Condo Update: Let There Be White

White here, white there, white white white everywhere.
I'm sososo close to moving into my new digs, I can almost taste it. Tastes pretty good too. Everything is coming together quite nicely and I'm beyond thrilled with the results. Even this photo of my lovely light-filled white kitchen cabinets is quickly becoming outdated. Woohoo!

Hopefully, that will leave me with more time devoted to blogging. That would be nice.

Don't Forget

If I had my own house with my own bathroom with my own mirror (which technically speaking, I do---I'm just not living there yet), I would have this taped to that bathroom mirror. As a daily reminder. Kind of like a different way of saying "Don't forget to stop and smell the roses." It's the words I like. But the photo is pretty sweet too.

Condo Update: White Out

Friends tell me that my whole place is going to be white. As I looked at all my samples last night, I realized they might be right. I've got white tile for my backsplash and bathroom floors, white cabinets, white walls, white doors, white shower walls, white tubs, white-ish countertops, white lights, white sinks, and white trim.

I can't help it. When we walk into a showroom, I'm like a moth to the flame.

White is fresh. White is clean. White is classic.

And it goes with anything.

Condo Update: Rubbish

I've realized a few things in the past week:

1. Reuniting with old friends from a joyous period in your life involves lots of good times, lots of good food, lots of laughter and smiles, and very very little sleep.

2. I'm sick of being sick. Over the last week I've experienced nausea, night sweats, arthritic achiness, mind-numbing headaches, stuffy nose, fever, sore throat, cough, and now I have no voice. Calgon take me away.

3. You reach a certain point in some life situations where you just say, "I don't care how much it costs or what my other options are, I just want to pay for it and get it done." I've reached that point with the plumbing fixtures and hardware decisions on my condo.

4. Heaven bless the men who have turned my house from this:



and this:




into this:

and this:

Because I really really don't like doing this kind of stuff, not to mention it would take me at least 3 months to do what my contractor and his crew can do in roughly 3 hours.

Cousin Lit

Been looking at lots of lighting solutions for the condo. This one makes me confused. I'm not sure if this light makes me want to invite it in for dinner and a movie, or slap it and tell it go run home to its mother.