Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Gainsbourg

Would really love to see this movie, though I read that it's not likely to be released in the U.S. WTF? Too bad, because it looks wicked good. Fingers crossed for DVD...

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Two Cute Puppies

I love the way my two puppies look when they are sleeping...

Kitchen :: Before

My kitchen is not finished. Not even close. I just finished priming the walls & have not even started on the cabinets. And this is just phase 1. Phase 2 will come at a later date (and probably not even the same time, so Phase 2 & 3) & will include new floors, counters, backsplash, sink & faucet. But I thought it would be fun to look back at what was here when I bought the house... so here we go:


Wooooo! Look at that wallpaper (+ border)! This is the dining area of the eat-in kitchen... check out that chandelier! Fancy. Nothing says 1959 ranch like a chandelier w/a pineapple center! Also... biggest phone ever. And that weird black strip on the door? That's weather-stripping done wrong.


I noticed all my photos are from this side of the kitchen (ha)... here you can see the back door, the doorway to the living room (check out those curtains... hot!), where the fridge goes, the counter stovetop, & the some of the cabinets. And the off-white counter (yuck). Oh, and see that chair rail? Yeah, they just put it up & painted over the wallpaper. That was a fun discovery.


More cabinets, they're in good shape. I like that they have flat doors. But I'm not a fan of that orange wood. You can also kinda see the sink/faucet although they blend in very well w/the counters as they are the exact same color. The composite granite sink sucks. And there's the backsplash... peach w/a brown border. Ugh.


Pretty much the same view though you can see the wall oven off to the left. And there's a great view of the floor. Not the most horrible thing I've ever seen, just not my style.

So, there you have an idea of where I started... the house is a ranch built in 1959. It had one owner before me. Old man chic. Haha. It's a nice big space, tons of cabinets + a pantry (which I don't seem to have taken any before photos of). But it was really lacking in the pretty department. Like I said before, Phase 1 on the kitchen was removing the wallpaper & painting the walls plus painting the cabinets (white). But there are always surprises. In this case it was 3 layers of wallpaper over unfinished drywall, some of which was literally crumbling & being held together by the wallpaper. Took FOREVER to remove it all & then there was fixing drywall, skim coats, sanding, etc. Yeah, I have no patience or attention span so I stopped and started many times. But I'm determined to have Phase 1 done by the 1st anniversary of buying the house... and that's approaching fast.

Preview for visual types: the cabinets will be white, the kitchen walls pistachio green, & the dining area white. White trim, of course. I have a new light for the dining space & a killer plan for a table. No plan for the backsplash yet, but I'd really like either white corian or butcherblock counters, a slick stainless sink w/a faucet like this. And the floors? Thinking plywood, either painted or just sealed.

See? This look back was a good motivator to move forward... :D

Friday, October 22, 2010

Cute.

I'm a huge Wes Anderson fan. I can see why a lot of people dislike his movies but I personally LOVE them. This couple obviously does too:



(via Gawker)

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

I ♥ Muppets

I heard this song & it made my head hurt. But then someone genius & awesome took the Sesame Street "I Love My Hair" clip & mashed it together w/the song to make this video. And now I love it. I giggle every time I see the little Muppet dance. It's so perfect.

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Weekend


Weekends go fast. Goyle spent most of the weekend throwing up. Ginger spent most of the weekend barking. I spent most of the weekend working on my kitchen.

Mudding. Sanding. Priming. Caulking. Etc.

Redid the drywall on a wall I was not happy with. Have a couple of other little things to touch up. Hoping to finish priming the newly fixed wall & around the edges early this week. Then PAINT. Finally.

And then it's on to the cabinets.

It's getting there.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Archive of Interests

I've decided to post more things I'm interested in as I come across them or as they pop into my head... let's start with this video.

Desk - Music and Sound Design from Aaron Trinder Film:Motion:Music on Vimeo.

via Lifehacker