Wednesday, May 12, 2010

This and That

The kitchen cabinets are in production and the countertops have been selected, so it is time to start filling in the gaps for finishing items.

As of this weekend, we have now ordered all of our big lighting fixtures. For the most part, we are using can lighting. Not a big surprise to anyone who has been in a home built in the last ten years. However, we are having pretty big fixtures in the front hall, dining room and over the island. For the front hall, we bought a caza sputnik light. Kind of funky and definitely a departure from the builders grade non-descript fixture that previously lived in the foyer. For the dining room, we have a vintage sputnik. And over the kitchen island, we are installing HUGE lights from Restoration Hardware. After two months of looking at light fixtures, I have tried my best to find budget friendly options. My final decision--lighting is not the best place to save money.

We have also ordered the new kitchen sink, bathroom sink and dog door. Of these three, I am most excited about the dog door. The Girls will now be the proud owners of a fully electronic dog door. If doors were like cars, they would be getting the mid range luxury. Perhaps the BMW 3 series of dog doors. Not the $1K+ model--that would be the huge Mercedes. But we're still excited about their upcoming freedom, even if it is tantalizingly out of reach for the next few months.

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