convection oven option and Warming Drawer Model #72903 (Sears)

Sansung Over-The-Range (OTR) Microwave Model # SMH9187ST (Best Buy)

Samsung French Door Refrigerator Model # RF266AEPN/XAA (Best Buy)

Stainless Platinum finish doesn't show the finger prints like regular stainless steel, but still looks good :)

Cabinets: Blue Mountain Woodworking

They should be here on thursday to take the measurements so we can finally get them under contract.

We're going with Maple wood stained cinnamon with beaded inset drawers and doors. Base cabients will be standard size. The uppers will be 36" tall and 15" deep since the inset reduces the inside cabinet space. We're getting a double silverware tray drawer, Soft close drawers and 2 base cabients with pullout trays.

This is the sample in their showroom. It's not quite as red in real life

Hardware: I don't have a picture but I picked a flat black, bin pull style drawer pulls and knobs for the doors.

Countertop: Gold Venetian Antique Granite (with the antique finish it has a little bit of texture and won't be as shiny/glossy as most granites)

Floor: We're doing locally quarried black slate tiles. We're going to use a matte searler so it'll look more like a chalkboard then a shiny smooth surface. I don't have any pictures

Sink: Rohl Shaw farmhouse (apron style)

Faucet: Delta Linden Pullout sprayer. Venetian bronze

Lights: TBD

We're going to do recessed lights and undercabinet lights but I also wanted a chandelier over the kitchen table and a pendant light over the sink.

I'll probably order this chandelier and maybe add shades down the line

Kichler: Salem - Chandelier 5 Lt Incandesent. Tannery Bronze

I absolutely fell in love with this pendant light from pottery barn but it's on backorder until March 21st :( I might just wait for it b/c I cannot find anything like it!

Serena Antique Mercury Glass Pendant - fluted cap: antique bronze, cord: black

I think those are the decisions we've made so far, but they're the big ones! of course it's the small details taht will probably drive me into the nut house :)

Kitchen remodel

It's been so long since I wrote a post I don't even want to try to catch you up on what's been going on since the last one.
But I do want to document the kitchen renovations since I don't want to forget the little details down the line. and I should probably start with documenting the construction (although this is probably something I'd rather forget)

I have determined that our house is a 1920's Bungalow style house. The entire thing is plaster/lath construction with next to zero insulation. Next year we'll be replacing all the windows and insulating from the outside and replacing the siding. I'm think the kitchen was probably changed around in the 70s or 80s since there was drywall behind the little bit of cabinets and that's about how old the fridge and stove look.

Here's what we started with as far as kitchen cabinets...