Yesterday I mentioned that we turned the first lights on in the basement, but hadn't posted a picture for proof, so you might have thought I was just pulling your leg. Not so. here's the north wall of the media room, the big screen will someday be plugged into that outlet on the left wall there. I was thinking the recessed area around it should be painted black so that the screen just pops if you know what I mean, but the editorial board so far says no. Stay tuned.
And that glowing hatbox in last night's pics; here's a small closeup of it. My tennis buddy Barbara says "mid century modern, huh?" Well; yup. It's still got the plastic wrap around it too, which really makes it authentic for me because my mom kept the plastic on her mid century modern lamps forever, back in those days when it was just modern and the year 2008 was considered Jetsons territory.
Pete's been cranking away at the kitchen cabinets; today he was able to install some of the drawers and cabinet doors. The hardware is pretty cool; it's got dampers so you can't slam the doors and drawers shut; they close slowly on their own, nice and quietly. Saves wear and tear on the assembly, and keeps the noise down. Very cool.And I finally got the sizes of the plastic laminate countertops to order. Dig this; if we went with my original desire to have granite or composite countertops, it would have been about $5,500, minimum, at "profesisonal discount" pricing. For the plastic laminate material, it's less than $200. I'm likin' laminate.
So here's a peek at what the kitchen looks like from the new dining room; (the color's washed out because I was standing next to the hatbox).That's the breakfast bar sticking out at you in the foreground. The big question is, should we put in the second sink - the small barsink - in the peninsula? It's plumbed, but we haven't purchased the sink nor the faucet. Editorial board so far says no.
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