I love this house

We had to drop off the valve set and trims for the tub since the plumber is coming to install the tub tomorrow. We had to stop off at home depot since we were out there and needed to buy some more subway tile for the walls around the tub. We ended up spending a little more than we wanted to but figure with the money we are saving by not needing a new floor in the kitchen it was OK.

We noticed when we got to the house that the electrician had been there marking on the wall where he would be running more sockets. Some of them had "$" & "$$" next to them....hmmmm?

Here's something kinda awesome though...theres a soffit (spelling?) from the living/dining room into the kitchen separating it and we had discussed taking it down to make the transition more flush from one room to another but we kinda like it so we're going to keep it. But when the contractors were removing the mirrored built-ins, the tops of the them were actually part of the soffit so theres 2 big holes on either side of it...no big deal. BUT! When whoever installed this thing was building it, he stuffed newspaper in it (why, im not sure). The newspaper was from 1942! The front cover was about a war hero from WWII and the back cover was about (muh boys) THE NY RANGERS beating the Bruins with a full team picture on the back. We are definitely going to try to do something with it...frame it or whatever.

I gotta say though, I fall more in love with this house every time I see it. Even bare bones gutted in certain rooms I still get the chills because I know that the outcome of all of this is going to be AMAZING and so "us".

We also started looking at paint colors. Holy crap....this is the hardest part! I'm leaning towards a very light blue color in the bathroom...we need color. Right now its black & white and wainscoting installed going halfway up the wall. Also white.

For the kitchen.....I found my color. We're working with white cabinets
(beadboard and glass) and butcher block counters w/stainless appliances. Kinda blah and standard....but when you add a shade of PINK into the mix what do you get? The coolest freakin kitchen you've ever seen, thats what! I've got pink everything....stand mixer, hand mixer, chopper, baking pans, and god only knows what else. Did I mention I havent seen any of my bridal shower gifts since....well what do you know...a year ago this week...aka my bridal shower!? It's gonna be like Christmas in July when i actually get to see/use all of this stuff. I refused to take anything out of the boxes until I had a proper living situation. A year later....

No pictures this time though. Good night!