costly kitchen...cabinet progress

Our cabinets finally arrived and installation has begun! (hallelujah!)
This was what everything looked like after day 1 of install:

Day two was much more exciting.
Day two, there was a FLOOD.
yes, another flood. nothing close to the great flood of March 2010, but still....another flood.
another flood that went to the unit below us...they must absolutely detest us.
what happen you ask?
a hole was drilled into the sprinkler system. yikes.
luckily it wasn't as bad as the last flood and none of the cabinets were damaged.

this is what it looked like at the end of day 2:

pardon the crappy iphone photo.

Aside from the kitchen, we've been scrambling to get lighting and fixtures...
more on that soon :)

let's get this show on the road!

The appliances are here!

The flooring is here!

The cabinets are here!

Now let's get this party started! i want to move in already!

The appliances were delivered yesterday from Lowes....
here's our lovely samsung fridge:
(sorry for the crappy iphone pics)

the flooring has been in since last week, but it's waiting for everything else that needs to be installed first. Our cabinets were delivered today (two hours early! WOW!)

there are boxes everywhere, in every room...one box was so big, they had to remove the door to get it into the apartment!

the cabinets should be up and done by the end of the week....then the granite needs to get installed, and then the flooring...
and then we're done!!!!

the end of the great paint debate

when nolan called to tell me the rooms were painted and both colors we picked looked "different" than what they had looked like in our wall swatches...i wasn't sure what to expect. he tried to show me what it looked like through the knocking live video app, but there's nothing like seeing it for yourself. He did say that it wasn't shocking or an omg-what-were-we-thinking-it's-hideous situation...but still....i was anxious. would i like it? i came to the decision that as long as i didn't HATE it, it would be ok. hahahaha.

i took a deep breath before walking in, and you know what?!?! i kinda like it! i was pleasantly surprised.

Here's the bathroom :

the color is Benjamin Moore Sea Urchin.
This color is in both bathrooms (well, actually we have to re-do the guest bath because the painters painted it the blue color...no no. redo please.), the kitchen, and my "girl cave"

ollie colors!

and the blue.....
i actually kinda like it!
Benjamin Moore Quiet Moments. This will be in the bedroom & living room.
The trims and ceilings are Benjamin Moore Cloud White.

looks like everything is coming together. the appliances will be delivered this week and now we're just waiting on the cabinets and flooring.
c'mon thomasville...speed it up please we're waiting on you!

color me anxious

the painters started today.

the two bedrooms should be done by today.

master bedroom=quiet moments

second room=sea urchin

i really hope i don't regret those decisions.

i'm so anxious.

the loo part 4: this frame of mine

There were two things i fell in love with when looking for ideas for the apartment.

1. a photo of a bathroom mirror framed by mosaic tile

2. brown & black mosaic tile from selective stone.

when i saw the photo in the magazine it was love at first sight. if only i could have a mirror like that, it would be lovely. i clipped it out and stuck it in my apartment binder. then while shopping for flooring tile i found the most beautiful mosaic tile that i just had to have. it had to go somewhere. but where?!? A TILE FRAME!!!
i really wanted it to happen but everyone was telling me it could get pricey so then it became a "if we have $$ in the end we'll do it" then it got bumped down to "maybe we can do it later, when we do the other bathroom" i was pretty bummed. but i kept thinking about it. i started thinking up ways to get the money to make the frame. i even wondered if i could make it myself. hahaha. i think nolan eventually saw just how much i wanted it we worked it in and here it is!!!

(i have to add though, that the pictures don't do the frame justice. it is so much prettier in person!)

it's the colors of ollie!

this was ollie's first visit to his future new home.

he was pretty scared. i don't blame him...it looks nothing like a home at the moment.

don't forget to check out more ollie adventures on his own blog.

quantity thirty-eight

Guess what's in the bag?

i'll give you some hints:

1. it's from lowes

2. the bag is *kinda* heavy

3. there are 38 of the same items in the bag

if you guessed cabinet pulls, you are correct!!!
since our cabinets have been ordered we went out to lowes to buy the handles because it's so much cheaper than buying it from thomasville or kraftmaid. who wants to pay $15 for ONE handle when you gotta buy thirtysomething?!?! not us, that's for sure! i swear those cabinet buggers just look for ways to rip you off left & right.
we were going to go w/our initial decision of these $4 handles...but then nolan saw a thinner version for about $8....we took a chance on those. AND we had a $100 pre paid credit card as a rebate from all our samsung kitchen appliances that we used towards the cost.
yay for rebates!

the sixthfloorapartment just got a new resident!

Hi! my name is ollie!

(pronounced oh-lee)ollie was a surprise birthday gift to me from nolan.
he's currently living with his foster family (read their blogs here & here) until we can move in.

i'm debating an ollie-blog.
hmmm....