How Pinteresting!

I've got an obsession! It started with adding subscriptions to my google reader. I was excited to wake up and read it like the morning paper. People do and teach amazing things. And the more engulfed I became the more awesome starred blogs I had saved. The only problem was that it was a huge process to go back to the picture you liked. Or the article you saved. And then I was turned onto this little beauty!

Pinterest.com has become... What would you call it... For some reason I'm only pulling up the Harry Potter term pensieve... Where Dumbledore stores all of his memories... Nerd alert! Ha! I guess what you non wizarding folks would call a journal. But it would take a ton of ink to print out all the wonders I've found on the Internet.

What pinterest does, is when you find a picture you want to save you click on your "pin it" butting saved to your address bar and it let's you save you picture to your page, or more specifically your board. And then when you want to go back to the original site you found the picture on you just click on the photo and it pulls up the site. Now no more wondering where you found something. Or typing random descriptive words into google to try and find something.

I have finally loaded it with all of my starred google reader entries and have added some wish-list accessories and ideas to be used on further dates. So if you want to dip your toes in my brain head on over to pinterest.com/lindsayredd. And if you want to start your own pinterest page let me know. Right now they are by invites or a wait list. Be sure to check out just pintrest.com people have found some pretty awesome things. Happy Pinning!

Lights!

Lights have made all of the difference in out little kitchen. Especially since we are in our basement apartment. In our true fashion we like to accomplish 3 tasks and then redo at least one of them. We had "finished" the lights and rehung the Sheetrock, but it was just not enough light.

And I really really really wanted art lights to accent our tile. So my dear husband with "little" hesitation ripped out some Sheetrock to put in one more recessed light, and three art lights. And it has made all the difference.

This is a progress shot, but you can see two of the art lights on the left tile wall. They look so good! We didn't put art lights in because of price. At Home Depot they really aren't too expensive but they are twelve to nineteen dollars a light. I just didn't want to spend almost $60 on art lights. And then I stumbled upon these beauties!

From ikea! They are the blixt lights, and they are 3 for $19.99. And they are awesome. They are about the same installation as remodel can recessed lights, where once they are wired they just pop into the ceiling.

We also found a great light for our laundry nook. Super flat and puts odd good light once it warms up.

We got this from ikea as well. $9! Steal! Drew hooked up all the electrical. I am so impressed. He can do it all! We bought some lights for under the cabinets that we haven't installed yet. Our cabinets are being rebuilt. Yes Drew made them once and they were just what I wanted. But then I realized if they were just a touch bigger we could reuse some old cupboard doors. So Drew rebuilt them. What a champ!

Happy New Year!

I'm not sure when exactly it was that Drew and I became so... Well boring. New Years Eve we celebrated with painting our cabinets.

Now all they need is a finish coat to keep them nice and white. We also sanded and sealed our countertop. I'm crazy about them! The tile on the ground, by the stove, was the tile we were looking at. I found some on ksl for $0.99 a sq/ft so we'll probably go with that. Sorry our pictures are always taken at night and kind of have a weird yellow tinge to them. I'll work on law of attracting a nice camera into our lives. How else are we going to showcase our work and lives?

...Changes...

So I finished school at the U. And as a graduation present to myself, decided to apply to go to more school! Hooray!

I spent the last month pulling together my application to LDS Business College, Interior Design program. I had to put together a color board to be accepted into the program. I think it turned out nice. I wanted to make it stand out and not just be on black foam board, so I wrapped the board in canvas so it looked like a linen board.

To maximize space on the 9"X12" board I stacked the upholstery fabrics and made them into a little booklet. I glued the furniture onto the fabric they would be upholstered in.

This is a picture of a collage wall and the accent pieces used to decorate the room. I had my sister write all of the labels, her handwriting is very architectural in style. Does that make sense? It does in my head!

I had to make my own white furniture. I couldn't find a picture I liked. I wanted this trellis wallpaper inside to add some special detail. Love it!

These are the accent colors to be used throughout the room.

My darling husband ripped down a sample of wood so I could make my wood floor into a herringbone pattern. I was scared for Drew's finger tips. He made it out with all his digits. Phew.

I ended up cutting my own dental moulding. Snipped every detail... Worth it... I think so! Well after all this work I got my acceptance letter! Wahoo! Onto the next big adventure!

I can't wait to bump into Hannah on campus. She pretty much runs the school. Trust me! She's even on the website!

That's Some Dog!

Poor pooches have been neglected. Here is Caesar on his knees begging for some attention.

Look how long he is! What a guy!

My Drew...

Stayed up until 3 AM this morning painting the gloss accent on the trim.

He's half man... Half amazing. It looks so great. With the morning light I think we capture the truest color of the walls. We haven't finished the ceiling because we decided we need to add one more can light to avoid a dark spot in the corner of the room. And accent art lights to highlight the glass tile. It's now a functional kitchen! Hooray!!

Thankful for a Sink!

Our faucet and sink are installed. I think the industrial sink was our best choice. I absolutely love how it looks. The way it functions with this sink... Phenomenal! It can reach every nook of the sink. And this sink is enormous!

The kitchen is really coming together. Just in time. I was starting to go a little crazy with no where to move. Seeing it all come together with more then double the amount of walking room and countertop space, makes it all so very worth it!

And the walls... Consider them done! New drywall, mud and sand, mud and sand, spackled, primed and two coats of paint later... Done!

The beam has been Puttied and caulked and we have painted the inside of the trim the flat white.

Now we just need to paint the glossy trim!

The paint turned out perfect. This for sure is my favorite color. Cleo contrasts the color well.