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Jul. 24th, 2009
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House & kitchen miscellany
Jul. 24th, 2009 10:58 pmBookmarking this handy site that lists ballpark budget figures for a whole range of home improvement projects.
My latest issue of Style At Home came today - and in fashion most timely, it is a special kitchen edition! Of course most of the actual setups they feature are way too costly for us, but they do have some ( lovely decorating ideas that I may implement. Design-inclined members of the intarwebs, your opinion on paint is solicited within. )
This is all highly dependent on our actually being able to afford kitchen renovations, of course. Sigh. Still waiting for kitchen dude to get back to me with a whole-project quote; I am going to pester him on Monday, since it's now been 2 weeks since we last heard from him. He had said he could do the general contracting thing for us, but I suspect he may be too busy to do more than the demolition and install. I don't think 2 weeks is typical for a quote, even if it is for the whole project...? Am I just too impatient? I was hoping to avoid playing general contractor myself but will do it if I have to. Taking out the wall, it turns out, is not going to be that expensive; it's the plumbing and particularly the electrical that may sink us cost-wise. In any case, if we're going to do it, I want to find out soon, so that we can take advantage of the kickass sale that's on chez Ikea (15% of your $1000+ kitchen purchase back in gift cards. Sweeeeeeet.)
If we can't afford the kitchen, I would be tempted to blow the accumulated budget on a set of patio doors leading to a new deck instead. There's a beautiful photo in my magazine of a roofed-over deck with a skylight, surrounded by airy curtains for privacy, with nice cushy furnishings. Not sure if I would go for something like that or just an outdoor dining space; after all, the use of such a space would need to be coordinated with the use of the patio. The deck would be a better dining space, probably, whereas the patio could then be outfitted with cushy outdoor furniture to curl up in with a book and a Strongbow. Yes, that's it, I think. I wanted the patio to be able to lounge and enjoy sun and garden, and it's hard to lounge in a dining set - you can't put your feet up properly.
And now it's midnight, and with any luck the Zoodle will be waking up in 6 hours, not 3 or 4, but I should get my ass to bed.
My latest issue of Style At Home came today - and in fashion most timely, it is a special kitchen edition! Of course most of the actual setups they feature are way too costly for us, but they do have some ( lovely decorating ideas that I may implement. Design-inclined members of the intarwebs, your opinion on paint is solicited within. )
This is all highly dependent on our actually being able to afford kitchen renovations, of course. Sigh. Still waiting for kitchen dude to get back to me with a whole-project quote; I am going to pester him on Monday, since it's now been 2 weeks since we last heard from him. He had said he could do the general contracting thing for us, but I suspect he may be too busy to do more than the demolition and install. I don't think 2 weeks is typical for a quote, even if it is for the whole project...? Am I just too impatient? I was hoping to avoid playing general contractor myself but will do it if I have to. Taking out the wall, it turns out, is not going to be that expensive; it's the plumbing and particularly the electrical that may sink us cost-wise. In any case, if we're going to do it, I want to find out soon, so that we can take advantage of the kickass sale that's on chez Ikea (15% of your $1000+ kitchen purchase back in gift cards. Sweeeeeeet.)
If we can't afford the kitchen, I would be tempted to blow the accumulated budget on a set of patio doors leading to a new deck instead. There's a beautiful photo in my magazine of a roofed-over deck with a skylight, surrounded by airy curtains for privacy, with nice cushy furnishings. Not sure if I would go for something like that or just an outdoor dining space; after all, the use of such a space would need to be coordinated with the use of the patio. The deck would be a better dining space, probably, whereas the patio could then be outfitted with cushy outdoor furniture to curl up in with a book and a Strongbow. Yes, that's it, I think. I wanted the patio to be able to lounge and enjoy sun and garden, and it's hard to lounge in a dining set - you can't put your feet up properly.
And now it's midnight, and with any luck the Zoodle will be waking up in 6 hours, not 3 or 4, but I should get my ass to bed.