Judging, choosing, and saying Yes!
Posted by K Sat, 29 Apr 2006 16:30:00 GMT
At this point a lot of the basic stuff is done… there are joists walls and subfloors and plumbing and electric ready. Framing is going up and drywall is being put in. We get kitchen measurements on Monday. Things are moving along.
Our contractor has an odd urgent way of phrasing things that I realized the other day is probably not intentional but sends me into a panic anyway. He also tends to not give us much lead time in procuring things, but I guess some of this is my fault and I should already have windows picked out, even though I don’t have measurements.
He gave us three days to come up with a showerhead (not so hard except for the whole have-to-order-it-online part since we can’t just pick it up and run it over). Last night he basically said “I need to know if you already chosen the windows for the dining room. They have to be 35×75 or smaller” and suddenly I feel judged and stupid like of COURSE we should have windows picked out. I know this is all in my head and that the judging and whatnot is not there, but I feel that way anyway.
So, this weekend we have to decide on said windows for said dining room, buy the sink/faucet/toilet/drain/light for the bathroom so that we have a leg up there, and send the contractor the next million dollar installment. I am thinking we should also decide on what to do about the kitchen window and get on that, as well. Next week is cabinet time. Then we can worry about sinks and countertops. The ongoing lamp-buying debacle continues in which I am outbid on every lamp I try to get on eBay. Right now we have light in the kitchen, dining room, foyer, and possibly hall. Ideally I would also like living room and main bedroom fixtures before we move in. Just because it might take some time to find the actual lamps we own once we move and it would be nice to be able to see in those rooms in the meantime.
I just saw last night that the owner of a small local DC natural food market (called, optimistically and enthusiastically: “Yes! Organic Market”) signed an agreement to put a store in about a block away from our house. This makes me very happy, even if it won’t be there until 2008. The yuppie in me wanted a Whole Foods there, but I feel less guilty about a nice local chain that only has four other stores, and it will not cause parking nightmares in the neighborhood like Whole Foods would. Granted, the wine and cheese selection will be nil, but if I ever open my wine and cheese shop up the street it means less competition for me.
