Kitchen Ideas

just love the overall warmth and look of these 2 kitchens

love the red countertops and the range hood in this one

love the stove and sink in this one

Contracts and Headaches!

I want to get on to the fun stuff - like picking out hardwood floors and paint colors! Not signing all my money away and trying to find the right loan options... This isn't the most exciting part of the building or buying process. Ick! So I'm going to post some the stuff we like so far. Enjoy!

this is our lot

Home, sweet, home?

Yeah well, the beauty of living in Southern California can be dampened at times by the expense. My husband and I currently live in my bachelorette pad - a 600 sf 1b/1ba apartment on the 2nd floor and pay more than $800 a month in rent. We have one parking space, no elevator (We are up 3 flights of stairs - it's so fun with groceries). There is a tiny, little 'storage space' and coin laundry and no dishwasher. Anyway, sorry to sound negative but we are in this apartment right now so that we can build a house. We are in the process of buying a lot but it's a pain in my behind and now my dad is bringing to light a lot of things we never thought of so it might not happen. And I can't talk JD into a condo because he doesn't want to pay 400,000 for a 2b/2ba apartment. I don't really blame him. Grrrr... If we lived in Iowa (not that I would want to move back) we could buy a gigantic house for 4k...

Adding my stuff

So, I've been playing around on here - adding links and favorites - it's a lot easier than I thought it was going to be. Now I need to break out the digital camera and post some pics, not the wedding ones from almost a year ago! I can't believe it's been that long!

Testing 1, 2, 3??

This is my first post on my new blog. I've tried a couple different times to start one but I never really got into it so I'm hoping the 3rd times the charm... Time will tell...