What we've been up to: June Edition

Where is this summer going? It's July already and I am just now posting about June. I've already posted about our vacation to the Outer Banks.  Here is a little more of what we've been up to:

Dining Room Furniture Delivered: 
We finally made a decision on dining room furniture and it was delivered.  Tyler, of course, ran to get his screw driver so he could help the guys set it up.  I wish I had gotten a picture of that.  They were so kind to be patient and let him "help out".

The set we ordered was from Macy's.  I had a specific idea in my mind of what I wanted and it was surprisingly hard to find.  The side chairs are Pottery Barn Napa side chairs.  I just ordered the slip covers for them (I waited for a "free shipping" event).  It saved me almost $30 AND they were on sale $10 off each. Woo-hoo for saving $90!

Here is a better shot of the end chairs:

We still have a ways to go in this room but I want to take my time and find things I love.  Next up is sewing the curtains from the bolt of fabric that is leaning up against the wall in photo #1. 

Tall Ships Picnic:
We had a play date at Thomas Point State Park to watch the tall ships come up the bay for the "Star-Spangled Sailabration".  Tyler had a lot of fun playing with his friends.

Ocean City Vacation with Gramma and Grampa:
We took another beach vacation this time to Ocean City, MD. 

"Cheers!"

watching Elmo

Kitchen Table Delivered:
Our old table was round, with a glass top and 4 chairs that were on wheels.  A little scary with a toddler and their friends running around.  I wanted chairs that did not have cushions so that I could be comfortable entertaining Tyler and all his friends for meals and crafts and not have to worry about spills, whether it's spaghetti or paint. I was surprised at how difficult that was to find.  But low and behold, here she is:

Leaky, Yucky, No Good Faucet

The kitchen faucet that was installed when we bought the house was really too short for the large double sink.  It didn't turn very easily and there was no sprayer like the one I had at the old house.  Those are a few of the reasons that we chose to replace this faucet but the reason it became a priority project is because we found out it was leaking. 

Here is a picture of it from the home inspection, before we took ownership:

Gotta love all the junk that the previous owner left out all over the place.  I guess he was brushing his teeth in the kitchen?

We needed a faucet and we needed one fast so our first stop was amazon.com.  We searched by highest rated and most popular, read some reviews and picked my top three favorites and set off to Home Depot to see them in person. As it turned out they only had one of them, thank goodness it was my favorite one! I loved that it's kind of traditional but not too much of a fashion piece that it will go out of style any time soon.




And here it is installed in its new home:

Here you can see the spray wand detaches from rest of the faucet so you can spray water wherever you need. The black part is magnetic and ensures that it stays in place when you don't want it moved around.

Here is a picture of the back side of the spray wand.  It has two options: a steady stream and spray.

So far we love it.  The height of the arch makes it very easy for cleaning large pots and pans and even kids.  ;-) Our finger painting project went very wrong the other other day and Tyler got to play in the sink for a while.  I think he approves of the new addition, too.

Casa Pena Floor Plans

Here are the floor plans so you can see spatially how the house sits when you look through the pictures.

 The basement is unfinished and we have no plans to finish it anytime soon.  We are thinking about 5 years out at least.  Fortunately, the home builder had the plumbing roughed in so we can have a full bath and a wet bar eventually.

Casa Pena 2.0: A Few Pictures

I've received some requests for picture of our new casa so here goes.  I will put floor plans up, too.  That will make it easier to see where everything is and the transition from room to room.



Foyer




Kitchen



Kitchen

Formal Living Room



The Office

Unfinished Basement

Basement

Sitting Room (in Master Suite)

Master Bedroom

Master Bath

Backyard & Deck



Swing Set

 There you have it folks!  It's not all the rooms in the house but a lot of them. Stay tuned for all the renovation that is about to take off!

The Laundry Room Design

Wow, I love Pinterest.  It's my new great obsession (look out Real Housewives of Beverly Hills!) I even downloaded the iPhone ap so I could "pin" while on the go.  You can even follow my Pinterest boards by clicking on the icon to the right.

Now that you understand my love for Pinterest, let me show you some design inspiration I found for my new laundry room. 

Love these cabinets:

Love the clean lines of the cabinets and the marble counter top:

And my all time favorite and the inspiration behind my wall color choice is this:

LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!! If only I could afford custom cabinetry and crown moulding in my laundry room...sigh.  It did make me fall in love with that color so I used a similar color, Martha Stewart's Rainwater, to paint my walls. 

It looks very blue in that picture.  In real life it is more similar to MS's Tidewater.  A much more spa blue/green color:

I still have a few more things to do in here:

• Have a counter top made so I can fold clothes on top of the washer and dryer

I really like this silestone in alpina white.  It pulls from the platinum color of the washer and dryer.

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  Pick and Install Cabinets
• Get hardware to make a pole in the middle of the two cabinets to hang shirts