Showing posts with label Household. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Household. Show all posts

Monday, January 30, 2012

30/366

Winter continues to tease us, not much snow, the occasional flurry and freezing temperatures.  Days are growing longer and I'm preparing to start some tomato seeds!  

I'm back into the swing of things after my little crash and burn episode.  Lost all my confidence, went back to the basics and started over. Things are going along marvelously in the quilting department.

I should be able to start cross stitching again next week.  I have almost full movement of my finger back but it seems to 'tire' easily.  Baby steps.

We attended the local renovation show and boy did we come out with ideas for the house.  We had prioritized our 'want to get information on' list before we attended so we didn't go too crazy. Looks like we'll be doing the following...topping up the attic insulation ( we could get this done almost free with gov't rebates); replacing the shower in the downstairs bathroom (custom size because the house is old and they make them bigger now) and replacing our back garden door with an energy efficient patio slider set with the mini blinds in between the 2 panes of glass.  Why are we going from a garden door to a patio slider...two fold.  One there will be more glass surface for brightness as well as ventilation and two...we are in the very early stages of planning for a sun room off our walk out family room!!!   

We are so pumped up about the idea we couldn't think straight yesterday.  We are trying to decide what size we would want as this is something you do once, don't want it too small.  After flipping through some brochures we came across the idea of putting the treadmill in the sun room.  I think it would be used more in the nicer environment vs the corner of the laundry room in the basement next to the cat box!  I'd also want a corner to put my telescope as well as some appropriate bamboo/rattan furniture. There will be so many changes in the back yard, we are going to take this nice and slow so we don't have any regrets.

Other than that, not much exciting going on around here! How's things going for you?

Sunday, January 17, 2010

Dilema

I'm painting our kitchen cupboard a beautiful pure white...which looks great even on a cloudy winter's day.  I want to add some pizazz once I'm done in the way of pulls or knobs.  These cupboards have never had any hardware, there was simply a curved cut inside the bottom edge of the doors for a hand to pull it open.


Should I stick with all pulls, even on drawers & doors? I don't like the idea of a knob on a drawer...it looks awkward.


And second question, what finish?  In my kitchen I have white frig, stove & dishwasher and stainless small appliances on the counter which is faux butcherblock laminate.  The light fixture has a bright brass finish but I'm leaning towards spray painting it a rubbed oil finish.


Any thoughts and/or ideas would be greatly appreciated.


No stitching this past week, no quilting this past week...I've been in construction/destruction mode!  So much to do so little of me! tee hee  At least when spring arrives I should be well ahead of the cleaning game.


Enjoy your week, I am!