Four and a half years ago, when we moved into our house I had a list of things I wanted to do right away. One of them was the Loft and another was the handles on the kitchen cabinets.
When you buy a house new here, everything is an upgrade and costs a lot of money. Simply getting nickel handles on our cabinets would have set us back an extra $500. We did not want to add that to our mortgage so we promised ourselves we would do it right away.
Four and a half years passed. And I finally got my handles.
It was so simple. It cost us $75 in hardware and a half an hour to install them. And to be honest, I talked to my Sister on the phone the whole time I was installing them, so I multi-tasked.
So why did we wait so long? I will never know, always something else to get done. But, now that we have had them on for almost a week, I have to say that I am quite happy with the results. So subtle, but nice. Makes me want to put away all the little extra things on the counters and have them all bare again. Who am I kidding, they haven’t been bare since the day we moved in!
One more thing crossed off my list of things to get done around here. Now the biggest question of all….
Any suggestions?
Friday was such a gorgeous day here that J and I packed ourselves up and headed downtown to meet Hubby for lunch. He was having a pretty busy day so it seemed like a good idea to break him away for a few minutes and rejuvinate.
We went to a nice restaurant tucked into Sparks Street at Place de Ville called Carmello’s. Hubby has been raving about the gourmet pizza for months and wanting me to come down and try it out. And I have to say that I was not disappointed. I love thin crust pizza with no cheese and that is what I got, topped with artichoke, red pepper and sundried tomato, a sprinkling of a little fetta and a dash of parm. Not to mention the spicy dipping oil that was on the table. J had a Ceasar salad and rosemary bread and Hubby got a pepperoni pizza, how funny I know. We had such a delicious lunch and were out of the restaurant before the crowds kicked in.
We then decided to walk over to Parliament Hill so J could see the fire water it had been under repair the last couple of times we went downtown so it was lots of fun. J pegged off a couple of guys in suits with his coins, but they were good natured and gave him more to throw in (I have no photos from Parliament Hill because silly me didn’t go back to the car to get my camera).
After lunch J and I were going to head to Dow’s Lake to take photos of the tulips. The Tulip Festival started this weekend and knowing we were going to have great weather I really wanted to get some photos. But, J fell asleep in the car by the time I got to my perfect parking spot and when I told him he would have to walk he decided we should go this week. So, all I got was a shot of trees in bloom from the car as I passed by the Arboretum. So, this week I must get some tulip photos while the weather is still great and the rain doesn’t crush the blooms.
On to the weekend. After reading Dani’s post about being a packrat, I find it fitting that I had a Saturday full of unpacking and purging and sorting. We need to start finishing our basement. Currently it is an assortment of stuff. What you see below is our workout room, full of stuff from the shelves we have. Apparently I am not supposed to workout this week, but I guess you have to pick your battles. Eventually half of the workout room will become A’s new bedroom (the half with the window) and the other half will be a much smaller workout space.
You probobly can’t tell from this photo but there are two distinct piles here. On the right is the pile of ‘to keep’ stuff. And on the left, past the pole is the pile of ‘to sell’ stuff and our pool, which we are keeping. We also took a pile about as big up to the garage for garbage day today. I feel badly for the garbage guys today and only hope I am home when they come to offer them a soda.
All of that is going to fit back onto the shelves inside our soon to be finished storage closet! I am so excited with this little bit of progress because once the closet is finished I get to put that other stuff away and Hubby will start framing A’s bedroom. Now that we have moved the shelves into the corner and framed it up, the closet appears to have more room so all of that and more should fit in there for our reno’s. The most important part is A’s bedroom, then we will add a full bathroom to the right of the closet, our weight room will just need to be drywalled as will the tv room that is hidden from view. My hope is that the tv room is finished for the winter and we will have an extra play place, but as long as A has a new room and the baby has his old room all will be well here in our house. Stay tuned for more reno photos as the weeks of the summer fly by.
