It has like a million slots to move the big shelves and the little ones on the door. A sweet drawer, ya it also has some kind of perfect temperature system but I haven’t read those directions just yet.


But this people was the real clincher. Check out this freezer. Now, having not used it yet (okay maybe there’s a little ice cream in there) I can’t say for sure. But I do believe it is the most perfect freezer ever invented of the non hose connected variety. What I mean is, I don’t have plumbing to the fridge area so I need to use the trays for ice. This is no problem to me because it’s very energy efficient (my main reason for wanting a new fridge, okay that and the looks). So they have come up with this great idea, a mini drawer just for holding cube trays!!! Sciarrino remember all the cube spillage we had at 1222? PROBLEM SOLVED! I am going to start a new collection, an ice tray collection baby! Besides that the top drawer down there pulls out and then the bins can be taken out to be washed. That top left one I’m going to use for frozen fruit and then just pull it out to make smoothies, I am a genius, no?


Buying things is a very easy way to upgrade, but we did lots of real work too. The electrician came today, but didn’t finish so I have to leave all the holes in the ceiling of the basement open for now so he can thread wires through them. I had to come up with more things for my kick ass carpenter to do so I though having him help me with the quarter round would be perfect. My mom painted all the trim upstairs while I primed and painted the quarter round. It will be installed between the floor and the trim to cover small imperfections or gaps. I also had the hole drilled for the dryer vent, no more ghetto window situation. Check out the picture of the day for details.

Oh, and yes I did thrift this morning, details later.

Okay so being able to paint my house any color I want is so cool, expect that there are a million choices and sometimes it seems that none of them are right. Unlike painting with drylok which is a horrible tedious experience, painting pretty colors is, well, fun. So I have to make some decisions.

The color on the right was my original thought. It’s call baby blanket, but it’s way too soft for me. I think that second richer color is a better bet. Remember I did start that triangle quilt months ago that is white with a melody of greens. My bedroom is going to be small, and for sleeping only (whoo hoo I can’t wait), I think that dark green will work.

The electrician came today and I’m getting the whole basement re-wired. With six sets of florescents and fifteen sets of grounded plugs. I am so excited for this. It’s being done as a favor to my dad, so I’m not sure how long it’s going to take since they are fitting me in between other jobs. I can’t finish sheet rocking all the open bits until the electrician is done, so I think my house won’t be settled until the end of August at the earliest. I’ve gotten a ton done, but here’s a run down of things I still want to take care of before moving in:

UPSTAIRS
-quarter round around the upstairs rooms (I have to prime, paint, cut, install, then pop the finish nails down and cover those holes up, then touch up)
-finish filling holes in walls/moldings and sand down
-paint moldings
-paint windows
-make curtains
-paint rooms
-paint cabinet doors and drawers (sand down/strip first)
-strip and sand doors, then paint, clean and reinstall hardware
-finish up kitchen (finish painting cabinets, strip cabinet doors and paint, paint drawers, new drawer pulls, new cabinet knobs, and closure mechanism, new fridge- maybe! and a super clean)
-paint inside closets
-ugh, the bathroom: patch hole in wall, new sink, new counter top, paint, new light fixture
-clean and paint stairwell
-paint stairs (I’m going to use a non stick because they are steep and narrow)
-I’d like a new thermostat, the one I have now is fugly
-new light fixture in living room
-new step into garage
-three plugs + light in garage (plus switch)
-smoke detectors

BASEMENT
-new windows (theses are being made now, but they will come to me "naked" so I’ll have to prime, paint, then route new hing grooves and locks, as well as some kind of holding system to keep the windows open, the sticks I’m using now are nice, but um, not so classy. I also have to come up with some kind of screen, and curtains)
-window moldings (sanded, fixed up, and then primed and painted)
-six lights + 15 plugs + light switches
-paint walls
-sheetrock all openings
-handrail for stairs
-texture ceiling
-paint ceiling
-acid wash or sand floor
-seal floor
-paint floor
-hole for dryer vent through foundation
-install washer/dryer
-smoke detectors

OUTDOORS
-plug outside? I want one for Christmas lights 🙂
-finish fence
-inject stump killer
-one more load to dump to clean up pile in driveway
-powerwash house
-clean out gutters

OTHER
-have the gas turned back on and connections checked
-move mail

Somehow writing this all out makes me feel better, and sure I could do a few of those things after I move in, but I have too many additional projects to list if I included all I plan to do someday, those are must dos.