Cabinet hardware dilemma

This is so minor, but I am too darn picky!  I am having the hardest time picking out hardware for the new cabinets. There has been a lot of scrapping and prying at doors and drawers to get them open (we have the soft close mechanisms on all of them) its been quite frustrating.


Ok, with the upper cabinets being so tall, we opted to have drawer pulls for all of the cabinets vs. knobs. Here are some images of what I am thinking:

All Pinterest

I am sticking with the oil rubbed bronze to match the light pendants and found these beauties:

Restoration Hardware

But the problem is this:

So the hunt is on and I found a few options I really like from Kitchen Cabinet Hardware. These Charlotte Pulls which would calculate to a cool $201.69, that's over a hundred dollars savings and look nearly identical to its Restoration Hardware pals!

And these Hopewell Bar Pulls that are similar to the inspirational images above which would calculate to $247.14

 What do you all think? the Hopewell Bar Pulls come a little longer, which would give the cabinets a little sleeker of a look, the Charlotte Pulls a bit more of a vintage look... decisions decisions.


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Kitchen Update 5

Well this post isn't as much of an update as it is more of a "look at all this other stuff I've done" post.


I surprised my sister by coming home for her 21st Birthday and got matching tattoos:

Hubs went on a business trip to Shanghai:

via China Your Way

I rode the MS 150 Ride for Multiple Sclerosis:

And our friends tied the knot:

So, here is what we've done since May 24 ... Put the flooring in:
 Silly brother photo-bomb included:

The floor looks SO nice I can't get enough of it. But we still have a bit to go: finish priming/painting the ceiling, get the living room carpet re stretched and threshold installed, new air-intake vents installed, put up crown molding and kick boards, find a light for over the sink,  install the electrical, bead board and corbels for the granite in the center island. And not to mention the rest of those adulty things like the laundry since the 24th needs to be done, my house is a disaster, I need to get the upstairs bathroom back in working order, the lawn and gardens finally got about half worked on, but I threw my back out doing it. Oi.


But this weekend we finally ordered our black granite from the fabulous guys at All American Granite in Burnsville! They will be out to measure on July 2nd, install date is set for July 6th. Cannot wait!


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Vote for me!

Hi Friends, so the store that sells the tile I am going to get for my kitchen back splash had a contest for the best Pinterest board using the Arabesque tile! I was picked to be a finalist along with the other 7 contestants to be voted for on Facebook. Here is my board. All you have to do is "Like" the link.  Check out my Pinterest picks here.

Here is the post with the moodboard.

And a picture of the tile again :)

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Kitchen Update 4

Ceilings, Lights, Cabinets, Oh my! hehe

First we put up plastic, then screwed in the drywall.We hired someone to do the mud, sand, and texture.

They finished mudding and the knock-down texturing on Saturday. The ceiling still needs to be primed and painted, oh darn (I love painting), but I went ahead and painted around all of the fixtures so I could put up some of my lights Wednesday night.

Sunday we removed the two layers of linoleum flooring, this must have been stapled down by a maniac, I think there were staples every inch... it was tedious to say the least

Monday, cabinets went up!! This took just Monday and Tuesday night. Thanks to the help of some amazing friends we were able to hang them ourselves.

Next up, island pendants that I bought from LampGoods on Etsy. I love love them!

And here is what it looks like today, look at those lights!

Here are a few shots of the island pendant lights, they have the Edison bulbs in them. They look amazing, but I couldn't get a good shot of the effect they have on the room. And I finally got the chance to put most of my furniture back and vacuum! So nice to have a semi-functioning living room again.

Have I mentioned that I love these lights?!

What we have left to do: 

• Flooring, rip out the rest of the carpet and nail down Walnut engineered hardwood. (on order, we expect to get it in on Friday)
• Lighting: Pick up new ALANG fixture for entryway at Ikea, Find a pendant for over the sink, and the hallway
• Order Granite, we need to pick a color still (Yikes!) and get the company to measure it out.
• Hook up stove and microwave
• Find a new Fridge (we might wait a while on this one)
• Put up island beadboard
• Install Kitchen sink and faucet
• Paint ceiling
• Install crown moulding

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Kitchen Update 3

The island pendant lights have been ordered!


I couldn't decide between two options, so I ordered them both to see how they look with the cabinets. The gal at LampGoods has been wonderful and am I able to check out both pendants and send back the pair I don't wish to keep. 


A clear globe pendant similar to the one in my MoodBoard:

And a crackled glass pendant:

Look how the light hits the ceiling!

So far, the ceiling is ready for the drywall guys to start the knock-down texture, we're just waiting for the bids to come in, which unfortunately is taking longer than we hoped. Tonight I plan on getting all the tools and extra furniture out of the dining area for some move-ability, clean the old appliances to sell on craigslist or a few family members were interested in them for their cabins, and move out the dishes from the remaining base cabinets.


Tomorrow we rip out the old kitchen floors. Yes as in plural, there are two sets of linoleum in the kitchen that needs to come up for the new wood floor. We also need to get the dining room carpet removed and re-stretched to tack down since we are keeping the carpet in the living room.


And this weekend... the cabinets are in if everything goes to schedule. According to Menards handy order tracker, were right on schedule!

I am feeling overly optimistic, and hoping this weekend we'll have ceiling, cabinets and flooring done (keeping fingers crossed). I'll let you all know how it goes ;)


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