Making Decisions

Good evening! I'm here and doing much better than I was before. I was SHOCKED to call the doctor's office at 11:30 and get a 2:15 appointment for this afternoon. So, I was in and out of the office in under an hour and the meds she prescribed are doing their thing! My back is feeling much better and I'm feeling pretty happy. On a related note, I'm so happy that I cannot be held responsible for what ends up in this blog! Lol!!

So, we finally made some concrete decisions on the kitchen besides the paint colors. Here is our kitchen a few days before we closed on the house.






Note the BLACK trim and the fabulous Coca-Cola wallpaper border. We have since pulled down the border, primed and painted the trim and painted the walls an avocado/olive green. You may remember all of this from my first post.

Well, the paint colors have been nailed down for a while. I believe the True value idea card has been hanging in the kitchen for over a month. The walls will be re-primed and painted Chamois. The cabinets will be painted Rojo. We'll be using the green in a limited way for accents.




Picture: True Value

So, while in Midland, we stopped by Home Depot to pick up some Christmas gift cards and took advantage of the trip to look at things for the house. I picked up some samples for counter surfaces and Jason and I looked at them and agreed on the same one!! I wanted to be SURE that this was the way we're going to go, so I ordered an additional 15 samples from the manufacturer. They came in today and Jason and I again picked the original sample. We're going with WilsonArt HD laminate counters in Sedona Bluff. I know, I know. Laminate?! Yes, laminate. This is going to be a budget remodel on an average home in a very slow market. Going with a natural surface just wouldn't be worth it here. I'm still planning on putting a butcher block island in the center of the kitchen, so I'll still get my preferred counter-top surface in the room. So, here's the sample:




Photo: WilsonArt.com

I've seen the commercial for this stuff several times and doubted that it would look great in person, but I was pleasantly surprised. I'm excited to get started on the kitchen redo! I'm hoping to start priming right after Christmas!!

Gallery Night is this weekend in Alpine and I'm hoping that I feel up to going tomorrow night. This year I'll be shopping for a cut glass dish to hold my dish sponge on the kitchen window sill, art for anywhere in the house and a cottage-y side table for either the living room, master bedroom or guest room, or all three!

Well, it's been a long day and the second round of muscle relaxers feels like it's starting to kick in.

Thanks for reading and many blessings!