Unique MCM Storage

Micheal has gotten really into mid century kitchen gadgets, so when this showed up in the mail about a week ago I wasn't totally shocked. :)

It's an organizer for your aluminum foil, wax/parchment paper, and paper towels! Each flap is imprinted with one of these words and has a serrated edge on the flap for foil/paper removal.

We're planning on mounting on the wall over in the baking corner like this:



We've already got a snazzy paper towel holder we like and it only fits small standard rolls so we're planning on putting something else in the bottom part. I'm thinking ziplock bags for easy access during cooking. I think it's pretty nifty, he gets my stamp of approval on this purchase!

Holy 70's Batman!!

I feel like I should be breaking out my peace necklace and bell bottoms to work in this kitchen!

The kitchen floor is kinda like a time capsule:

2000 - cheap 88 cent sq/ft tile from Home Depot
90s/80s - vinyl squares with awesome blue diamonds
70s - psychedelic orange flowers
60s - scary asbestos tile, grey with pink and blue dots! (There is a small triangle exposed in the doorway that you can see.)

Under the orange there is asbestos tile :( so we're stopping at the 70s and will build our floor back over that. The asbestos is nicely sealed up under there so it's safe to leave it! But taking up the three layers of flooring got us a good inch of height back so we won't have to install a step to get into the kitchen. :)

This chunk took about...an hour (ugh) so probably another full day of floor demo ahead of us!

The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly

The Good:

The Kansas Jayhawks are the 2011 Big 12 Champions!!!!!!! Ready for another National Title!!!!

Photo from KUsports.com

The Bad:

We went back to the thrift store today and the table was already gone. :( The #1 rule of thrifting is that if you think it's cool and a good price, it's likely someone else will too so you better buy it! So for this table it wasn't meant to be, but I'll keep looking!

...and the ugly...


Hello 1980! Mom, I'm sure we had this in one of our houses right?

Down to the first layer of linoleum, I'm thinking about just leaving it. The diamonds are blue and toootally match my blue bins. :)

Okay, maybe not... To bed for us, it's been a long day! Until tomorrow!

Thrift Store Trip

A recent stop into my local thrift store introduced me to this beauty!

It's quite possibly the longest coffee table I've ever seen but remember, the couches were really long back then too! It was listed for a mere $19.99, however I need another random piece of furniture to refinish right now like I need a fork to the eye. So I was strong and came home, only to do a quick search on the internet to see that refinished it might be a really nice financial investment for a furniture flip.

So I'm going to head back tomorrow, hope it's still there, and check to see if it has a brand name imprinted on the bottom. As each day passes and it's not mine I feel like there really needs to be an addition to our mid-century family!

Weekly Update 3/10/11 and WWL

We had a great weekend because my friend Kathleen was in town to visit! We spruced up the guest bedroom and bath made the guest bedroom and bath habitable and semi-functioning so she wouldn't have to brave the fully pink monstrosity that is our master closet bathroom.

We hit up Lauriol Plaza, known to many an urban socialite as the home of the wonderous swirl margarita. They do not take reservations so we showed up at 8pm on a Friday night to a packed lobby and people hanging out drinking the swirls straight out of the pitcher - glasses are for sissies!!


Photo from 'Till It's Done

On Sat we got the majority of our old neuropsych/concussion team back together for reminiscing and baby time. Clara and I are totally BFFs. :)

Sunday we took Kathleen back to the airport and hit up the Home Depot on the way home to get a plan for finishing the remainder of the kitchen. We have decided to replace the tile on the kitchen floor with some really fabulous 12x24 porcelain tile. It will be an amazing change and really step up the "wow factor" of our kitchen reno..as if the orange didn't already do that. :)

Then Sunday night I got an email saying a chair I had wanted on CL Free was mine if I wanted it so we trudged out in the cold and rain to procure me said chair:




Isn't she cool? Poor Micheal had to stand in the cold rain trying to figure out a way to get her in the car, which ultimately led to a haphazard disassembly job because she was just too big.

It's likely that she's from the 70's/80's rather than the 50's/60's because of her specific design/lines. So I'm actually considering (gasp) painting her white (!!) to modernize the look a bit. She'll be coming up to Delaware with me in August so I plan to have her all beautified by then!

However, friends visiting = minimal work. Micheal hung another cabinet door (I know this doesn't sound like a major accomplishment but when I hash out what it has taken to get these doors up you'll understand why it has been one at a time) and another drawer installed.

What we learned:

1. Never take a woman's margarita while she's in the bathroom, no matter how loud you think she's getting...
   
2. Kathleen needs some practice at MarioKart
   
3. I LOVE wedding planning
   
4. You are NOT allowed to go through the dresses at Davids Bridal by yourself
   
5. My willingness to embarrass myself by making silly faces and sounds to small children has not waned with age
   
6. We're pretty sure the layers of kitchen floor go: tile, cement board, linoleum, particle board, linoleum, subfloor.
   
   

Mid-Week Update and WWL 3/2/11

I'm SO ready for March!! More warm days, college basketball (GO JAYHAWKS), home renovations...what more could a girl ask for?

I'm very excited to share several things with you this week. First off, last Friday we got the results of the match process for my internship, and the verdict was...

DUPONT!! I'm VERY excited about the excellent training I will be receive at this amazing children's hospital. It's such a huge relief to have that whole stressful process behind me.

We had a low key weekend working on the house which included a trip to our favorite housing supply store, The Community Forklift. Sometimes we go and don't find anything, this was not one of those trips! This time we had to leave the store before we had even gotten to the back because our cart was full!!

I found this amazing antique window that had full pains of wavy patterned glass that was the perfect size for our pantry door project.



Upon closer inspection we realized the pattern was (be still my heart) STARBURSTS!!



AND IT WAS ON SALE!! It was kismet. How much did we spend for these two amazing panes of glass? A whopping $35...I love you Community Forklift. We had to disassemble the window to get the glass into the ol'Jetta, but trust me, it was old. :)

We also picked up a wall-mount sink that we will tuck away for the guest bath remodel (that's next!!)

Not the best picture, but you get the idea.

It was a great weekend - I don't start at Dupont until August so I'll have lots of time this summer for projects! Yay!

What we learned:

1. 1 bottle of red wine = sweet dance moves
   
2. Two hours can seem like forever when you're refreshing your email every 15 seconds!
   
3. Do not try to calm an indoor cat who is poof city trying to defend the household from a stray outdoor cat...it's not pretty
   
4. Good things come to those who wait
   
5. The power surge we had two weeks ago fried our scanner :(
   
6. I simply refuse to follow a sewing pattern, I have no idea why I continue to buy them
   
7. Target clearance WILL be the downfall of my bank account