Three Things

I think these three things would have my dining room nearly finished. Of course, I don't have any money for these three things, so only time (and scrimping) will tell.

The Casa: Before Shots Volume I- The Kitchen

Okay, posting some pics of the house as it stands, before we really get down to work this week and weekend. Starting with the kitchen/dining room. Looks a little messy because I took these after we had dragged in our supplies for staying the night.

















The refrigerator has now filled in the space on the right. I'll have to take a new pic of it in all it's shininess.



















































Here is half of the dining room area. Small door is the pantry (I have a pantry!), and larger door goes to the garage. I'll be sharing my pantry plans later. And of course, I just realized since we're not even painting this space there isn't going to be a huge difference between the before and after. Oh well, ha. Going from a 64 sq. foot kitchen to this space makes me giddy. I only have 2 drawers in our apartment kitchen. My new kitchen has 5 times that many! And more cabinets than I currently know what to do with. Josh was a good husband though and stood glassy-eyed, but patient, as I rambled about which cabinet I think I'll put the plates in.

Dining Room Idea Board

I had a nice birthday yesterday. My boss gave me very little work all day. I got the Ellis Island book and some sweets from Mom and she, and I had Chinese food for dinner. And Josh walked through the door with some daisies and gave me the Martha Stewart book I asked for and said I have more gifts in the mail. All in all, lovely. Also, if you sent me a message or gave me a call, my phone was brokeny until 9 or so last night.

Trying to plan what we (I) want to do to the house. I know I have lamented my inability to make decisions before. Well, guess how easy that makes choosing paint colors. Yeah, not so easy. Well, I know which general color I want to use in most of the spaces. But the exact shade and paint? Ha. We decided to not paint the kitchen/dining room area. That's the only space that isn't getting a fresh coat. So, since I already know the wall color that made it a bit easier to put together my board for the room. So, here ya go. A bit of a NYC theme. Cheesy perhaps, but we likes it. Those photos are just examples, I'll use some of my own photos once I edit them to B&W. And that chair is the same chair we have now, but I'll be painting them all white. And yeah, I already know that I've got an Ikea problem. Don't expect it to be cured either, we're on a budget people.