TIP DU JOUR: Lowe's 10% Coupon on Items that Cost up to $5,000

Go ask for an address forwarding form at your local post office and you shall receive one inside!

Bathroom Flo': The Beginning

I think this is pretty self-explanatory: Black 4" border, white middle, black florettes.  And it looks like the tiles all fit (I wish I could say the same for the dark brown florettes in the kitchen tile floor, which now have to be recut down to size, ergo...4 week delay!).



Progress...Kind of Looks Like a Set from Silence of the Lambs...

The cement bathroom, followed by the living room du boxes.  Both rooms have been called "ahead of their time" by some.  But I think some are drunk. 

Kitchen Flo': Pre-Grout

May the floor stay looking this good for 30 years.  The blue dots are where the brown tile florettes will go. 

Florette on the Floor! YYEOOWW! Jump back.

This picture comes to me from my contractor -- apparently the kitchen floor is in?!  I have to go check out the placement of the dark brown florettes and give the green light.  Imagine that?  My very own floor.

No, that's not the middle of Broadway...

...it's MY BATHROOM FLOOR

The Tile Arrives

and in a Volvo no less!

Renovation: The Awkward Period

Sconce #1: The Buried Treasure

The unveiling of the kitchen cabinets!

Shower Heed - higher and apparently through to the Living Room :O

Medusa on the Kitchen wall

So after removing all the old tile, part of the wall in the bathroom collapsed due to shoddy work back in XX decade.  There's a hole through the bathroom shower wall into the living room, and the living room is going to have to be respackled and painted.  There is shit in every room and it's hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel.  However the light at the beginning of the sconce lends hope.  None of these things were expected, but I'm not panicking. Maybe because the cabinets are HOT! 

Hidden Treasure Found in Living Room Walls!

I have been informed that yesterday, while the electrician was checking out the apartment's wiring, he "unearthed" two sconces in the living room that had been plastered/painted over!  Why anyone decided that was a good idea, I have no answer, but I am going to bring them back to life and attempt to restore their former glory.  Yay.

Intermission: Tom Binns Jewelry is Ruling My World Today

My funky fresh friend just sent me several links to the Tom Binns website, and I am an immediate convert.  It is taking me back to all that was holy in the 80s.  Some of the pieces are out of the range of what a 99 percenter would consider affordable (such as the one pictured above), but there are other items in the more down-to-earth area ($200+).

Located at 41 Perry Street in our fair city's West Village, I shall make my next best attempt to visit...once I have time and money again.

And now...back to your regularly scheduled e-program.