KateAndDally

LIvin' it up at IKEA

Still in pursuit of living room furniture, I zoomed off to IKEA after church.  What I bought bore no relation to my search, but no matter ... I got TLO a long-needed desk "shelf" that goes under her loft bed and I got Offering Boy a necessary 4-drawer bureau.  Plus some other fun stuff I might write about later.  Point is, I DIDN"T opt for the delivery option...and fun ensued.

Um.  Don't think it would be wise to travel 10 miles on the Beltway like this, do you?  (No, tying the hatch down didn't help either.)

So I had the brilliant idea of carrying the "shelf" on the roof....but first I had to get it up there...levers are sure a useful invention, aren't they?

Except that I had no bungee cords.  IKEA does offer plastic twine, thankfully.

I couldn't get any of the knots tight enough, but then I had the bright idea of -- hel-lo -- closing the windows, which would pinch the twine (if it didn't snap it completely); so I closed the windows, put on my flashers and took the long and slow way home.

In Celebration of Doors

We have new doors at Offering House...if we are Facebook Friends, you will know that I have been celebrating the awesomeness of our new doors.  In keeping with those festivities, here are pictures of our Awesome New Doors.  And they lock!

Front Door

 

Porch Door:

 

(You can see the Awesome UO reflected in the glass -- or at least, his top half)

And last but not least, the front storm door and the exterior.  I am going to paint the front door fire-engine red and the concrete stoop black.  Stay tuned!

New Couch! New Couch!

And it's PURPLE!  (Or perhas heliotrope...)

(DRUMROLL...) It's Finished! It's Finished! It's Finished!!!

Wheeeee! 

And from the doorway: 

Damn!  Those are some fine lookin' handles!

It Fits!! It Fits!!

Kitchen Update Tuesday

The counters, the sink, and the range hood were installed today...

Apparently they punched holes in the wall that needed patching, but I'm sure they will touch up the paint tomorrow...

I'm worried that the space under the hood won't be big enough to take the range...oy. oy. oy.

Kitchen Udate Addendum

Here's another one: This is where the range and range hood will go...

Kitchen Update

The cabinet bases are in, most of the drawers are installed, and best of all, the hideous kitchen is PAINTED! 

Before:

Now:

Specifically, you are looking at The Littlest Offering posing next to Ikea Akurum/Applad cabinets with Rationell fittings and Sherwin Williams' "Gulfstream" paint.  It looks bluer in the picture than it is in real life.  I am also going to use it in a niche by our entry where it will set off a rosewood silver chest.  We'll highlight it with a swag lamp. 

I'm thankful this got done today because it's a helpful distraction from the idiotic and foolish vote in the House this afternoon.  Those effing morons  -- Cowards! -- none of them deserve to be in Congress.  But then, they were only obeying the dictates of their MORONIC constituents, who can't be bothered to educate themselves about the crisis and only wanted to punish.

Driving Miss Floor

So today I bought a floor.  And then I drove around the Beltway with it in the back of my car.  My poor little car, whose mileage is totally thrown off when I make it tote heavy loads...

Me:                    Let's buy a floor!

Xb:                    Noooooooo!!

Me:                    Yes!  Lumber Liquidators, here we come!

Xb:                    Aieeeeeeeeeee!!

Forklift Guy:        What d'you think of that Obama guy?

Me:                    He's great!

<Forklift:>          RRRRRRRRR!!  <Thunk>  <Thud>

Xb:                    Ooooooooooooofff...

Me:                    C'mon, Xb, let's go home!

Xb:                    <putt> <putt> <sputter>  <pop>  <putt> <sigh>

It's hard having only four cylinders...

Kitchen Dogs

Today the hideous wallpaper was scraped off most of the walls and -- GASP! -- some of my cabinets were installed!!!  Be still my beating heart.  Then I had to commit myself to a paint color, and now I have buyers remorse...but it's only paint.  If I/we hate the color, I will repaint it. 

Anyway, the dogs were quite happy to investigate the kitchen.

Dally looks a little hesitant to me... also a little tilted...

Coming further into the room, she seems a little more confident

Kate, on the other hand, can't stop vibrating with excitement...
(You can tell by the way the camera shakes...)